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 · Saccharide Isomerate · Echinacea Purpurea Extract · Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract
Pulls water from the air and the layers below into the outer skin layer.See the 3 declared functions
- Draws in and holds moistureHUMECTANT
- Glycerin · Saccharide Isomerate · Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract
- Draws moisture into the skinSKIN CONDITIONING - HUMECTANT
- Glycerin · Echinacea Purpurea Extract
- Raises skin moistureMOISTURISING
- Echinacea Purpurea Extract
Caprylyl Glycol · Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract · Lecithin
Fills the gaps between skin cells so the surface feels smooth.See the 1 declared functions
- Makes skin soft and smoothSKIN CONDITIONING - EMOLLIENT
- Caprylyl Glycol · Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract · Lecithin
Lactobacillus/Punica Granatum Fruit Ferment Extract · Sphingomonas Ferment Extract · 1,2-Hexanediol · Caprylyl Glycol · Sodium Stearoyl Glutamate · Xanthan Gum · Sodium Gluconate · Maltodextrin · Echinacea Purpurea Extract · Rosmarinus Officinalis (Rosemary) Leaf Oil · Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract · Sclerotium Gum · Lecithin
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
- Lactobacillus/Punica Granatum Fruit Ferment Extract · Sphingomonas Ferment Extract · 1,2-Hexanediol · Caprylyl Glycol · Sodium Stearoyl Glutamate · Xanthan Gum · Sodium Gluconate · Maltodextrin · Echinacea Purpurea Extract · Rosmarinus Officinalis (Rosemary) Leaf Oil · Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract · Sclerotium Gum · Lecithin
- Skin conditioning not covered aboveSKIN CONDITIONING - MISCELLANEOUS
- Echinacea Purpurea Extract
Glycerin · Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride · Maltodextrin · Echinacea Purpurea Extract · Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract · Pullulan
Forms a film on the surface against evaporation and outside irritants.See the 3 declared functions
- Protects skin from outside irritantsSKIN PROTECTING
- Glycerin · Echinacea Purpurea Extract · Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract
- Leaves a thin film where appliedFILM FORMING
- Maltodextrin · Pullulan
- Forms a film that stops moisture lossSKIN CONDITIONING - OCCLUSIVE
- Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride
See the 1 declared functions
- Gives a fresh feelREFRESHING
- Menthyl Lactate
Echinacea Purpurea Extract · Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract
In CosIng this category also covers keeping the product itself from spoiling.See the 1 declared functions
- Slows spoilage by oxygenANTIOXIDANT
- Echinacea Purpurea Extract · Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract
Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract
See the 1 declared functions
- Absorbs UV (including to protect the product)UV ABSORBER
- Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract
Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract · Silica
See the 2 declared functions
- Helps dead skin come awayEXFOLIATING
- Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract
- Scrubs physicallyABRASIVE
- Silica
Leuconostoc/Radish Root Ferment Filtrate · Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract
See the 3 declared functions
- Acts on seborrheic flaking and dandruffANTI-SEBORRHEIC
- Leuconostoc/Radish Root Ferment Filtrate
- Gives a tightening feelASTRINGENT
- Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract
- Reduces sebum productionANTI-SEBUM
- Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract
Sodium Stearoyl Glutamate · Xanthan Gum
See the 2 declared functions
- Washes away surface impuritiesCLEANSING
- Sodium Stearoyl Glutamate
- Surfactant that lifts dirtSURFACTANT - CLEANSING
- Xanthan Gum
Sodium Stearoyl Glutamate · Xanthan Gum · Maltodextrin · Sclerotium Gum · Lecithin
Emulsifiers and solubilisers. They build the formula.See the 2 declared functions
- Mixes and holds oil and water togetherSURFACTANT - EMULSIFYING
- Sodium Stearoyl Glutamate · Xanthan Gum · Lecithin
- Keeps an emulsion from separatingEMULSION STABILISING
- Xanthan Gum · Maltodextrin · Sclerotium Gum
Glycerin · Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride · 1,2-Hexanediol · Xanthan Gum · Maltodextrin · Sclerotium Gum · Pullulan · Silica · Limonene
Viscosity, solvents and spreadability: how the product feels on the skin.See the 6 declared functions
- Base that dissolves other ingredientsSOLVENT
- Glycerin · Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride · 1,2-Hexanediol · Limonene
- Adjusts thicknessVISCOSITY CONTROLLING
- Glycerin · Xanthan Gum · Sclerotium Gum
- Holds powders togetherBINDING
- Xanthan Gum · Maltodextrin · Pullulan
- Absorbs water or oilABSORBENT
- Maltodextrin · Silica
- Turns the formula into a gelGEL FORMING
- Xanthan Gum
- Stops powders from cakingANTICAKING
- Silica
Leuconostoc/Radish Root Ferment Filtrate · Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract · Potassium Sorbate · Sodium Benzoate
See the 2 declared functions
- Inhibits microbial growthANTIMICROBIAL
- Leuconostoc/Radish Root Ferment Filtrate · Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract
- Stops microbes growing in the productPRESERVATIVE
- Potassium Sorbate · Sodium Benzoate
Glycerin · Citric Acid · Sodium Gluconate · Sodium Citrate · Sodium Benzoate
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 · Sodium Citrate
- Keeps pH steadyBUFFERING
- Citric Acid · Sodium Citrate
- Makes alcohol undrinkableDENATURANT
- Glycerin
- Prevents corrosion of packaging and equipmentANTICORROSIVE
- Sodium Benzoate
Glycerin · Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride · Mentha Arvensis Leaf Oil · Pogostemon Cablin Oil · Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract · Limonene
See the 2 declared functions
- Gives the product a scentPERFUMING
- Glycerin · Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride · Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract · Limonene
- Listed as a fragrance-composition material (not a claim that it adds scent)FRAGRANCE
- Mentha Arvensis Leaf Oil · Pogostemon Cablin Oil
See 29 other ingredients · 29 total
- Water/Aqua/Eau
- Glycerin
- Lactobacillus/Punica Granatum Fruit Ferment Extract
- Sphingomonas Ferment Extract
- Saccharide Isomerate
- Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride
- 1,2-Hexanediol
- Caprylyl Glycol
- Sodium Stearoyl Glutamate
- Xanthan Gum
- Citric Acid
- Menthyl Lactate
- Sodium Gluconate
- Maltodextrin
- Echinacea Purpurea Extract
- Leuconostoc/Radish Root Ferment Filtrate
- Mentha Arvensis Leaf Oil
- Pogostemon Cablin Oil
- Rosmarinus Officinalis (Rosemary) Leaf Oil
- Nephelium Lappaceum Extract
- Sodium Citrate
- Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract
- Sclerotium Gum
- Lecithin
- Pullulan
- Silica
- Potassium Sorbate
- Sodium Benzoate
- 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.