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
See the 2 declared functions
- Draws moisture into the skinSKIN CONDITIONING - HUMECTANT
- Propylene Glycol
- Draws in and holds moistureHUMECTANT
- Propylene Glycol
Stearic Acid · Glyceryl Stearate · Caprylyl Glycol · Peg-40 Hydrogenated Castor Oil · 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 · Peg-40 Hydrogenated Castor Oil · Simethicone
- Replaces oils washed awayREFATTING
- Stearic Acid
Propylene Glycol · Arginine · Caprylyl Glycol · Ethylhexylglycerin · Hexylene Glycol · 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 · Ethylhexylglycerin · Hexylene Glycol · Simethicone · Xanthan Gum · Ppg-26-Buteth-26
- Skin conditioning not covered aboveSKIN CONDITIONING - MISCELLANEOUS
- Propylene Glycol
Pvp · Sodium Polymethacrylate · Cellulose Gum · Acrylates Copolymer
Forms a film on the surface against evaporation and outside irritants.See the 1 declared functions
- Leaves a thin film where appliedFILM FORMING
- Pvp · Sodium Polymethacrylate · Cellulose Gum · Acrylates Copolymer
See the 1 declared functions
- Scrubs physicallyABRASIVE
- Microcrystalline Cellulose
Steareth-2 · Stearic Acid · Steareth-21 · Laureth-21 · Peg-40 Hydrogenated Castor Oil · Hexylene Glycol · Xanthan Gum
See the 2 declared functions
- Surfactant that lifts dirtSURFACTANT - CLEANSING
- Steareth-2 · Stearic Acid · Steareth-21 · Laureth-21 · Peg-40 Hydrogenated Castor Oil · Hexylene Glycol · Xanthan Gum
- Washes away surface impuritiesCLEANSING
- Stearic Acid · Steareth-21 · Laureth-21
Pvp · Steareth-2 · Stearic Acid · Steareth-21 · Sodium Polymethacrylate · Glyceryl Stearate · Laureth-21 · Peg-40 Hydrogenated Castor Oil · Hexylene Glycol · Xanthan Gum · Cellulose Gum · Microcrystalline Cellulose
Emulsifiers and solubilisers. They build the formula.See the 2 declared functions
- Mixes and holds oil and water togetherSURFACTANT - EMULSIFYING
- Steareth-2 · Stearic Acid · Steareth-21 · Glyceryl Stearate · Laureth-21 · Peg-40 Hydrogenated Castor Oil · Hexylene Glycol · Xanthan Gum
- Keeps an emulsion from separatingEMULSION STABILISING
- Pvp · Stearic Acid · Sodium Polymethacrylate · Xanthan Gum · Cellulose Gum · Microcrystalline Cellulose
Propylene Glycol · Pvp · Steareth-21 · Sodium Polymethacrylate · Hexylene Glycol · Simethicone · Magnesium Aluminum Silicate · Xanthan Gum · Cellulose Gum · Acrylates Copolymer · Microcrystalline Cellulose
Viscosity, solvents and spreadability: how the product feels on the skin.See the 8 declared functions
- Adjusts thicknessVISCOSITY CONTROLLING
- Propylene Glycol · Pvp · Sodium Polymethacrylate · Magnesium Aluminum Silicate · Xanthan Gum · Cellulose Gum · Microcrystalline Cellulose
- Holds powders togetherBINDING
- Pvp · Sodium Polymethacrylate · Xanthan Gum · Cellulose Gum · Acrylates Copolymer
- Base that dissolves other ingredientsSOLVENT
- Propylene Glycol · Hexylene Glycol
- Turns the formula into a gelGEL FORMING
- Steareth-21 · Xanthan Gum
- Absorbs water or oilABSORBENT
- Magnesium Aluminum Silicate · Microcrystalline Cellulose
- Stops powders from cakingANTICAKING
- Magnesium Aluminum Silicate · Microcrystalline Cellulose
- Removes unwanted foamANTIFOAMING
- Simethicone
- Adds bulkBULKING
- Microcrystalline Cellulose
Sodium Polymethacrylate · Magnesium Aluminum Silicate · Microcrystalline Cellulose
See the 1 declared functions
- Makes a clear formula opaqueOPACIFYING
- Sodium Polymethacrylate · Magnesium Aluminum Silicate · Microcrystalline Cellulose
Phenoxyethanol · Sodium Dehydroacetate · Chlorphenesin
See the 2 declared functions
- Stops microbes growing in the productPRESERVATIVE
- Phenoxyethanol · Sodium Dehydroacetate · Chlorphenesin
- Inhibits microbial growthANTIMICROBIAL
- Phenoxyethanol · Chlorphenesin
Citric Acid · Sodium Citrate · Microcrystalline Cellulose
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
Peg-40 Hydrogenated Castor Oil · Hexylene Glycol
See the 1 declared functions
- Gives the product a scentPERFUMING
- Peg-40 Hydrogenated Castor Oil · Hexylene Glycol
See 26 other ingredients · 26 total
- Water/Eau
- Propylene Glycol
- Pvp
- Steareth-2
- Stearic Acid
- Steareth-21
- Sodium Polymethacrylate
- Glyceryl Stearate
- Laureth-21
- Phenoxyethanol
- Arginine
- Caprylyl Glycol
- Peg-40 Hydrogenated Castor Oil
- Citric Acid
- Ethylhexylglycerin
- Hexylene Glycol
- Sodium Dehydroacetate
- Simethicone
- Magnesium Aluminum Silicate
- Xanthan Gum
- Sodium Citrate
- Cellulose Gum
- Chlorphenesin
- Acrylates Copolymer
- Ppg-26-Buteth-26
- Microcrystalline Cellulose