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

Aluminum/Magnesium Hydroxide Stearate

Function: Emulsion stabilising viscosity controlling
Status: Not restricted under the EU or UK annexes
In brief: Aluminium/Magnesium Hydroxide Stearate is a compound formed from stearic acid combined with aluminium and magnesium hydroxides. It is used in cosmetic formulations to help keep mixtures of oil and water from separating and to control the thickness or flow of a product.
Appears in: 5 catalogue products

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