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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Linoleic Acid

LINOLEIC ACID

Emollient, Antistatic, Cleansing, Hair conditioning, Skin conditioning, Surfactant

Sucrose

SUCROSE

Humectant, Skin conditioning, Soothing

Retinol

RETINOL

Retinoid, Skin conditioning

Arachidyl Alcohol

ARACHIDYL ALCOHOL

Emollient, Emulsion stabilising, Viscosity controlling

Alanine

ALANINE

Antistatic, Hair conditioning, Masking, Skin conditioning

Threonine

THREONINE

Antistatic, Hair conditioning, Hair waving or straightening

Madecassoside

MADECASSOSIDE

Antioxidant, Anti-inflammatory, Skin conditioning

Coco-betaine

COCO-BETAINE

Antistatic, Cleansing, Foam boosting, Hair conditioning, Skin conditioning, Viscosity controlling, Surfactant

Steareth-20

STEARETH-20

Cleansing, Emulsifying, Surfactant