In this installment of Allure's Ask the Beauty Expert, deputy beauty director Elizabeth Siegel decodes many of those 20-syllable words that you see on the back of the bottle, including Cetyl and Stearyl Alcohols, Ascorbates, and Palmitoyl Pentapeptide-4.

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