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
Saccharide Isomerate · Betaine
Pulls water from the air and the layers below into the outer skin layer.See the 2 declared functions
- Draws in and holds moistureHUMECTANT
- Saccharide Isomerate · Betaine
- Draws moisture into the skinSKIN CONDITIONING - HUMECTANT
- Betaine
PEG-40 Hydrogenated Castor Oil
Fills the gaps between skin cells so the surface feels smooth.See the 1 declared functions
- Makes skin soft and smoothSKIN CONDITIONING - EMOLLIENT
- PEG-40 Hydrogenated Castor Oil
Gluconolactone · Gaultheria Procumbens (Wintergreen) Leaf Extract · Beta Vulgaris (Beet) Root Extract · Pentylene Glycol · PPG-26-Buteth-26 · Sclerotium Gum · 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
- Gluconolactone · Gaultheria Procumbens (Wintergreen) Leaf Extract · Beta Vulgaris (Beet) Root Extract · Pentylene Glycol · PPG-26-Buteth-26 · Sclerotium Gum · Xanthan Gum
See the 1 declared functions
- Leaves a thin film where appliedFILM FORMING
- Pullulan · Cellulose Gum
See the 1 declared functions
- Slows spoilage by oxygenANTIOXIDANT
- Hydroxyacetophenone
See the 1 declared functions
- Gives a tightening feelASTRINGENT
- Agave Tequilana Leaf Extract
PPG-24-Glycereth-24 · Xanthan Gum · PEG-40 Hydrogenated Castor Oil
See the 1 declared functions
- Surfactant that lifts dirtSURFACTANT - CLEANSING
- PPG-24-Glycereth-24 · Xanthan Gum · PEG-40 Hydrogenated Castor Oil
PPG-24-Glycereth-24 · Lysolecithin · Sclerotium Gum · Cellulose Gum · Xanthan Gum · PEG-40 Hydrogenated Castor Oil
Emulsifiers and solubilisers. They build the formula.See the 2 declared functions
- Mixes and holds oil and water togetherSURFACTANT - EMULSIFYING
- PPG-24-Glycereth-24 · Lysolecithin · Xanthan Gum · PEG-40 Hydrogenated Castor Oil
- Keeps an emulsion from separatingEMULSION STABILISING
- Sclerotium Gum · Cellulose Gum · Xanthan Gum
Propanediol · Isopentyldiol · PPG-24-Glycereth-24 · Pentylene Glycol · Sclerotium Gum · Pullulan · Cellulose Gum · Xanthan Gum · Limonene
Viscosity, solvents and spreadability: how the product feels on the skin.See the 4 declared functions
- Base that dissolves other ingredientsSOLVENT
- Propanediol · Isopentyldiol · PPG-24-Glycereth-24 · Pentylene Glycol · Limonene
- Adjusts thicknessVISCOSITY CONTROLLING
- Propanediol · Sclerotium Gum · Cellulose Gum · Xanthan Gum
- Holds powders togetherBINDING
- Pullulan · Cellulose Gum · Xanthan Gum
- Turns the formula into a gelGEL FORMING
- Xanthan Gum
Mandelic Acid · Sodium Benzoate
See the 2 declared functions
- Inhibits microbial growthANTIMICROBIAL
- Mandelic Acid
- Stops microbes growing in the productPRESERVATIVE
- Sodium Benzoate
Glycolic Acid · Gluconolactone · Gluconic Acid · Citric Acid · Sodium Citrate · Sodium Benzoate · Sodium Hydroxide
Protects the formula from pH drift, metal ions and light. Not a preservative.See the 4 declared functions
- Keeps pH steadyBUFFERING
- Glycolic Acid · Citric Acid · Sodium Citrate · Sodium Hydroxide
- Binds metal ions to prevent spoilageCHELATING
- Gluconolactone · Gluconic Acid · Citric Acid · Sodium Citrate
- Prevents corrosion of packaging and equipmentANTICORROSIVE
- Sodium Benzoate
- Makes alcohol undrinkableDENATURANT
- Sodium Hydroxide
Methyl Diisopropyl Propionamide · Gaultheria Procumbens (Wintergreen) Leaf Extract · Gluconic Acid · PEG-40 Hydrogenated Castor Oil · Limonene
See the 2 declared functions
- Gives the product a scentPERFUMING
- Gaultheria Procumbens (Wintergreen) Leaf Extract · Gluconic Acid · PEG-40 Hydrogenated Castor Oil · Limonene
- Listed as a fragrance-composition material (not a claim that it adds scent)FRAGRANCE
- Methyl Diisopropyl Propionamide
See 29 other ingredients · 29 total
- Water/Eau/Aqua
- Propanediol
- Mandelic Acid
- Glycolic Acid
- Gluconolactone
- Isopentyldiol
- PPG-24-Glycereth-24
- Saccharide Isomerate
- Methyl Diisopropyl Propionamide
- Gaultheria Procumbens (Wintergreen) Leaf Extract
- Agave Tequilana Leaf Extract
- Beta Vulgaris (Beet) Root Extract
- Pentylene Glycol
- PPG-26-Buteth-26
- Betaine
- Gluconic Acid
- Lysolecithin
- Sclerotium Gum
- Citric Acid
- Pullulan
- Cellulose Gum
- Xanthan Gum
- Hydroxyacetophenone
- PEG-40 Hydrogenated Castor Oil
- Sodium Citrate
- Sodium Benzoate
- Sodium Hydroxide
- Fragrance/Parfum
- Limonene
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.