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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.
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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 fatty acid used in cleansers.moreA saturated 14-carbon fatty acid found in nutmeg butter, coconut oil, palm kernel oil, and butterfat, used in cosmetics chiefly as a foam-building cleansing surfactant and emulsifier (it reacts with alkali to form soap). Full ingredient page → | 3 | limited | |
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 | |
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A fatty acid common in coconut oil.moreA saturated medium-chain (C12) fatty acid that makes up nearly half of coconut and palm kernel oil, used in cosmetics mainly as a cleansing, emulsifying, and surfactant ingredient (it saponifies into soap). Full ingredient page → | 4 | limited | |
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A common emulsifier that binds oil and water.moreA very common water-loving (hydrophilic) emulsifier and surfactant made by attaching a PEG (polyethylene glycol) chain to stearic acid. Its main job is to keep the oil and water phases of a cream or lotion mixed together evenly. Full ingredient page → | 1 | limited | |
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12Argania Spinosa Kernel OilArgan oil | Argan oil; smooths frizz and adds shine.moreAn emollient plant oil pressed from argan tree kernels, rich in oleic and linoleic fatty acids plus vitamin E, that softens skin and hair, seals in moisture, and smooths frizz and dullness. Full ingredient page → | 0 | limited |
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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Its ingredients appear in 30 peer-reviewed studies we track.Start with Glycerin →
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In label order — earlier usually means more of it. Highlighted names are the evidence-backed actives.
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