Astringent definition
Astringent or “toner” means any product not regulated as a drug by the United States Food and Drug Administration that is applied to the skin for the purpose of cleaning or tightening pores, including clarifiers and substrate-impregnated products and excluding any hand, face or body cleaner or soap product, medicated astringent or medicated toner, cold cream, lotion or antiperspirant.
Examples of Astringent in a sentence
Bean aromatic characteristics beans or soy beans Sweet taste on the tongue stimulated by sugars Bitter taste on tongue stimulated by solutions of caffeine, quinine and certain other alkaloids Astringent the chemical feeling factor on the tongue or other skin surfaces of the oral cavity described as puckering/drying and associated with tannins or alum Table 6 below outlines each attribute and varying degrees of intensity.