Ingredients
Full ingredient list as published on the official product page, in descending order of content.
Ingredient overview
17ingredients found
13 · 76.5%ingredients grouped by use
7types of use
Hydration3
Skin conditioning5
Skin softening4
Moisture retention1
Texture · feel7
Preservation · stability1
Fragrance2
Counts show formula structure, not concentration, clinical efficacy, or a safety score.
What the ingredients do
Draws in moisture
Glycerin · Sodium Chloride · Xylitol
Pulls water from the air and the layers below into the outer skin layer.See the 2 declared functions
- Draws in and holds moistureHUMECTANT
- Glycerin · Sodium Chloride · Xylitol
Softens the skin
Niacinamide · Glycol Distearate · Coconut Acid · PCA Glyceryl Oleate
Fills the gaps between skin cells so the surface feels smooth.See the 2 declared functions
- Makes skin soft and smoothSKIN CONDITIONING - EMOLLIENT
- Glycol Distearate · Coconut Acid · PCA Glyceryl Oleate
- Reduces surface roughnessSMOOTHING
- Niacinamide
Skin conditioning
Cocamidopropyl Hydroxysultaine · Sodium Chloride · Glycol Distearate · Sodium Isethionate · Ethylhexylglycerin
CosIng's broadest category. On its own it does not say what the ingredient does.See the 1 declared functions
- Keeps skin in good condition (CosIng catch-all)SKIN CONDITIONING
- Cocamidopropyl Hydroxysultaine · Sodium Chloride · Glycol Distearate · Sodium Isethionate · Ethylhexylglycerin
Keeps moisture inForms a film on the surface against evaporation and outside irritants.
See the 1 declared functions
- Protects skin from outside irritantsSKIN PROTECTING
- Glycerin
Exfoliates
See the 1 declared functions
- Scrubs physicallyABRASIVE
- Sodium Chloride
Acts on oil and pores
See the 1 declared functions
- Acts on seborrheic flaking and dandruffANTI-SEBORRHEIC
- Xylitol · Sodium Phosphate
Cleanses
Cocamidopropyl Hydroxysultaine · Sodium Cocoyl Isethionate · Sodium Cocoyl Taurate · Coconut Acid · Sodium Isethionate
See the 3 declared functions
- Washes away surface impuritiesCLEANSING
- Cocamidopropyl Hydroxysultaine · Sodium Cocoyl Isethionate · Sodium Cocoyl Taurate · Coconut Acid · Sodium Isethionate
- Surfactant that lifts dirtSURFACTANT - CLEANSING
- Cocamidopropyl Hydroxysultaine · Sodium Cocoyl Isethionate · Sodium Cocoyl Taurate · Coconut Acid
- Boosts latherSURFACTANT - FOAM BOOSTING
- Cocamidopropyl Hydroxysultaine
Mixes oil and water
Glycol Distearate · Coconut Acid
Emulsifiers and solubilisers. They build the formula.See the 1 declared functions
- Mixes and holds oil and water togetherSURFACTANT - EMULSIFYING
- Glycol Distearate · Coconut Acid
Texture and feel
Cocamidopropyl Hydroxysultaine · Glycerin · Sodium Chloride · Glycol Distearate
Viscosity, solvents and spreadability: how the product feels on the skin.See the 3 declared functions
- Adjusts thicknessVISCOSITY CONTROLLING
- Cocamidopropyl Hydroxysultaine · Glycerin · Sodium Chloride · Glycol Distearate
- Base that dissolves other ingredientsSOLVENT
- Glycerin
- Adds bulkBULKING
- Sodium Chloride
Colour and shine
See the 1 declared functions
- Makes a clear formula opaqueOPACIFYING
- Glycol Distearate
Keeps microbes from growing
See the 2 declared functions
- Stops microbes growing in the productPRESERVATIVE
- Phenoxyethanol
- Inhibits microbial growthANTIMICROBIAL
- Phenoxyethanol
Keeps the product stable
Glycerin · Tetrasodium Glutamate Diacetate · Sodium Phosphate · Sodium Hydroxide
Protects the formula from pH drift, metal ions and light. Not a preservative.See the 3 declared functions
- Makes alcohol undrinkableDENATURANT
- Glycerin · Sodium Hydroxide
- Keeps pH steadyBUFFERING
- Sodium Phosphate · Sodium Hydroxide
- Binds metal ions to prevent spoilageCHELATING
- Tetrasodium Glutamate Diacetate