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
Glycerin · Magnesium PCA · Zinc PCA
Pulls water from the air and the layers below into the outer skin layer.See the 2 declared functions
- Draws in and holds moistureHUMECTANT
- Glycerin · Magnesium PCA · Zinc PCA
- Draws moisture into the skinSKIN CONDITIONING - HUMECTANT
- Glycerin
Niacinamide · Caprylyl Glycol · Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil
Fills the gaps between skin cells so the surface feels smooth.See the 2 declared functions
- Makes skin soft and smoothSKIN CONDITIONING - EMOLLIENT
- Caprylyl Glycol · Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil
- Reduces surface roughnessSMOOTHING
- Niacinamide
Disodium Cocoamphodiacetate · Tocopherol · Magnesium PCA · Zinc PCA · Caprylyl Glycol · Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed 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
- Disodium Cocoamphodiacetate · Magnesium PCA · Zinc PCA · Caprylyl Glycol
- Skin conditioning not covered aboveSKIN CONDITIONING - MISCELLANEOUS
- Tocopherol · Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil · Tetramethyl Acetyloctahydronaphthalenes
Glycerin · Tocopherol · Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil · Acrylates Crosspolymer-4
Forms a film on the surface against evaporation and outside irritants.See the 3 declared functions
- Forms a film that stops moisture lossSKIN CONDITIONING - OCCLUSIVE
- Tocopherol · Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil
- Protects skin from outside irritantsSKIN PROTECTING
- Glycerin
- Leaves a thin film where appliedFILM FORMING
- Acrylates Crosspolymer-4
See the 1 declared functions
- Slows spoilage by oxygenANTIOXIDANT
- Tocopherol
Sodium Laurylglucosides Hydroxypropylsulfonate · Coco-Glucoside · Disodium Cocoamphodiacetate · Sodium Methyl Cocoyl Taurate · Acrylates Crosspolymer-4
See the 4 declared functions
- Surfactant that lifts dirtSURFACTANT - CLEANSING
- Coco-Glucoside · Disodium Cocoamphodiacetate · Sodium Methyl Cocoyl Taurate · Acrylates Crosspolymer-4
- Washes away surface impuritiesCLEANSING
- Sodium Laurylglucosides Hydroxypropylsulfonate · Coco-Glucoside · Disodium Cocoamphodiacetate
- Boosts latherSURFACTANT - FOAM BOOSTING
- Sodium Laurylglucosides Hydroxypropylsulfonate · Disodium Cocoamphodiacetate
- Creates foamFOAMING
- Coco-Glucoside
Sodium Laurylglucosides Hydroxypropylsulfonate · Disodium Cocoamphodiacetate · Acrylates Crosspolymer-4
Emulsifiers and solubilisers. They build the formula.See the 3 declared functions
- Helps poorly soluble ingredients dissolve in waterSURFACTANT - HYDROTROPE
- Sodium Laurylglucosides Hydroxypropylsulfonate · Disodium Cocoamphodiacetate
- Mixes and holds oil and water togetherSURFACTANT - EMULSIFYING
- Sodium Laurylglucosides Hydroxypropylsulfonate
- Keeps an emulsion from separatingEMULSION STABILISING
- Acrylates Crosspolymer-4
Glycerin · Magnesium Sulfate · Silica · Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil · Acrylates Crosspolymer-4
Viscosity, solvents and spreadability: how the product feels on the skin.See the 5 declared functions
- Base that dissolves other ingredientsSOLVENT
- Glycerin · Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil
- Adjusts thicknessVISCOSITY CONTROLLING
- Glycerin · Acrylates Crosspolymer-4
- Adds bulkBULKING
- Magnesium Sulfate
- Absorbs water or oilABSORBENT
- Silica
- Stops powders from cakingANTICAKING
- Silica
Chlorphenesin · Phenoxyethanol
See the 2 declared functions
- Inhibits microbial growthANTIMICROBIAL
- Chlorphenesin · Phenoxyethanol
- Stops microbes growing in the productPRESERVATIVE
- Chlorphenesin · Phenoxyethanol
Glycerin · Citric Acid · Sodium Hydroxide
Protects the formula from pH drift, metal ions and light. Not a preservative.See the 3 declared functions
- Makes alcohol undrinkableDENATURANT
- Glycerin · Sodium Hydroxide
- Keeps pH steadyBUFFERING
- Citric Acid · Sodium Hydroxide
- Binds metal ions to prevent spoilageCHELATING
- Citric Acid
Glycerin · Santalum Album (Sandalwood) Oil · Juniperus Virginiana Oil · Fragrance (Parfum) · Hydroxycitronellal · Tetramethyl Acetyloctahydronaphthalenes
See the 2 declared functions
- Gives the product a scentPERFUMING
- Glycerin · Fragrance (Parfum) · Hydroxycitronellal · Tetramethyl Acetyloctahydronaphthalenes
- Listed as a fragrance-composition material (not a claim that it adds scent)FRAGRANCE
- Santalum Album (Sandalwood) Oil · Juniperus Virginiana Oil
See the 1 declared functions
- Listed as giving skin or hair a good feel (vague CosIng category)TONIC
- Juniperus Virginiana Oil
See 24 other ingredients · 24 total
- Aqua/Water/Eau
- Sodium Laurylglucosides Hydroxypropylsulfonate
- Coco-Glucoside
- Disodium Cocoamphodiacetate
- Glycerin
- Sodium Methyl Cocoyl Taurate
- Magnesium Sulfate
- Tocopherol
- Niacinamide
- Magnesium PCA
- Zinc PCA
- Silica
- Citric Acid
- Sodium Hydroxide
- Caprylyl Glycol
- Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil
- Santalum Album (Sandalwood) Oil
- Juniperus Virginiana Oil
- Fragrance (Parfum)
- Chlorphenesin
- Phenoxyethanol
- Acrylates Crosspolymer-4
- Hydroxycitronellal
- 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.