
Ingredients
Full ingredient list as published on the official product page, in descending order of content.
Ingredient overview
12ingredients found
10 · 83.3%ingredients grouped by use
8types of use
Hydration3
Skin conditioning3
Skin softening1
Moisture retention4
Antioxidants1
Texture · feel6
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.
See the 2 declared functions
- Draws in and holds moistureHUMECTANT
- GLYCERIN · PROPYLENE GLYCOL
- Draws moisture into the skinSKIN CONDITIONING - HUMECTANT
- GLYCERIN · PROPYLENE 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
PROPYLENE GLYCOL · TOCOPHEROL · CAPRYLYL GLYCOL
CosIng's broadest category. On its own it does not say what the ingredient does.See the 2 declared functions
- Skin conditioning not covered aboveSKIN CONDITIONING - MISCELLANEOUS
- PROPYLENE GLYCOL · TOCOPHEROL
- Keeps skin in good condition (CosIng catch-all)SKIN CONDITIONING
- CAPRYLYL GLYCOL
Keeps moisture in
STYRENE/ACRYLATES COPOLYMER · POLYACRYLIC ACID · GLYCERIN · TOCOPHEROL
Forms a film on the surface against evaporation and outside irritants.See the 3 declared functions
- Leaves a thin film where appliedFILM FORMING
- STYRENE/ACRYLATES COPOLYMER · POLYACRYLIC ACID
- Protects skin from outside irritantsSKIN PROTECTING
- GLYCERIN
- Forms a film that stops moisture lossSKIN CONDITIONING - OCCLUSIVE
- TOCOPHEROL
Slows oxidationIn CosIng this category also covers keeping the product itself from spoiling.
See the 1 declared functions
- Slows spoilage by oxygenANTIOXIDANT
- TOCOPHEROL
Mixes oil and waterEmulsifiers and solubilisers. They build the formula.
See the 1 declared functions
- Keeps an emulsion from separatingEMULSION STABILISING
- POLYACRYLIC ACID
Texture and feel
AQUA (WATER) · PPG-2 METHYL ETHER · POLYACRYLIC ACID · GLYCERIN · PROPYLENE GLYCOL · SILICA
Viscosity, solvents and spreadability: how the product feels on the skin.See the 5 declared functions
- Base that dissolves other ingredientsSOLVENT
- AQUA (WATER) · PPG-2 METHYL ETHER · GLYCERIN · PROPYLENE GLYCOL
- Adjusts thicknessVISCOSITY CONTROLLING
- POLYACRYLIC ACID · GLYCERIN · PROPYLENE GLYCOL
- Holds powders togetherBINDING
- POLYACRYLIC ACID
- Absorbs water or oilABSORBENT
- SILICA
- Stops powders from cakingANTICAKING
- SILICA
Colour and shine
STYRENE/ACRYLATES COPOLYMER · SILICA
See the 1 declared functions
- Makes a clear formula opaqueOPACIFYING
- STYRENE/ACRYLATES COPOLYMER · SILICA
Keeps microbes from growing
See the 2 declared functions
- Stops microbes growing in the productPRESERVATIVE
- PHENOXYETHANOL
- Inhibits microbial growthANTIMICROBIAL
- PHENOXYETHANOL
Keeps the product stableProtects the formula from pH drift, metal ions and light. Not a preservative.
See the 1 declared functions
- Makes alcohol undrinkableDENATURANT
- GLYCERIN
Fragrance-related
See the 1 declared functions
- Gives the product a scentPERFUMING
- PPG-2 METHYL ETHER · GLYCERIN