The building blocks of skincare

Ingredient index

Get to know what goes into a formula. Explore each ingredient’s role, the research that examines it and the products where it appears.

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3,519 ingredients

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Microcrystalline Cellulose

MICROCRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE

Absorbent, Anticaking, Bulking, Emulsion stabilising, Opacifying, Stabilising, Viscosity controlling

Ceramide Eop

CERAMIDE EOP

Ceramide / barrier lipid, Hair conditioning, Skin conditioning

Paraffin

PARAFFIN

Perfuming, Skin conditioning, Viscosity controlling

Beta-glucan

BETA-GLUCAN

Humectant, Anti-inflammatory, Skin conditioning

Ubiquinone

UBIQUINONE

Antioxidant, Skin conditioning

Alumina

ALUMINA

Abrasive, Absorbent, Anticaking, Bulking, Opacifying, Viscosity controlling

Aluminum Hydroxide

ALUMINUM HYDROXIDE

Humectant, Emollient, Opacifying, Skin protecting, Viscosity controlling