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 · Sodium Chloride · 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 · Sodium Chloride · Zinc PCA
- Draws moisture into the skinSKIN CONDITIONING - HUMECTANT
- Glycerin
Pyrus Malus (Apple) Fruit Extract · Niacinamide
Fills the gaps between skin cells so the surface feels smooth.See the 2 declared functions
- Makes skin soft and smoothSKIN CONDITIONING - EMOLLIENT
- Pyrus Malus (Apple) Fruit Extract
- Reduces surface roughnessSMOOTHING
- Niacinamide
Cocamidopropyl Betaine · Hamamelis Virginiana (Witch Hazel) Water · Sodium Chloride · Pyrus Malus (Apple) Fruit Extract · Rosmarinus Officinalis (Rosemary) Leaf Oil · Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice · Panthenol · Sodium Gluconate · Zinc PCA
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
- Hamamelis Virginiana (Witch Hazel) Water · Sodium Chloride · Pyrus Malus (Apple) Fruit Extract · Rosmarinus Officinalis (Rosemary) Leaf Oil · Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice · Panthenol · Sodium Gluconate · Zinc PCA
- Skin conditioning not covered aboveSKIN CONDITIONING - MISCELLANEOUS
- Cocamidopropyl Betaine
Glycerin · Pyrus Malus (Apple) Fruit Extract · Polyquaternium-10
Forms a film on the surface against evaporation and outside irritants.See the 2 declared functions
- Protects skin from outside irritantsSKIN PROTECTING
- Glycerin · Pyrus Malus (Apple) Fruit Extract
- Leaves a thin film where appliedFILM FORMING
- Polyquaternium-10
Hamamelis Virginiana (Witch Hazel) Water · Menthol
See the 2 declared functions
- Eases skin discomfortSOOTHING
- Hamamelis Virginiana (Witch Hazel) Water · Menthol
- Gives a fresh feelREFRESHING
- Menthol
Pyrus Malus (Apple) Fruit Extract
In CosIng this category also covers keeping the product itself from spoiling.See the 1 declared functions
- Slows spoilage by oxygenANTIOXIDANT
- Pyrus Malus (Apple) Fruit Extract
Sodium Chloride · Illite · Kaolin · Montmorillonite
See the 1 declared functions
- Scrubs physicallyABRASIVE
- Sodium Chloride · Illite · Kaolin · Montmorillonite
Hamamelis Virginiana (Witch Hazel) Water · Pyrus Malus (Apple) Fruit Extract · Kaolin · Alcohol
See the 2 declared functions
- Gives a tightening feelASTRINGENT
- Hamamelis Virginiana (Witch Hazel) Water · Pyrus Malus (Apple) Fruit Extract · Alcohol
- Reduces sebum productionANTI-SEBUM
- Hamamelis Virginiana (Witch Hazel) Water · Kaolin
Sodium C14-16 Olefin Sulfonate · Cocamidopropyl Betaine · Caprylyl/Capryl Glucoside
See the 4 declared functions
- Washes away surface impuritiesCLEANSING
- Sodium C14-16 Olefin Sulfonate · Cocamidopropyl Betaine · Caprylyl/Capryl Glucoside
- Surfactant that lifts dirtSURFACTANT - CLEANSING
- Sodium C14-16 Olefin Sulfonate · Cocamidopropyl Betaine · Caprylyl/Capryl Glucoside
- Creates foamFOAMING
- Sodium C14-16 Olefin Sulfonate · Caprylyl/Capryl Glucoside
- Boosts latherSURFACTANT - FOAM BOOSTING
- Cocamidopropyl Betaine
See the 1 declared functions
- Keeps an emulsion from separatingEMULSION STABILISING
- Montmorillonite
Cocamidopropyl Betaine · Glycerin · Sodium Chloride · Illite · Kaolin · Alcohol · Montmorillonite · Benzyl Alcohol · Pinene
Viscosity, solvents and spreadability: how the product feels on the skin.See the 6 declared functions
- Adjusts thicknessVISCOSITY CONTROLLING
- Cocamidopropyl Betaine · Glycerin · Sodium Chloride · Kaolin · Alcohol · Montmorillonite · Benzyl Alcohol
- Adds bulkBULKING
- Sodium Chloride · Illite · Kaolin · Montmorillonite
- Base that dissolves other ingredientsSOLVENT
- Glycerin · Alcohol · Benzyl Alcohol
- Absorbs water or oilABSORBENT
- Illite · Kaolin · Montmorillonite
Phenoxyethanol · Alcohol · Potassium Sorbate · Benzyl Alcohol
See the 2 declared functions
- Stops microbes growing in the productPRESERVATIVE
- Phenoxyethanol · Potassium Sorbate · Benzyl Alcohol
- Inhibits microbial growthANTIMICROBIAL
- Phenoxyethanol · Alcohol
Glycerin · Citric Acid · Sodium Gluconate · Montmorillonite · Menthol
Protects the formula from pH drift, metal ions and light. Not a preservative.See the 4 declared functions
- Binds metal ions to prevent spoilageCHELATING
- Citric Acid · Sodium Gluconate
- Keeps pH steadyBUFFERING
- Citric Acid
- Protects colour and scent from lightLIGHT STABILIZER
- Montmorillonite
Glycerin · Lavandula Oil/Extract · Benzyl Alcohol
See the 2 declared functions
- Gives the product a scentPERFUMING
- Glycerin · Benzyl Alcohol
- Listed as a fragrance-composition material (not a claim that it adds scent)FRAGRANCE
- Lavandula Oil/Extract
See 27 other ingredients · 27 total
- Water/Aqua/Eau
- Sodium C14-16 Olefin Sulfonate
- Cocamidopropyl Betaine
- Glycerin
- Hamamelis Virginiana (Witch Hazel) Water
- Sodium Chloride
- Pyrus Malus (Apple) Fruit Extract
- Rosmarinus Officinalis (Rosemary) Leaf Oil
- Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice
- Sea Silt Extract/Maris Limus Extract/Extrait de limon marin
- Illite
- Kaolin
- Niacinamide
- Lavandula Oil/Extract
- Panthenol
- Phenoxyethanol
- Alcohol
- Citric Acid
- Polyquaternium-10
- Sodium Gluconate
- Potassium Sorbate
- Caprylyl/Capryl Glucoside
- Zinc PCA
- Montmorillonite
- Menthol
- Benzyl Alcohol
- Pinene
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.