Products with Emulsifiers & Surfactants

Emulsifiers and Surfactants help oil and water blend into smooth, stable formulas and allow cleansers to lift away impurities. Browse ELLEMES products formulated with emulsifiers and surfactants.

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The ingredients that make oil and water behave

Left alone, an oil phase and a water phase separate. Emulsifiers sit on the boundary between them with a water-loving head and an oil-loving tail, holding the two together so a cream stays a cream from first pump to last. Surfactants perform the same trick in reverse inside a cleanser, lifting sebum and sunscreen into water so both rinse away.

That covers 163 products, and the range is deliberately wide: rich creams such as SkinMedica Dermal Repair Cream and Epicutis Hyvia Crème, treatment serums including TNS Recovery Complex, and daily sunscreens like EltaMD UV Restore Tinted SPF 40.

Do surfactants strip the skin barrier?

Harsh ones can. Gentler options, particularly coco-derived betaines and sugar-based glucosides, clean effectively at a pH closer to skin's own, which is why the professional cleansers stocked here rarely leave that tight, squeaky feeling behind.

How to shop at ELLEMES

We carry these lines as an authorized retailer, so emulsions arrive stable and in date. Our team can help you match a cleanser's surfactant system to how your skin actually behaves.

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Featured Products with Emulsifiers & Surfactants Reviews

SkinMedica Age Defense Retinol Complex 0.5
SkinMedica Age Defense Retinol Complex 0.5
4.7 (3 reviews) 4.7 out of 5 stars based on 3 reviews
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SkinMedica Even and Correct Advanced Brightening Treatment
SkinMedica Even & Correct Advanced Brightening Treatment
4.6 (8 reviews) 4.6 out of 5 stars based on 8 reviews
$178.00
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“I used this product for about 3 weeks consistently and didn't see too much of a change. Its supposed to brighten and even out skin tone. Which I didn't see, it did give a Lil bit...”

— Jaclyn M.
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