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Fragrance ingredients some people react to (the EU requires listing these): Benzyl Alcohol, Geraniol, Citronellol, Limonene
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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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2AquaWater | solventmoreWater (Aqua) is the solvent base of most skincare and haircare products and usually the first, largest ingredient on the label. Full ingredient page → | — | |
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 | |
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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 | |
10ParfumFragrance | A blend of fragrance compounds; the most common trigger for fragrance sensitivity.more'Fragrance' or 'Parfum' is not a single ingredient but an undisclosed blend of scent compounds (30-50 on average, sometimes up to ~200) whose exact composition is a protected trade secret. Full ingredient page → | — | moderate |
perfuming, preservative, solvent, viscosity controllingmoreA multitasking aromatic alcohol that occurs naturally in many plants and essential oils (jasmine, ylang-ylang): it works as a solvent and as a bacteriostatic preservative in cosmetics, and also contributes a mild sweet-floral scent as a fragrance ingredient. Full ingredient page → | — | moderate | |
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A moisture magnet that holds many times its weight in water.moreHyaluronic acid is a 'moisture magnet' humectant naturally found in skin that can bind many times its own weight in water, drawing hydration into the upper layers to plump and soften. Full ingredient page → | — | moderate | |
19TocopherolVitamin 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 |
21Geraniol | perfuming, tonicmoreA fragrance ingredient — the main scent compound of rose and palmarosa oils (also in geranium and citronella) with a sweet, floral rose-like odour — added purely for scent, and one of the fragrance allergens the EU requires to be declared on cosmetic labels (Annex III). Full ingredient page → | — | moderate |
perfumingmoreA fragrance ingredient (a monoterpenoid found in rose oil, geranium and citronella) with a fresh rose-and-citrus scent, used to add fragrance (and as a component of insect-repellent citronella oil); it is one of the aroma substances EU cosmetics law requires to be named on the label because it can cause allergic reactions in some people. Full ingredient page → | — | 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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