
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
Glycerin · Sodium Lactate · Lactic Acid · Saccharide Isomerate · Pelargonium Graveolens Oil
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 Lactate · Lactic Acid · Saccharide Isomerate · Pelargonium Graveolens Oil
- Draws moisture into the skinSKIN CONDITIONING - HUMECTANT
- Glycerin
Cetyl Alcohol · Squalane · Dicaprylyl Ether · Behenyl Alcohol · Cetearyl Olivate · Caprylyl Glycol · Lavandula Hybrida Oil
Fills the gaps between skin cells so the surface feels smooth.See the 2 declared functions
- Makes skin soft and smoothSKIN CONDITIONING - EMOLLIENT
- Cetyl Alcohol · Squalane · Dicaprylyl Ether · Behenyl Alcohol · Cetearyl Olivate · Caprylyl Glycol · Lavandula Hybrida Oil
- Replaces oils washed awayREFATTING
- Squalane
Squalane · Dicaprylyl Ether · Lactic Acid · Caprylyl Glycol · 1,2-Hexanediol · Salicylic Acid · Xanthan Gum · Panthenol · Citrus Aurantium Dulcis (Orange) Peel Oil · Mentha Viridis (Spearmint) Leaf Oil · Pelargonium Graveolens Oil · Tocopherol
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
- Squalane · Dicaprylyl Ether · Lactic Acid · Caprylyl Glycol · 1,2-Hexanediol · Salicylic Acid · Xanthan Gum · Panthenol · Citrus Aurantium Dulcis (Orange) Peel Oil · Mentha Viridis (Spearmint) Leaf Oil · Pelargonium Graveolens Oil
- Skin conditioning not covered aboveSKIN CONDITIONING - MISCELLANEOUS
- Tocopherol
Glycerin · Pelargonium Graveolens Oil · Tocopherol
Forms a film on the surface against evaporation and outside irritants.See the 2 declared functions
- Protects skin from outside irritantsSKIN PROTECTING
- Glycerin · Pelargonium Graveolens Oil
- Forms a film that stops moisture lossSKIN CONDITIONING - OCCLUSIVE
- Tocopherol
See the 1 declared functions
- Slows spoilage by oxygenANTIOXIDANT
- Tocopherol
Sodium Lactate · Salicylic Acid
See the 1 declared functions
- Softens and loosens the outer layerKERATOLYTIC
- Sodium Lactate · Salicylic Acid
Salicylic Acid · Mentha Viridis (Spearmint) Leaf Oil · Pelargonium Graveolens Oil
See the 2 declared functions
- Gives a tightening feelASTRINGENT
- Mentha Viridis (Spearmint) Leaf Oil · Pelargonium Graveolens Oil
- Acts on seborrheic flaking and dandruffANTI-SEBORRHEIC
- Salicylic Acid
See the 2 declared functions
- Surfactant that lifts dirtSURFACTANT - CLEANSING
- Cetyl Alcohol · Xanthan Gum
- Boosts latherSURFACTANT - FOAM BOOSTING
- Cetyl Alcohol
Cetyl Alcohol · Behenyl Alcohol · Cetearyl Olivate · Hydroxyethyl Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer · Sorbitan Olivate · Xanthan Gum · Sorbitan Isostearate
Emulsifiers and solubilisers. They build the formula.See the 2 declared functions
- Mixes and holds oil and water togetherSURFACTANT - EMULSIFYING
- Cetyl Alcohol · Cetearyl Olivate · Sorbitan Olivate · Xanthan Gum · Sorbitan Isostearate
- Keeps an emulsion from separatingEMULSION STABILISING
- Cetyl Alcohol · Behenyl Alcohol · Cetearyl Olivate · Hydroxyethyl Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer · Xanthan Gum
Glycerin · Cetyl Alcohol · Propanediol · Dicaprylyl Ether · Behenyl Alcohol · Cetearyl Olivate · Hydroxyethyl Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer · 1,2-Hexanediol · Xanthan Gum · Triethyl Citrate · Limonene
Viscosity, solvents and spreadability: how the product feels on the skin.See the 6 declared functions
- Adjusts thicknessVISCOSITY CONTROLLING
- Glycerin · Cetyl Alcohol · Propanediol · Behenyl Alcohol · Hydroxyethyl Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer · Xanthan Gum · Triethyl Citrate
- Base that dissolves other ingredientsSOLVENT
- Glycerin · Propanediol · Dicaprylyl Ether · 1,2-Hexanediol · Triethyl Citrate · Limonene
- Holds powders togetherBINDING
- Behenyl Alcohol · Xanthan Gum
- Adjusts slipSLIP MODIFIER
- Cetearyl Olivate
- Turns the formula into a gelGEL FORMING
- Xanthan Gum
- Keeps a film flexiblePLASTICISER
- Triethyl Citrate
See the 1 declared functions
- Makes a clear formula opaqueOPACIFYING
- Cetyl Alcohol
Mandelic Acid · Salicylic Acid
See the 2 declared functions
- Inhibits microbial growthANTIMICROBIAL
- Mandelic Acid
- Stops microbes growing in the productPRESERVATIVE
- Salicylic Acid
Glycerin · Sodium Lactate · Lactic Acid · 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
- Sodium Lactate · Lactic Acid · Citric Acid · Sodium Citrate
- Binds metal ions to prevent spoilageCHELATING
- Citric Acid · Sodium Citrate
- Makes alcohol undrinkableDENATURANT
- Glycerin
Glycerin · Triethyl Citrate · Fragrance (Parfum) · Litsea Cubeba Fruit Oil · Juniperus Mexicana Oil · Pelargonium Graveolens Oil · Linalool · Limonene · Geraniol · Citronellol · Citral
See the 3 declared functions
- Gives the product a scentPERFUMING
- Glycerin · Triethyl Citrate · Fragrance (Parfum) · Litsea Cubeba Fruit Oil · Pelargonium Graveolens Oil · Linalool · Limonene · Geraniol · Citronellol · Citral
- Listed as a fragrance-composition material (not a claim that it adds scent)FRAGRANCE
- Juniperus Mexicana Oil
- Adds flavour (lip and oral products)FLAVOURING
- Citral
See 36 other ingredients · 36 total
- Aqua/Water/Eau
- Glycerin
- Sodium Lactate
- Cetyl Alcohol
- Propanediol
- Squalane
- Dicaprylyl Ether
- Behenyl Alcohol
- Cetearyl Olivate
- Mandelic Acid
- Lactic Acid
- Hydroxyethyl Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer
- Sorbitan Olivate
- Caprylyl Glycol
- 1,2-Hexanediol
- Salicylic Acid
- Saccharide Isomerate
- Xanthan Gum
- Lavandula Hybrida Oil
- Triethyl Citrate
- Panthenol
- Sorbitan Isostearate
- Fragrance (Parfum)
- Litsea Cubeba Fruit Oil
- Citrus Aurantium Dulcis (Orange) Peel Oil
- Juniperus Mexicana Oil
- Mentha Viridis (Spearmint) Leaf Oil
- Pelargonium Graveolens Oil
- Citric Acid
- Tocopherol
- Sodium Citrate
- Linalool
- Limonene
- Geraniol
- Citronellol
- Citral
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.
Linalool · Limonene · Geraniol · Citronellol · Citral



