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Fragrance ingredients some people react to (the EU requires listing these): Benzyl Alcohol
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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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A volatile silicone that gives slip and evaporates off.moreA volatile, water-thin cyclic silicone (also called D5 or cyclomethicone). It spreads ingredients into a light, silky, non-greasy layer and then evaporates off the skin or hair within minutes, leaving little to no residue. Full ingredient page → | — | limited | |
A mineral UV filter, gentle enough for sensitive skin.moreA mineral (inorganic) UV filter that sits on the skin and shields it from the sun, mainly covering UVB and shorter UVA wavelengths. Full ingredient page → | — | strong | |
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A mineral UV filter that physically blocks both UVA and UVB.moreA mineral UV filter widely regarded as the broadest-spectrum sunscreen ingredient, covering UVB plus the full UVA range almost uniformly and staying photostable in the sun. Full ingredient page → | 1 | strong | |
9DimethiconeA silicone | A silicone that smooths and seals; not water-soluble, so it can build up on hair.moreThe most widely used silicone in skincare and haircare — a polydimethylsiloxane polymer that spreads into a thin, breathable, water-repellent film. Full ingredient page → | 1 | moderate |
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11Cetyl AlcoholFatty alcohol (non-drying) | emulsion stabilising, fragrance, opacifying, skin conditioning - emollient, surfactant - cleansing, surfactant - emulsifying, surfactant - foam boosting, viscosity controllingmoreA fatty alcohol — a waxy, solid C16 alcohol (often from coconut or palm kernel oil) — and a good example of why 'alcohol' on a label is not automatically drying. Unlike the small, volatile solvent alcohols such as alcohol denat. Full ingredient page → | 2 | moderate |
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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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