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
Xylitol · Hydrolyzed Soy Protein · Glycerin
Pulls water from the air and the layers below into the outer skin layer.See the 2 declared functions
- Draws in and holds moistureHUMECTANT
- Xylitol · Hydrolyzed Soy Protein · Glycerin
See the 1 declared functions
- Makes skin soft and smoothSKIN CONDITIONING - EMOLLIENT
- Isopropyl Myristate
Maltodextrin · Marrubium Vulgare Extract · Syringa Vulgaris (Lilac) Extract · Ceratonia Siliqua (Carob) Seed Extract · Hydrolyzed Soy Protein · Hippophae Rhamnoides (Sea Buckthorn/Argousier) Fruit/Seed Oil · Guar Hydroxypropyltrimonium Chloride
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
- Maltodextrin · Marrubium Vulgare Extract · Syringa Vulgaris (Lilac) Extract · Ceratonia Siliqua (Carob) Seed Extract · Hydrolyzed Soy Protein · Hippophae Rhamnoides (Sea Buckthorn/Argousier) Fruit/Seed Oil · Guar Hydroxypropyltrimonium Chloride
Polyvinylcaprolactam · VP/VA Copolymer · Maltodextrin · Syringa Vulgaris (Lilac) Extract · Glycerin · Zea Mays (Corn) Starch · Polyquaternium-7 · Polyquaternium-16 · Guar Hydroxypropyltrimonium Chloride
Forms a film on the surface against evaporation and outside irritants.See the 2 declared functions
- Leaves a thin film where appliedFILM FORMING
- Polyvinylcaprolactam · VP/VA Copolymer · Maltodextrin · Polyquaternium-7 · Polyquaternium-16 · Guar Hydroxypropyltrimonium Chloride
- Protects skin from outside irritantsSKIN PROTECTING
- Syringa Vulgaris (Lilac) Extract · Glycerin · Zea Mays (Corn) Starch
See the 1 declared functions
- Eases skin discomfortSOOTHING
- Marrubium Vulgare Extract
Syringa Vulgaris (Lilac) Extract · Sodium Bisulfite
In CosIng this category also covers keeping the product itself from spoiling.See the 1 declared functions
- Slows spoilage by oxygenANTIOXIDANT
- Syringa Vulgaris (Lilac) Extract · Sodium Bisulfite
Zea Mays (Corn) Starch · Silica
See the 1 declared functions
- Scrubs physicallyABRASIVE
- Zea Mays (Corn) Starch · Silica
See the 1 declared functions
- Acts on seborrheic flaking and dandruffANTI-SEBORRHEIC
- Xylitol · Sodium Phosphate
Maltodextrin · Laurtrimonium Chloride
Emulsifiers and solubilisers. They build the formula.See the 2 declared functions
- Keeps an emulsion from separatingEMULSION STABILISING
- Maltodextrin
- Mixes and holds oil and water togetherSURFACTANT - EMULSIFYING
- Laurtrimonium Chloride
Hydrofluorocarbon 152a · Alcohol Denat. (SD Alcohol 40-B) · Butane · VP/VA Copolymer · Maltodextrin · Glycerin · Zea Mays (Corn) Starch · Silica · Isopropyl Myristate · Propylene Carbonate · Stearalkonium Hectorite · Guar Hydroxypropyltrimonium Chloride · Benzyl Benzoate · Limonene
Viscosity, solvents and spreadability: how the product feels on the skin.See the 8 declared functions
- Base that dissolves other ingredientsSOLVENT
- Alcohol Denat. (SD Alcohol 40-B) · Glycerin · Propylene Carbonate · Benzyl Benzoate · Limonene
- Adjusts thicknessVISCOSITY CONTROLLING
- Glycerin · Zea Mays (Corn) Starch · Propylene Carbonate · Stearalkonium Hectorite · Guar Hydroxypropyltrimonium Chloride
- Holds powders togetherBINDING
- VP/VA Copolymer · Maltodextrin · Zea Mays (Corn) Starch · Isopropyl Myristate
- Absorbs water or oilABSORBENT
- Maltodextrin · Zea Mays (Corn) Starch · Silica
- Pushes the product out (aerosol)PROPELLANT
- Hydrofluorocarbon 152a · Butane
- Stops powders from cakingANTICAKING
- Zea Mays (Corn) Starch · Silica
- Adds bulkBULKING
- Zea Mays (Corn) Starch
- Turns the formula into a gelGEL FORMING
- Stearalkonium Hectorite
Zea Mays (Corn) Starch · Silica
See the 1 declared functions
- Makes a clear formula opaqueOPACIFYING
- Zea Mays (Corn) Starch · Silica
Hippophae Rhamnoides (Sea Buckthorn/Argousier) Fruit/Seed Oil · Laurtrimonium Chloride · Potassium Sorbate · Sodium Benzoate · Sodium Bisulfite · Benzyl Benzoate
See the 2 declared functions
- Stops microbes growing in the productPRESERVATIVE
- Laurtrimonium Chloride · Potassium Sorbate · Sodium Benzoate · Sodium Bisulfite
- Inhibits microbial growthANTIMICROBIAL
- Hippophae Rhamnoides (Sea Buckthorn/Argousier) Fruit/Seed Oil · Benzyl Benzoate
Glycerin · Sodium Phosphate · Sodium Benzoate · Sodium Bisulfite · Citric Acid
Protects the formula from pH drift, metal ions and light. Not a preservative.See the 5 declared functions
- Keeps pH steadyBUFFERING
- Sodium Phosphate · Citric Acid
- Makes alcohol undrinkableDENATURANT
- Glycerin
- Prevents corrosion of packaging and equipmentANTICORROSIVE
- Sodium Benzoate
- Reduces other ingredientsREDUCING
- Sodium Bisulfite
- Binds metal ions to prevent spoilageCHELATING
- Citric Acid
Xylitol · Glycerin · Isopropyl Myristate · Benzyl Benzoate · Hydroxycitronellal · Limonene · Citronellol · Coumarin
See the 2 declared functions
- Gives the product a scentPERFUMING
- Glycerin · Isopropyl Myristate · Benzyl Benzoate · Hydroxycitronellal · Limonene · Citronellol · Coumarin
- Adds flavour (lip and oral products)FLAVOURING
- Xylitol
See 34 other ingredients · 34 total
- Hydrofluorocarbon 152a
- Alcohol Denat. (SD Alcohol 40-B)
- Butane
- Polyvinylcaprolactam
- Water/Eau/Aqua
- VP/VA Copolymer
- Maltodextrin
- Xylitol
- Marrubium Vulgare Extract
- Syringa Vulgaris (Lilac) Extract
- Ceratonia Siliqua (Carob) Seed Extract
- Hydrolyzed Soy Protein
- Hippophae Rhamnoides (Sea Buckthorn/Argousier) Fruit/Seed Oil
- Glycerin
- Zea Mays (Corn) Starch
- Silica
- Isopropyl Myristate
- Laurtrimonium Chloride
- Polyquaternium-7
- Polyquaternium-16
- Propylene Carbonate
- Stearalkonium Hectorite
- Guar Hydroxypropyltrimonium Chloride
- Sodium Phosphate
- Potassium Sorbate
- Sodium Benzoate
- Sodium Bisulfite
- Citric Acid
- Fragrance/Parfum
- Benzyl Benzoate
- Hydroxycitronellal
- Limonene
- Citronellol
- Coumarin
Declared fragrance allergens
The label marks these as fragrance allergens that must be declared. They are not impurities, and most people do not react to them.
Benzyl Benzoate · Hydroxycitronellal · Limonene · Citronellol · Coumarin