
Ingredients
Full ingredient list as published on the official product page, in descending order of content.
Ingredient overview
16ingredients found
13 · 81.3%ingredients grouped by use
6types of use
Hydration1
Skin conditioning6
Skin softening1
Moisture retention1
Texture · feel8
Preservation · stability3
Counts show formula structure, not concentration, clinical efficacy, or a safety score.
What the ingredients do
Draws in moisturePulls water from the air and the layers below into the outer skin layer.
See the 1 declared functions
- Draws in and holds moistureHUMECTANT
- Butylene Glycol
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
Butylene Glycol · Pentylene Glycol · Caprylyl Glycol · 1,2-Hexanediol · Ethylhexylglycerin · Xanthan Gum
CosIng's broadest category. On its own it does not say what the ingredient does.See the 1 declared functions
- Keeps skin in good condition (CosIng catch-all)SKIN CONDITIONING
- Butylene Glycol · Pentylene Glycol · Caprylyl Glycol · 1,2-Hexanediol · Ethylhexylglycerin · Xanthan Gum
Keeps moisture in
Acrylates/octylacrylamide Copolymer
Forms a film on the surface against evaporation and outside irritants.See the 1 declared functions
- Leaves a thin film where appliedFILM FORMING
- Acrylates/octylacrylamide Copolymer
Acts on oil and pores
See the 1 declared functions
- Gives a tightening feelASTRINGENT
- Alcohol Denat
Cleanses
See the 2 declared functions
- Surfactant that lifts dirtSURFACTANT - CLEANSING
- Beheneth-30 · Xanthan Gum
- Washes away surface impuritiesCLEANSING
- Beheneth-30
Mixes oil and waterEmulsifiers and solubilisers. They build the formula.
See the 2 declared functions
- Mixes and holds oil and water togetherSURFACTANT - EMULSIFYING
- Beheneth-30 · Xanthan Gum
- Keeps an emulsion from separatingEMULSION STABILISING
- Xanthan Gum
Texture and feel
Water · Butylene Glycol · Alcohol Denat · Pentylene Glycol · 1,2-Hexanediol · Disodium Edta · Xanthan Gum
Viscosity, solvents and spreadability: how the product feels on the skin.See the 5 declared functions
- Base that dissolves other ingredientsSOLVENT
- Water · Butylene Glycol · Alcohol Denat · Pentylene Glycol · 1,2-Hexanediol
- Adjusts thicknessVISCOSITY CONTROLLING
- Butylene Glycol · Alcohol Denat · Disodium Edta · Xanthan Gum
- Removes unwanted foamANTIFOAMING
- Alcohol Denat
- Holds powders togetherBINDING
- Xanthan Gum
- Turns the formula into a gelGEL FORMING
- Xanthan Gum
Keeps microbes from growing
Alcohol Denat · Phenoxyethanol · Sodium Dehydroacetate
See the 2 declared functions
- Inhibits microbial growthANTIMICROBIAL
- Alcohol Denat · Phenoxyethanol
- Stops microbes growing in the productPRESERVATIVE
- Phenoxyethanol · Sodium Dehydroacetate
Keeps the product stable
Sodium Hydroxide · Disodium Edta
Protects the formula from pH drift, metal ions and light. Not a preservative.See the 3 declared functions
- Makes alcohol undrinkableDENATURANT
- Sodium Hydroxide
- Keeps pH steadyBUFFERING
- Sodium Hydroxide
- Binds metal ions to prevent spoilageCHELATING
- Disodium Edta