Ingredients
Full ingredient list as published on the official product page, in descending order of content.
Ingredient overview
Counts show formula structure, not concentration, clinical efficacy, or a safety score.
What the ingredients do
Propylene Glycol · Butylene Glycol
Pulls water from the air and the layers below into the outer skin layer.See the 2 declared functions
- Draws in and holds moistureHUMECTANT
- Propylene Glycol · Butylene Glycol
- Draws moisture into the skinSKIN CONDITIONING - HUMECTANT
- Propylene Glycol
Stearic Acid · Glyceryl Stearate · Caprylyl Glycol · Sodium Polyacrylate · Simethicone
Fills the gaps between skin cells so the surface feels smooth.See the 2 declared functions
- Makes skin soft and smoothSKIN CONDITIONING - EMOLLIENT
- Glyceryl Stearate · Caprylyl Glycol · Sodium Polyacrylate · Simethicone
- Replaces oils washed awayREFATTING
- Stearic Acid
Propylene Glycol · Arginine · Caprylyl Glycol · Butylene Glycol · Ethylhexylglycerin · Hexylene Glycol · Sodium Polyacrylate · Simethicone · Xanthan Gum · PPG-26-Buteth-26
CosIng's broadest category. On its own it does not say what the ingredient does.See the 2 declared functions
- Keeps skin in good condition (CosIng catch-all)SKIN CONDITIONING
- Arginine · Caprylyl Glycol · Butylene Glycol · Ethylhexylglycerin · Hexylene Glycol · Sodium Polyacrylate · Simethicone · Xanthan Gum · PPG-26-Buteth-26
- Skin conditioning not covered aboveSKIN CONDITIONING - MISCELLANEOUS
- Propylene Glycol
Acrylates Copolymer · PVP · Cellulose Gum · Sodium Polyacrylate · Sodium Polymethacrylate
Forms a film on the surface against evaporation and outside irritants.See the 1 declared functions
- Leaves a thin film where appliedFILM FORMING
- Acrylates Copolymer · PVP · Cellulose Gum · Sodium Polyacrylate · Sodium Polymethacrylate
See the 1 declared functions
- Scrubs physicallyABRASIVE
- Microcrystalline Cellulose
Stearic Acid · Steareth-21 · Steareth-2 · Hexylene Glycol · Steareth-20 · Xanthan Gum
See the 2 declared functions
- Surfactant that lifts dirtSURFACTANT - CLEANSING
- Stearic Acid · Steareth-21 · Steareth-2 · Hexylene Glycol · Steareth-20 · Xanthan Gum
- Washes away surface impuritiesCLEANSING
- Stearic Acid · Steareth-21 · Steareth-20
PVP · Stearic Acid · Steareth-21 · Glyceryl Stearate · Steareth-2 · Cellulose Gum · Microcrystalline Cellulose · Hexylene Glycol · Steareth-20 · Sodium Polyacrylate · Sodium Polymethacrylate · Xanthan Gum
Emulsifiers and solubilisers. They build the formula.See the 2 declared functions
- Keeps an emulsion from separatingEMULSION STABILISING
- PVP · Stearic Acid · Cellulose Gum · Microcrystalline Cellulose · Sodium Polyacrylate · Sodium Polymethacrylate · Xanthan Gum
- Mixes and holds oil and water togetherSURFACTANT - EMULSIFYING
- Stearic Acid · Steareth-21 · Glyceryl Stearate · Steareth-2 · Hexylene Glycol · Steareth-20 · Xanthan Gum
Propylene Glycol · Acrylates Copolymer · PVP · Steareth-21 · Cellulose Gum · Microcrystalline Cellulose · Butylene Glycol · Hexylene Glycol · Steareth-20 · Sodium Polyacrylate · Simethicone · Magnesium Aluminum Silicate · Sodium Polymethacrylate · Xanthan Gum
Viscosity, solvents and spreadability: how the product feels on the skin.See the 8 declared functions
- Adjusts thicknessVISCOSITY CONTROLLING
- Propylene Glycol · PVP · Cellulose Gum · Microcrystalline Cellulose · Butylene Glycol · Sodium Polyacrylate · Magnesium Aluminum Silicate · Sodium Polymethacrylate · Xanthan Gum
- Holds powders togetherBINDING
- Acrylates Copolymer · PVP · Cellulose Gum · Sodium Polyacrylate · Sodium Polymethacrylate · Xanthan Gum
- Base that dissolves other ingredientsSOLVENT
- Propylene Glycol · Butylene Glycol · Hexylene Glycol
- Turns the formula into a gelGEL FORMING
- Steareth-21 · Steareth-20 · Xanthan Gum
- Absorbs water or oilABSORBENT
- Microcrystalline Cellulose · Sodium Polyacrylate · Magnesium Aluminum Silicate
- Stops powders from cakingANTICAKING
- Microcrystalline Cellulose · Magnesium Aluminum Silicate
- Adds bulkBULKING
- Microcrystalline Cellulose
- Removes unwanted foamANTIFOAMING
- Simethicone
Microcrystalline Cellulose · Magnesium Aluminum Silicate · Sodium Polymethacrylate
See the 1 declared functions
- Makes a clear formula opaqueOPACIFYING
- Microcrystalline Cellulose · Magnesium Aluminum Silicate · Sodium Polymethacrylate
Phenoxyethanol · Sodium Dehydroacetate · Chlorphenesin
See the 2 declared functions
- Stops microbes growing in the productPRESERVATIVE
- Phenoxyethanol · Sodium Dehydroacetate · Chlorphenesin
- Inhibits microbial growthANTIMICROBIAL
- Phenoxyethanol · Chlorphenesin
Microcrystalline Cellulose · Citric Acid · Sodium Citrate
Protects the formula from pH drift, metal ions and light. Not a preservative.See the 3 declared functions
- Keeps pH steadyBUFFERING
- Citric Acid · Sodium Citrate
- Binds metal ions to prevent spoilageCHELATING
- Citric Acid · Sodium Citrate
- Protects colour and scent from lightLIGHT STABILIZER
- Microcrystalline Cellulose
See the 1 declared functions
- Gives the product a scentPERFUMING
- Hexylene Glycol
See 27 other ingredients · 27 total
- Water/Eau
- Propylene Glycol
- Acrylates Copolymer
- PVP
- Stearic Acid
- Steareth-21
- Glyceryl Stearate
- Phenoxyethanol
- Steareth-2
- Arginine
- Cellulose Gum
- Microcrystalline Cellulose
- Caprylyl Glycol
- Butylene Glycol
- Ethylhexylglycerin
- Hexylene Glycol
- Steareth-20
- Sodium Polyacrylate
- Citric Acid
- Sodium Dehydroacetate
- Simethicone
- Magnesium Aluminum Silicate
- Sodium Citrate
- Chlorphenesin
- Sodium Polymethacrylate
- Xanthan Gum
- PPG-26-Buteth-26