Ingredients
Full ingredient list as published on the official product page, in descending order of content.
Ingredient overview
21ingredients found
20 · 95.2%ingredients grouped by use
9types of use
Hydration2
Skin conditioning4
Skin softening2
Moisture retention4
Antioxidants1
UV filters2
Texture · feel11
Preservation · stability3
Fragrance5
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 · Butylene Glycol
- Draws moisture into the skinSKIN CONDITIONING - HUMECTANT
- Glycerin
Softens the skin
Phenethyl Benzoate · Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Extract
Fills the gaps between skin cells so the surface feels smooth.See the 1 declared functions
- Makes skin soft and smoothSKIN CONDITIONING - EMOLLIENT
- Phenethyl Benzoate · Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Extract
Skin conditioning
PEG-12 Dimethicone · Butylene Glycol · Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Extract · Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein
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
- PEG-12 Dimethicone · Butylene Glycol · Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Extract · Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein
- Skin conditioning not covered aboveSKIN CONDITIONING - MISCELLANEOUS
- Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Extract
Keeps moisture in
VP/VA Copolymer · PVP · Polyisobutene · Glycerin
Forms a film on the surface against evaporation and outside irritants.See the 2 declared functions
- Leaves a thin film where appliedFILM FORMING
- VP/VA Copolymer · PVP · Polyisobutene
- Protects skin from outside irritantsSKIN PROTECTING
- Glycerin
Slows oxidationIn CosIng this category also covers keeping the product itself from spoiling.
See the 1 declared functions
- Slows spoilage by oxygenANTIOXIDANT
- BHT
Blocks UV
Ethylhexyl Methoxycinnamate · Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Extract
See the 2 declared functions
- Absorbs UV (including to protect the product)UV ABSORBER
- Ethylhexyl Methoxycinnamate · Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Extract
- Filters UV to protect skin (sunscreen active)UV FILTER
- Ethylhexyl Methoxycinnamate
Exfoliates
Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Extract
See the 1 declared functions
- Scrubs physicallyABRASIVE
- Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Extract
Acts on oil and pores
See the 1 declared functions
- Gives a tightening feelASTRINGENT
- Alcohol Denat
Mixes oil and waterEmulsifiers and solubilisers. They build the formula.
See the 2 declared functions
- Keeps an emulsion from separatingEMULSION STABILISING
- PVP
- Mixes and holds oil and water togetherSURFACTANT - EMULSIFYING
- Amodimethicone
Texture and feel
Hydrofluorocarbon 152a · Dimethyl Ether · Alcohol Denat · VP/VA Copolymer · Zeolite · PVP · Polyisobutene · Water (Aqua/Eau) · Glycerin · Butylene Glycol · Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Extract
Viscosity, solvents and spreadability: how the product feels on the skin.See the 8 declared functions
- Adjusts thicknessVISCOSITY CONTROLLING
- Dimethyl Ether · Alcohol Denat · PVP · Polyisobutene · Glycerin · Butylene Glycol · Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Extract
- Base that dissolves other ingredientsSOLVENT
- Dimethyl Ether · Alcohol Denat · Water (Aqua/Eau) · Glycerin · Butylene Glycol
- Holds powders togetherBINDING
- VP/VA Copolymer · PVP · Polyisobutene
- Pushes the product out (aerosol)PROPELLANT
- Hydrofluorocarbon 152a · Dimethyl Ether
- Adds bulkBULKING
- Zeolite · Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Extract
- Absorbs water or oilABSORBENT
- Zeolite · Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Extract
- Removes unwanted foamANTIFOAMING
- Alcohol Denat
- Stops powders from cakingANTICAKING
- Zeolite
Keeps microbes from growing
Alcohol Denat · Phenoxyethanol · Potassium Sorbate
See the 2 declared functions
- Inhibits microbial growthANTIMICROBIAL
- Alcohol Denat · Phenoxyethanol
- Stops microbes growing in the productPRESERVATIVE
- Phenoxyethanol · Potassium Sorbate
Keeps the product stable
Glycerin · Ethylhexyl Methoxycinnamate · Benzyl Salicylate
Protects the formula from pH drift, metal ions and light. Not a preservative.See the 2 declared functions
- Protects colour and scent from lightLIGHT STABILIZER
- Ethylhexyl Methoxycinnamate · Benzyl Salicylate
- Makes alcohol undrinkableDENATURANT
- Glycerin
Fragrance-related
Fragrance (Parfum) · Phenethyl Benzoate · Glycerin · Benzyl Salicylate
See the 1 declared functions
- Gives the product a scentPERFUMING
- Fragrance (Parfum) · Phenethyl Benzoate · Glycerin · Benzyl Salicylate
See 21 other ingredients · 21 total
- Hydrofluorocarbon 152a
- Dimethyl Ether
- Alcohol Denat
- VP/VA Copolymer
- Zeolite
- PVP
- Fragrance (Parfum)
- Phenethyl Benzoate
- Polyisobutene
- Water (Aqua/Eau)
- Glycerin
- PEG-12 Dimethicone
- Amodimethicone
- Ethylhexyl Methoxycinnamate
- Butylene Glycol
- Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Extract
- Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein
- Phenoxyethanol
- Potassium Sorbate
- BHT
- Benzyl Salicylate
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.