Ingredients
Full ingredient list as published on the official product page, in descending order of content.
Ingredient overview
21ingredients found
19 · 90.5%ingredients grouped by use
8types of use
Hydration1
Skin conditioning7
Skin softening6
Moisture retention6
Antioxidants1
Texture · feel14
Preservation · stability1
Fragrance2
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.
Softens the skin
Copernicia Cerifera (Carnauba) Wax · Dimethicone · Glyceryl Stearate · Palmitic Acid · Stearic Acid · Caprylyl Glycol
Fills the gaps between skin cells so the surface feels smooth.See the 2 declared functions
- Makes skin soft and smoothSKIN CONDITIONING - EMOLLIENT
- Copernicia Cerifera (Carnauba) Wax · Dimethicone · Glyceryl Stearate · Palmitic Acid · Caprylyl Glycol
- Replaces oils washed awayREFATTING
- Stearic Acid
Skin conditioning
Copernicia Cerifera (Carnauba) Wax · Dimethicone · 1,2-hexanediol · Caprylyl Glycol · Xanthan Gum · Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter · Ricinus Communis (Castor) Seed Oil
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
- Copernicia Cerifera (Carnauba) Wax · Dimethicone · 1,2-hexanediol · Caprylyl Glycol · Xanthan Gum · Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter · Ricinus Communis (Castor) Seed Oil
Keeps moisture in
Acrylates Copolymer · Pvp · Copernicia Cerifera (Carnauba) Wax · Dimethicone · Glycerin · Vp/eicosene Copolymer
Forms a film on the surface against evaporation and outside irritants.See the 2 declared functions
- Leaves a thin film where appliedFILM FORMING
- Acrylates Copolymer · Pvp · Copernicia Cerifera (Carnauba) Wax · Vp/eicosene Copolymer
- Protects skin from outside irritantsSKIN PROTECTING
- Dimethicone · Glycerin
Slows oxidationIn CosIng this category also covers keeping the product itself from spoiling.
See the 1 declared functions
- Slows spoilage by oxygenANTIOXIDANT
- Hydroxyacetophenone
Exfoliates
Copernicia Cerifera (Carnauba) Wax
See the 2 declared functions
- Helps dead skin come awayEXFOLIATING
- Copernicia Cerifera (Carnauba) Wax
- Scrubs physicallyABRASIVE
- Copernicia Cerifera (Carnauba) Wax
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
- Stearic Acid · Xanthan Gum
- Washes away surface impuritiesCLEANSING
- Stearic Acid
Mixes oil and water
Synthetic Beeswax · Pvp · Glyceryl Stearate · Palmitic Acid · Stearic Acid · Xanthan Gum
Emulsifiers and solubilisers. They build the formula.See the 2 declared functions
- Keeps an emulsion from separatingEMULSION STABILISING
- Synthetic Beeswax · Pvp · Stearic Acid · Xanthan Gum
- Mixes and holds oil and water togetherSURFACTANT - EMULSIFYING
- Glyceryl Stearate · Palmitic Acid · Stearic Acid · Xanthan Gum
Texture and feel
Water · Acrylates Copolymer · Alcohol Denat · Synthetic Beeswax · Pvp · Copernicia Cerifera (Carnauba) Wax · Dimethicone · Glycerin · Vp/eicosene Copolymer · Magnesium Aluminum Silicate · 1,2-hexanediol · Xanthan Gum · Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter
Viscosity, solvents and spreadability: how the product feels on the skin.See the 7 declared functions
- Adjusts thicknessVISCOSITY CONTROLLING
- Alcohol Denat · Synthetic Beeswax · Pvp · Copernicia Cerifera (Carnauba) Wax · Glycerin · Vp/eicosene Copolymer · Magnesium Aluminum Silicate · Xanthan Gum · Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter
- Holds powders togetherBINDING
- Acrylates Copolymer · Synthetic Beeswax · Pvp · Vp/eicosene Copolymer · Xanthan Gum
- Base that dissolves other ingredientsSOLVENT
- Water · Alcohol Denat · Glycerin · 1,2-hexanediol
- Removes unwanted foamANTIFOAMING
- Alcohol Denat · Dimethicone
- Absorbs water or oilABSORBENT
- Magnesium Aluminum Silicate
- Stops powders from cakingANTICAKING
- Magnesium Aluminum Silicate
- Turns the formula into a gelGEL FORMING
- Xanthan Gum
Colour and shine
See the 1 declared functions
- Makes a clear formula opaqueOPACIFYING
- Magnesium Aluminum Silicate
Keeps microbes from growing
See the 1 declared functions
- Inhibits microbial growthANTIMICROBIAL
- Alcohol Denat
Keeps the product stableProtects the formula from pH drift, metal ions and light. Not a preservative.
See the 2 declared functions
- Makes alcohol undrinkableDENATURANT
- Glycerin
- Keeps pH steadyBUFFERING
- Tromethamine
Fragrance-related
Glycerin · Ricinus Communis (Castor) Seed Oil
See the 1 declared functions
- Gives the product a scentPERFUMING
- Glycerin · Ricinus Communis (Castor) Seed Oil
See 21 other ingredients · 21 total
- Water
- Acrylates Copolymer
- Alcohol Denat
- Synthetic Beeswax
- Pvp
- Copernicia Cerifera (Carnauba) Wax
- Dimethicone
- Glycerin
- Glyceryl Stearate
- Vp/eicosene Copolymer
- Palmitic Acid
- Magnesium Aluminum Silicate
- Stearic Acid
- 1,2-hexanediol
- Hydroxyacetophenone
- Tromethamine
- Caprylyl Glycol
- Xanthan Gum
- Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter
- Ricinus Communis (Castor) Seed Oil
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