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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Tetradecene

TETRADECENE

Emollient, Viscosity controlling, Solvent

Peg-400

PEG-400

Binding, Emulsion stabilising, Solvent

Guanosine

GUANOSINE

Opacifying, Skin conditioning

Boric Acid

BORIC ACID

Antimicrobial, Buffering, Denaturant