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Fragrance ingredients some people react to (the EU requires listing these): Linalool, Limonene, Citronellol, Alpha-Isomethyl Ionone, Geraniol
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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 |
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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 → | — | |
2Aloe Barbadensis Leaf JuiceAloe vera | Aloe vera juice; soothes and lightly hydrates.moreThe watery juice from the clear inner gel of the aloe vera leaf, mostly water plus polysaccharides (such as acemannan), salicylates, and minerals. Full ingredient page → | 0 | moderate |
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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 | |
5Urea | 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 |
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8Butyrospermum 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 |
9TocopherolVitamin E | Vitamin E; an antioxidant that also conditions skin.moreVitamin E, the major fat-soluble (lipophilic) antioxidant in our skin. It works as a radical scavenger that donates a hydrogen atom to free radicals, protecting cell-membrane lipids (and the oils in a formula) from oxidation. Full ingredient page → | 2 | moderate |
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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 | |
A fatty acid used as an emollient.moreThe most common saturated fatty acid in animals and plants (C16) and a natural component of your own skin lipids, used in cosmetics as an emollient, emulsifier, and foam-building cleansing agent (it saponifies into sodium palmitate soap). Full ingredient page → | 2 | 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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In label order — earlier usually means more of it. Highlighted names are the evidence-backed actives.
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