"Aqua" the main ingredient in toiletries. Is this special water or just water?

Answer 1

The universal solvent. Pure H2O. No minerals, no calcium, no nothing.
The distinction is important, as calcium and to a degree other minerals can prevent soap from 'frothing'. Even though this doesn't impede the product's cleaning power, it has a negative effect on the product's acceptation in the marketplace.

Answer 2

It's a marketing trick to make people think there's somethng special in there. Have you seen the commercial for that spray mist to moisturize your eyes, with pure, biological aqua? The aqua probably came from the sinkqua, too.

Answer 3

I used to work for a company manufacturing hand made soap and toiletries; it's just water. Sometimes distilled or filtered, but still water, plain and simple. Incidentally, they don't do it to trick or confuse you, regulations require that they use Latin terms.

Answer 4

Just water. It's a blinding technique. If they wrote water on the packaging some people would feel cheated.

Answer 5

'Aqua' is filtered or distilled water that comes up to health and safety standards (even 'bog standard' tap water has to be filtered and treated which is why it sometimes smells of chlorine).
The have to use standardised latin and scientific names in the ingredients so that there is no misinterpretation of what is in there - it is not a con!

Answer 6

pure water.. is there any special water in toiletries??

Answer 7

It's just another name for water.

Answer 8

Its distilled water. :) xx Pure H2O. Nowt else.

Answer 9

just water

Answer 10

Just water - sometimes distilled; boiled..