Ingredient & product reference

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Every ingredient on a European cosmetic label carries a name set by the Commission, and often a limit on how much of it a product may contain.

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32,262 Ingredients you can look up

The European Commission's glossary of ingredient names, plus the annexes to the Cosmetics Regulation — what each substance is called, and where it is restricted.

132 Products decoded so far

Real labels from the SkinRevu catalogue, read ingredient by ingredient against that reference. A small, growing set.

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Ingredient record

Hydrolyzed Glycosaminoglycans

Function: Hair conditioning humectant skin conditioning
Status: Not restricted under the EU or UK annexes
In brief: Hydrolysed glycosaminoglycans are broken-down forms of naturally occurring polysaccharides, chemically modified to create smaller molecules that can be more easily incorporated into formulations. They are used in cosmetics as humectants, helping to draw and hold moisture, and as conditioning agents for both skin and hair.
Appears in: 4 catalogue products

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