Ingredients beginning with G
Every ingredient in the dictionary filed under G — with its identifiers, its origin, and what it actually does.
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Galena (Kohl)
Galena is the natural ore of lead sulphide, ground on a stone palette and bound with fat to make the black eye paint of dynastic Egypt. It is the material behind the oldest sense of the word kohl.
Glycerin
GLYCERIN
A small three-carbon alcohol with a hydroxyl group on every carbon, isolated from olive oil in 1779 and now the most widely used humectant in cosmetics.