
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 in and holds moistureHUMECTANT
- Lactic Acid · Glycerin
- Draws moisture into the skinSKIN CONDITIONING - HUMECTANT
- Glycerin
See the 2 declared functions
- Makes skin soft and smoothSKIN CONDITIONING - EMOLLIENT
- Lecithin
- Reduces surface roughnessSMOOTHING
- Niacinamide
Lactic Acid · Pentylene Glycol · Gluconolactone · Salicylic Acid · Calcium Gluconate · Chamomilla Recutita (Matricaria) Flower Extract · Hexanoyl Dipeptide-3 Norleucine Acetate · Lecithin · 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
- Lactic Acid · Pentylene Glycol · Gluconolactone · Salicylic Acid · Chamomilla Recutita (Matricaria) Flower Extract · Hexanoyl Dipeptide-3 Norleucine Acetate · Lecithin
- Skin conditioning not covered aboveSKIN CONDITIONING - MISCELLANEOUS
- Calcium Gluconate · Tocopherol
Glycerin · Hydroxyethylcellulose · Tocopherol
Forms a film on the surface against evaporation and outside irritants.See the 3 declared functions
- Protects skin from outside irritantsSKIN PROTECTING
- Glycerin
- Leaves a thin film where appliedFILM FORMING
- Hydroxyethylcellulose
- Forms a film that stops moisture lossSKIN CONDITIONING - OCCLUSIVE
- Tocopherol
Polygonum Cuspidatum Root Extract · Tocopherol
In CosIng this category also covers keeping the product itself from spoiling.See the 1 declared functions
- Slows spoilage by oxygenANTIOXIDANT
- Polygonum Cuspidatum Root Extract · Tocopherol
See the 1 declared functions
- Softens and loosens the outer layerKERATOLYTIC
- Salicylic Acid
Salicylic Acid · Sodium Phosphate
See the 1 declared functions
- Acts on seborrheic flaking and dandruffANTI-SEBORRHEIC
- Salicylic Acid · Sodium Phosphate
Hydroxyethylcellulose · Lecithin
Emulsifiers and solubilisers. They build the formula.See the 2 declared functions
- Keeps an emulsion from separatingEMULSION STABILISING
- Hydroxyethylcellulose
- Mixes and holds oil and water togetherSURFACTANT - EMULSIFYING
- Lecithin
Pentylene Glycol · Propanediol · Glycerin · Hydroxyethylcellulose
Viscosity, solvents and spreadability: how the product feels on the skin.See the 3 declared functions
- Base that dissolves other ingredientsSOLVENT
- Pentylene Glycol · Propanediol · Glycerin
- Adjusts thicknessVISCOSITY CONTROLLING
- Propanediol · Glycerin · Hydroxyethylcellulose
- Holds powders togetherBINDING
- Hydroxyethylcellulose
Mandelic Acid · Salicylic Acid · Chamomilla Recutita (Matricaria) Flower Extract · Phenoxyethanol · Sodium Benzoate
See the 2 declared functions
- Inhibits microbial growthANTIMICROBIAL
- Mandelic Acid · Chamomilla Recutita (Matricaria) Flower Extract · Phenoxyethanol
- Stops microbes growing in the productPRESERVATIVE
- Salicylic Acid · Phenoxyethanol · Sodium Benzoate
Lactic Acid · Sodium Hydroxide · Glycolic Acid · Glycerin · Gluconolactone · Calcium Gluconate · Disodium Phosphate · Hydroxyethylcellulose · Phytic Acid · Sodium Citrate · Sodium Phosphate · Sodium Benzoate
Protects the formula from pH drift, metal ions and light. Not a preservative.See the 5 declared functions
- Keeps pH steadyBUFFERING
- Lactic Acid · Sodium Hydroxide · Glycolic Acid · Disodium Phosphate · Sodium Citrate · Sodium Phosphate
- Binds metal ions to prevent spoilageCHELATING
- Gluconolactone · Calcium Gluconate · Phytic Acid · Sodium Citrate
- Makes alcohol undrinkableDENATURANT
- Sodium Hydroxide · Glycerin
- Prevents corrosion of packaging and equipmentANTICORROSIVE
- Disodium Phosphate · Sodium Benzoate
- Protects colour and scent from lightLIGHT STABILIZER
- Hydroxyethylcellulose
Glycerin · Chamomilla Recutita (Matricaria) Flower Extract
See the 1 declared functions
- Gives the product a scentPERFUMING
- Glycerin · Chamomilla Recutita (Matricaria) Flower Extract
See 24 other ingredients · 24 total
- Aqua/Water/Eau
- Lactic Acid
- Pentylene Glycol
- Propanediol
- Sodium Hydroxide
- Glycolic Acid
- Mandelic Acid
- Glycerin
- Gluconolactone
- Salicylic Acid
- Calcium Gluconate
- Chamomilla Recutita (Matricaria) Flower Extract
- Disodium Phosphate
- Hexanoyl Dipeptide-3 Norleucine Acetate
- Hydroxyethylcellulose
- Lecithin
- Niacinamide
- Phytic Acid
- Polygonum Cuspidatum Root Extract
- Sodium Citrate
- Sodium Phosphate
- Tocopherol
- Phenoxyethanol
- Sodium Benzoate