Ingredients
Full ingredient list as published on the official product page, in descending order of content.
Ingredient overview
19ingredients found
14 · 73.7%ingredients grouped by use
8types of use
Hydration2
Skin conditioning9
Skin softening1
Moisture retention2
Antioxidants1
Texture · feel3
Preservation · stability4
Fragrance2
Counts show formula structure, not concentration, clinical efficacy, or a safety score.
What the ingredients do
Draws in moisturePulls water from the air and the layers below into the outer skin layer.
See the 2 declared functions
- Draws in and holds moistureHUMECTANT
- Butylene Glycol · Glycerin
- Draws moisture into the skinSKIN CONDITIONING - HUMECTANT
- Glycerin
Softens the skinFills the gaps between skin cells so the surface feels smooth.
See the 1 declared functions
- Makes skin soft and smoothSKIN CONDITIONING - EMOLLIENT
- Glyceryl Caprylate
Skin conditioning
Butylene Glycol · Gluconolactone · Arginine · Salicylic Acid · Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice · Hydrolyzed Gardenia Florida Extract · Biosaccharide Gum-1 · Sodium Levulinate · Maltodextrin
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
- Butylene Glycol · Gluconolactone · Arginine · Salicylic Acid · Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice · Hydrolyzed Gardenia Florida Extract · Biosaccharide Gum-1 · Maltodextrin
- Skin conditioning not covered aboveSKIN CONDITIONING - MISCELLANEOUS
- Sodium Levulinate
Keeps moisture inForms a film on the surface against evaporation and outside irritants.
See the 2 declared functions
- Protects skin from outside irritantsSKIN PROTECTING
- Glycerin
- Leaves a thin film where appliedFILM FORMING
- Maltodextrin
Slows oxidation
Hydrolyzed Gardenia Florida Extract
In CosIng this category also covers keeping the product itself from spoiling.See the 1 declared functions
- Slows spoilage by oxygenANTIOXIDANT
- Hydrolyzed Gardenia Florida Extract
Exfoliates
See the 1 declared functions
- Softens and loosens the outer layerKERATOLYTIC
- Salicylic Acid
Acts on oil and pores
See the 1 declared functions
- Acts on seborrheic flaking and dandruffANTI-SEBORRHEIC
- Salicylic Acid
Mixes oil and water
Glyceryl Caprylate · Maltodextrin
Emulsifiers and solubilisers. They build the formula.See the 2 declared functions
- Mixes and holds oil and water togetherSURFACTANT - EMULSIFYING
- Glyceryl Caprylate
- Keeps an emulsion from separatingEMULSION STABILISING
- Maltodextrin
Texture and feel
Butylene Glycol · Glycerin · Maltodextrin
Viscosity, solvents and spreadability: how the product feels on the skin.See the 4 declared functions
- Adjusts thicknessVISCOSITY CONTROLLING
- Butylene Glycol · Glycerin
- Base that dissolves other ingredientsSOLVENT
- Butylene Glycol · Glycerin
- Holds powders togetherBINDING
- Maltodextrin
- Absorbs water or oilABSORBENT
- Maltodextrin
Keeps microbes from growing
Salicylic Acid · Sodium Anisate · Potassium Sorbate · Sodium Benzoate
See the 2 declared functions
- Stops microbes growing in the productPRESERVATIVE
- Salicylic Acid · Potassium Sorbate · Sodium Benzoate
- Inhibits microbial growthANTIMICROBIAL
- Sodium Anisate
Keeps the product stable
Gluconolactone · Glycolic Acid · Glycerin · Sodium Anisate · Sodium Hydroxide · Sodium Benzoate · Citric Acid
Protects the formula from pH drift, metal ions and light. Not a preservative.See the 5 declared functions
- Keeps pH steadyBUFFERING
- Glycolic Acid · Sodium Hydroxide · Citric Acid
- Binds metal ions to prevent spoilageCHELATING
- Gluconolactone · Citric Acid
- Makes alcohol undrinkableDENATURANT
- Glycerin · Sodium Hydroxide
- Sets the pHPH ADJUSTERS
- Sodium Anisate
- Prevents corrosion of packaging and equipmentANTICORROSIVE
- Sodium Benzoate
Fragrance-related
See the 2 declared functions
- Gives the product a scentPERFUMING
- Glycerin
- Adds flavour (lip and oral products)FLAVOURING
- Sodium Anisate
Other declared rolesRegistered in CosIng, but broad in meaning or without a category.
See the 1 declared functions
- Listed as giving skin or hair a good feel (vague CosIng category)TONIC
- Nelumbo Nucifera Root Water
See 19 other ingredients · 19 total
- Water/Aqua/Eau
- Butylene Glycol
- Gluconolactone
- Arginine
- Salicylic Acid
- Glycolic Acid
- Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice
- Nelumbo Nucifera Root Water
- Glycerin
- Hydrolyzed Gardenia Florida Extract
- Biosaccharide Gum-1
- Sodium Levulinate
- Glyceryl Caprylate
- Maltodextrin
- Sodium Anisate
- Sodium Hydroxide
- Potassium Sorbate
- Sodium Benzoate
- Citric Acid