Vaseline
Vaseline Essential Healing Body Lotion - 200ml
skincare · body lotion
Vaseline Essential Healing Intensive Care Body Lotion adds moisture and care to dry skin. With micro-drips of Vaseline, you are guaranteed an intensive treatment for extra dry skin. It has a mild fragrance and is non-greasyInformationBrand: VaselineType: Body LotionModel: Essential HealingContent: 200ml
Ingredients, in label order
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 | Pore-clogging score | Evidence |
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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 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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8DimethiconeA 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 |
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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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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Pore-clogging scores run from 0 to 5. This older scale is contested, so use it as a patch-test clue—not a verdict. No marker means the record has not been rated; we never invent one.