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 Chloride
- Draws moisture into the skinSKIN CONDITIONING - HUMECTANT
- Glycerin
See the 1 declared functions
- Makes skin soft and smoothSKIN CONDITIONING - EMOLLIENT
- Caprylyl Glycol
Cocamidopropyl Hydroxysultaine · Salicylic Acid · Panthenol · Guar Hydroxypropyltrimonium Chloride · Caprylyl Glycol · Sodium Chloride · Citrus Limon Peel Oil · Tetramethyl Acetyloctahydronaphthalenes
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 · Salicylic Acid · Panthenol · Guar Hydroxypropyltrimonium Chloride · Caprylyl Glycol · Sodium Chloride · Citrus Limon Peel Oil
- Skin conditioning not covered aboveSKIN CONDITIONING - MISCELLANEOUS
- Tetramethyl Acetyloctahydronaphthalenes
Glycerin · Guar Hydroxypropyltrimonium Chloride
Forms a film on the surface against evaporation and outside irritants.See the 2 declared functions
- Protects skin from outside irritantsSKIN PROTECTING
- Glycerin
- Leaves a thin film where appliedFILM FORMING
- Guar Hydroxypropyltrimonium Chloride
Salicylic Acid · Charcoal Powder · Sodium Chloride
See the 2 declared functions
- Scrubs physicallyABRASIVE
- Charcoal Powder · Sodium Chloride
- Softens and loosens the outer layerKERATOLYTIC
- Salicylic Acid
See the 1 declared functions
- Acts on seborrheic flaking and dandruffANTI-SEBORRHEIC
- Salicylic Acid
Sodium C14-16 Olefin Sulfonate · Cocamidopropyl Hydroxysultaine · sh-Oligopeptide-78
See the 4 declared functions
- Surfactant that lifts dirtSURFACTANT - CLEANSING
- Sodium C14-16 Olefin Sulfonate · Cocamidopropyl Hydroxysultaine · sh-Oligopeptide-78
- Washes away surface impuritiesCLEANSING
- Sodium C14-16 Olefin Sulfonate · Cocamidopropyl Hydroxysultaine
- Creates foamFOAMING
- Sodium C14-16 Olefin Sulfonate
- Boosts latherSURFACTANT - FOAM BOOSTING
- Cocamidopropyl Hydroxysultaine
Water (Aqua) (Eau) · Cocamidopropyl Hydroxysultaine · Charcoal Powder · Glycerin · Guar Hydroxypropyltrimonium Chloride · Sodium Chloride · Limonene
Viscosity, solvents and spreadability: how the product feels on the skin.See the 4 declared functions
- Adjusts thicknessVISCOSITY CONTROLLING
- Cocamidopropyl Hydroxysultaine · Glycerin · Guar Hydroxypropyltrimonium Chloride · Sodium Chloride
- Base that dissolves other ingredientsSOLVENT
- Water (Aqua) (Eau) · Glycerin · Limonene
- Absorbs water or oilABSORBENT
- Charcoal Powder
- Adds bulkBULKING
- Sodium Chloride
See the 1 declared functions
- Makes a clear formula opaqueOPACIFYING
- Charcoal Powder
See the 1 declared functions
- Stops microbes growing in the productPRESERVATIVE
- Salicylic Acid
Glycerin · Sodium Phytate · Caprylhydroxamic Acid · Citric Acid · Potassium Hydroxide · Sodium Hydroxide · Benzyl Salicylate
Protects the formula from pH drift, metal ions and light. Not a preservative.See the 4 declared functions
- Binds metal ions to prevent spoilageCHELATING
- Sodium Phytate · Caprylhydroxamic Acid · Citric Acid
- Keeps pH steadyBUFFERING
- Citric Acid · Potassium Hydroxide · Sodium Hydroxide
- Makes alcohol undrinkableDENATURANT
- Glycerin · Sodium Hydroxide
- Protects colour and scent from lightLIGHT STABILIZER
- Benzyl Salicylate
Glycerin · Fragrance (Parfum) · Benzyl Salicylate · Limonene · Hydroxycitronellal · Citrus Aurantium Peel Oil · Citrus Limon Peel Oil · Tetramethyl Acetyloctahydronaphthalenes
See the 2 declared functions
- Gives the product a scentPERFUMING
- Glycerin · Fragrance (Parfum) · Benzyl Salicylate · Limonene · Hydroxycitronellal · Citrus Limon Peel Oil · Tetramethyl Acetyloctahydronaphthalenes
- Listed as a fragrance-composition material (not a claim that it adds scent)FRAGRANCE
- Citrus Aurantium Peel Oil
See 24 other ingredients · 24 total
- Water (Aqua) (Eau)
- Sodium C14-16 Olefin Sulfonate
- Cocamidopropyl Hydroxysultaine
- Salicylic Acid
- Charcoal Powder
- sh-Oligopeptide-78
- Panthenol
- Glycerin
- Sodium Phytate
- Guar Hydroxypropyltrimonium Chloride
- Caprylyl Glycol
- Caprylhydroxamic Acid
- Citric Acid
- Potassium Hydroxide
- Sodium Hydroxide
- Sodium Chloride
- Fragrance (Parfum)
- Benzyl Salicylate
- Limonene
- Hydroxycitronellal
- Citrus Aurantium Dulcis Flower Oil
- Citrus Aurantium Peel Oil
- Citrus Limon Peel Oil
- Tetramethyl Acetyloctahydronaphthalenes
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.