Ingredients
Full ingredient list as published on the official product page, in descending order of content.
Ingredient overview
28ingredients found
21 · 75%ingredients grouped by use
9types of use
Hydration4
Skin conditioning12
Skin softening1
Moisture retention3
Skin comfort1
Antioxidants1
Texture · feel7
Preservation · stability4
Fragrance3
Counts show formula structure, not concentration, clinical efficacy, or a safety score.
What the ingredients do
Draws in moisture
Glycerin · Sodium Chloride · Yeast Amino Acids
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 Chloride · Yeast Amino Acids
- 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
- Caprylyl Glycol
Skin conditioning
Cocamidopropyl Hydroxysultaine · Panthenol · Sodium Chloride · Aspergillus Ferment · Caprylyl Glycol · Arginine · Yeast Amino Acids · Wheat Amino Acids · Arginine HCL · Serine · Lactobacillus Ferment · 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
- Cocamidopropyl Hydroxysultaine · Panthenol · Sodium Chloride · Aspergillus Ferment · Caprylyl Glycol · Arginine · Yeast Amino Acids · Wheat Amino Acids · Arginine HCL · Serine · Lactobacillus Ferment
- Skin conditioning not covered aboveSKIN CONDITIONING - MISCELLANEOUS
- Yeast Amino Acids · Tocopherol
Keeps moisture in
Glycerin · Wheat Amino Acids · Tocopherol
Forms a film on the surface against evaporation and outside irritants.See the 2 declared functions
- Protects skin from outside irritantsSKIN PROTECTING
- Glycerin · Wheat Amino Acids
- Forms a film that stops moisture lossSKIN CONDITIONING - OCCLUSIVE
- Tocopherol
Used for soothing
See the 1 declared functions
- Eases skin discomfortSOOTHING
- Wheat Amino Acids
Slows oxidationIn CosIng this category also covers keeping the product itself from spoiling.
See the 1 declared functions
- Slows spoilage by oxygenANTIOXIDANT
- Tocopherol
Exfoliates
See the 1 declared functions
- Scrubs physicallyABRASIVE
- Sodium Chloride
Cleanses
Cocamidopropyl Hydroxysultaine · Cocamidopropyl Dimethylamine
See the 3 declared functions
- Surfactant that lifts dirtSURFACTANT - CLEANSING
- Cocamidopropyl Hydroxysultaine · Cocamidopropyl Dimethylamine
- Boosts latherSURFACTANT - FOAM BOOSTING
- Cocamidopropyl Hydroxysultaine
- Washes away surface impuritiesCLEANSING
- Cocamidopropyl Hydroxysultaine
Mixes oil and waterEmulsifiers and solubilisers. They build the formula.
See the 1 declared functions
- Mixes and holds oil and water togetherSURFACTANT - EMULSIFYING
- Cocamidopropyl Dimethylamine
Texture and feel
Water (Aqua) · Propanediol · Glycerin · Cocamidopropyl Hydroxysultaine · Sodium Chloride · Benzyl Alcohol
Viscosity, solvents and spreadability: how the product feels on the skin.See the 3 declared functions
- Adjusts thicknessVISCOSITY CONTROLLING
- Propanediol · Glycerin · Cocamidopropyl Hydroxysultaine · Sodium Chloride · Benzyl Alcohol
- Base that dissolves other ingredientsSOLVENT
- Water (Aqua) · Propanediol · Glycerin · Benzyl Alcohol
- Adds bulkBULKING
- Sodium Chloride
Keeps microbes from growing
Phenoxyethanol · Benzyl Alcohol · Potassium Sorbate · Sodium Benzoate
See the 2 declared functions
- Stops microbes growing in the productPRESERVATIVE
- Phenoxyethanol · Benzyl Alcohol · Potassium Sorbate · Sodium Benzoate
- Inhibits microbial growthANTIMICROBIAL
- Phenoxyethanol
Keeps the product stable
Glycerin · Sodium Phytate · Sodium Benzoate · Sodium Hydroxide
Protects the formula from pH drift, metal ions and light. Not a preservative.See the 4 declared functions
- Makes alcohol undrinkableDENATURANT
- Glycerin · Sodium Hydroxide
- Binds metal ions to prevent spoilageCHELATING
- Sodium Phytate
- Prevents corrosion of packaging and equipmentANTICORROSIVE
- Sodium Benzoate
- Keeps pH steadyBUFFERING
- Sodium Hydroxide
Fragrance-related
Glycerin · Phenethyl Alcohol · Benzyl Alcohol
See the 2 declared functions
- Gives the product a scentPERFUMING
- Glycerin · Benzyl Alcohol
- Listed as a fragrance-composition material (not a claim that it adds scent)FRAGRANCE
- Phenethyl Alcohol
Hair use
See the 4 declared functions
- Holds hair in placeHAIR FIXING
- Polyquaternium-55
- Curls or straightens hairHAIR WAVING OR STRAIGHTENING
- Threonine
- Reduces staticANTISTATIC
- Threonine
- Softens hairHAIR CONDITIONING
- Threonine
See 28 other ingredients · 28 total
- Water (Aqua)
- Propanediol
- Glycerin
- Polyquaternium-55
- Phenethyl Alcohol
- Cocamidopropyl Hydroxysultaine
- Panthenol
- Sodium Chloride
- Sodium Phytate
- Ethylhexulglucerin
- Aspergillus Ferment
- Phenoxyethanol
- Caprylyl Glycol
- Arginine
- Yeast Amino Acids
- Tetrasodium
- Glutamate Diacetate
- Wheat Amino Acids
- Cocamidopropyl Dimethylamine
- Arginine HCL
- Serine
- Threonine
- Lactobacillus Ferment
- Benzyl Alcohol
- Potassium Sorbate
- Sodium Benzoate
- Tocopherol
- Sodium Hydroxide
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.