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A quick read on the upsides and the watch-outs — each tied to where it comes from.
Watch-outs
The ingredients doing the work — the reason you'd buy it.
Every ingredient in label order — what it does, how likely it is to clog pores, and how strong the research is. Expand a row for the plain-words read.
| Ingredient | What it does | Comedogenic | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
1AquaWater | solventmoreWater (Aqua) is the solvent base of most skincare and haircare products and usually the first, largest ingredient on the label. Full ingredient page → | — | |
2Olea Europaea Fruit OilOlive oil | Olive oil; a rich emollient for very dry skin and hair.moreOlive oil, a plant oil pressed from olive fruit that is very high in oleic acid (typically 55-83%) with smaller amounts of linoleic and palmitic acids plus squalene, tocopherols, and polyphenols. Full ingredient page → | 3 | limited |
3Urea | A humectant and gentle exfoliant in one; a dermatology staple for rough, very dry skin.moreA dermatology staple that pulls double duty depending on its strength. Full ingredient page → | — | strong |
| — | 2 | ||
One of the most reliable moisture-binding ingredients in skincare.moreThe gold-standard humectant in skincare: a small, water-loving (hygroscopic) molecule that is also part of skin's own natural moisturizing factor. Full ingredient page → | 0 | strong | |
A self-emulsifying form of glyceryl stearate.moreA self-emulsifying (the 'SE') version of glyceryl stearate, the waxy ester of glycerin and stearic acid. Plain glyceryl stearate helps oil and water mix; the SE grade also contains a small amount of soap-like (e.g. Full ingredient page → | 3 | limited | |
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9Butyrospermum Parkii ButterShea butter | Shea butter; a rich, occlusive moisturizer.moreShea butter, a soft solid fat pressed from the nut of the African shea tree, composed mainly of stearic and oleic acids (about 85-90% of its fatty acids) plus an unusually high unsaponifiable fraction with vitamins A and E. Full ingredient page → | — | moderate |
A fatty acid that thickens and conditions.moreA saturated 18-carbon fatty acid and one of the most common workhorse ingredients in cosmetics, naturally found in skin and in cocoa and shea butter. Full ingredient page → | 2 | limited | |
11Persea Gratissima OilAvocado oil | Avocado oil; a rich emollient oil.moreAvocado oil, a plant oil from avocado flesh that is high in oleic acid (around 70%) with smaller amounts of palmitic and linoleic acids, plus vitamins A, D, and E and the sterol beta-sitosterol. Full ingredient page → | 3 | limited |
12Cera AlbaBeeswax | Beeswax; an occlusive emollient that thickens balms and helps seal in moisture. | 2 | |
13PanthenolPro-vitamin B5 | Pro-vitamin B5; soothes, hydrates, and helps repair the skin and hair surface.moreProvitamin B5: it readily absorbs into skin and hair where it converts to pantothenic acid (vitamin B5), acting as a humectant that holds water while soothing and supporting the skin's repair processes. Full ingredient page → | 0 | moderate |
Comedogenic is a 0–5 pore-clogging likelihood — a contested measure, take it lightly. No marker = unremarkable or not yet researched — we never fake a rating.
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