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
- Glycerin · Sodium PCA
- Draws moisture into the skinSKIN CONDITIONING - HUMECTANT
- Glycerin
Cetyl Alcohol · C13-15 Alkane · Caesalpinia Spinosa Gum · Caprylyl Glycol
Fills the gaps between skin cells so the surface feels smooth.See the 1 declared functions
- Makes skin soft and smoothSKIN CONDITIONING - EMOLLIENT
- Cetyl Alcohol · C13-15 Alkane · Caesalpinia Spinosa Gum · Caprylyl Glycol
Guar Hydroxypropyltrimonium Chloride · Sodium PCA · Caesalpinia Spinosa Gum · Caprylyl Glycol · Ethyl Lauroyl Arginate HCl
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
- Guar Hydroxypropyltrimonium Chloride · Sodium PCA · Caesalpinia Spinosa Gum · Caprylyl Glycol
- Skin conditioning not covered aboveSKIN CONDITIONING - MISCELLANEOUS
- Ethyl Lauroyl Arginate HCl
Guar Hydroxypropyltrimonium Chloride · Glycerin · Caesalpinia Spinosa Gum · Hydroxyethylcellulose · Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose
Forms a film on the surface against evaporation and outside irritants.See the 2 declared functions
- Leaves a thin film where appliedFILM FORMING
- Guar Hydroxypropyltrimonium Chloride · Caesalpinia Spinosa Gum · Hydroxyethylcellulose · Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose
- Protects skin from outside irritantsSKIN PROTECTING
- Glycerin
See the 1 declared functions
- Slows spoilage by oxygenANTIOXIDANT
- Hydroxyacetophenone
See the 1 declared functions
- Acts on seborrheic flaking and dandruffANTI-SEBORRHEIC
- Ethyl Lauroyl Arginate HCl
Cetyl Alcohol · Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose
See the 2 declared functions
- Surfactant that lifts dirtSURFACTANT - CLEANSING
- Cetyl Alcohol · Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose
- Boosts latherSURFACTANT - FOAM BOOSTING
- Cetyl Alcohol
Cetyl Alcohol · Polyglyceryl-3 Methylglucose Distearate · Hydroxyethylcellulose · Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose
Emulsifiers and solubilisers. They build the formula.See the 2 declared functions
- Keeps an emulsion from separatingEMULSION STABILISING
- Cetyl Alcohol · Hydroxyethylcellulose · Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose
- Mixes and holds oil and water togetherSURFACTANT - EMULSIFYING
- Cetyl Alcohol · Polyglyceryl-3 Methylglucose Distearate
Cetyl Alcohol · C13-15 Alkane · Isopentyldiol · Guar Hydroxypropyltrimonium Chloride · Polyricinoleic Acid · Glycerin · Caesalpinia Spinosa Gum · Hydroxyethylcellulose · Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose · Limonene
Viscosity, solvents and spreadability: how the product feels on the skin.See the 5 declared functions
- Adjusts thicknessVISCOSITY CONTROLLING
- Cetyl Alcohol · Guar Hydroxypropyltrimonium Chloride · Polyricinoleic Acid · Glycerin · Caesalpinia Spinosa Gum · Hydroxyethylcellulose · Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose
- Base that dissolves other ingredientsSOLVENT
- C13-15 Alkane · Isopentyldiol · Glycerin · Limonene
- Holds powders togetherBINDING
- Polyricinoleic Acid · Hydroxyethylcellulose · Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose
- Keeps a film flexiblePLASTICISER
- Polyricinoleic Acid
- Absorbs water or oilABSORBENT
- Caesalpinia Spinosa Gum
See the 1 declared functions
- Makes a clear formula opaqueOPACIFYING
- Cetyl Alcohol
Behentrimonium Chloride · Ethyl Lauroyl Arginate HCl
See the 2 declared functions
- Stops microbes growing in the productPRESERVATIVE
- Behentrimonium Chloride · Ethyl Lauroyl Arginate HCl
- Inhibits microbial growthANTIMICROBIAL
- Ethyl Lauroyl Arginate HCl
Glycerin · Hydroxyethylcellulose · Citric Acid
Protects the formula from pH drift, metal ions and light. Not a preservative.See the 4 declared functions
- Makes alcohol undrinkableDENATURANT
- Glycerin
- Protects colour and scent from lightLIGHT STABILIZER
- Hydroxyethylcellulose
- Keeps pH steadyBUFFERING
- Citric Acid
- Binds metal ions to prevent spoilageCHELATING
- Citric Acid
Glycerin · Limonene · Hexyl Cinnamal · Linalool · Citronellol
See the 1 declared functions
- Gives the product a scentPERFUMING
- Glycerin · Limonene · Hexyl Cinnamal · Linalool · Citronellol
Polyglyceryl-3 Betainate Acetate
See the 1 declared functions
- Softens hairHAIR CONDITIONING
- Polyglyceryl-3 Betainate Acetate
See 23 other ingredients · 23 total
- Ingredients Water/Eau/Aqua
- Cetyl Alcohol
- Behentrimonium Chloride
- C13-15 Alkane
- Polyglyceryl-3 Methylglucose Distearate
- Isopentyldiol
- Guar Hydroxypropyltrimonium Chloride
- Polyricinoleic Acid
- Glycerin
- Polyglyceryl-3 Betainate Acetate
- Sodium PCA
- Caesalpinia Spinosa Gum
- Hydroxyethylcellulose
- Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose
- Fragrance/Parfum
- Citric Acid
- Hydroxyacetophenone
- Caprylyl Glycol
- Ethyl Lauroyl Arginate HCl
- Limonene
- Hexyl Cinnamal
- Linalool
- Citronellol
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.