Cosmetic ingredient directory
INCI directory
Look up any cosmetic ingredient by its INCI name or CAS number. See what it does in a formula, whether the EU restricts it, which chemical it is and who supplies it.
- Ingredients
- 33.6K
- Functions
- 82
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What the ingredient does in a cosmetic formula.
- Skin conditioning12.5K
- Hair conditioning4K
- Skin conditioning, emollient4K
- Antioxidant3.3K
- Skin protecting3.3K
- Surfactant, cleansing3.2K
- Skin conditioning, miscellaneous3K
- Surfactant, emulsifying3K
- Perfuming2.8K
- Humectant2.4K
- Fragrance1.5K
- Viscosity controlling1.5K
- Cleansing1.4K
- Film forming1.4K
- Antimicrobial1.2K
- Skin conditioning, humectant1.1K
- Antistatic1.1K
- Emulsion stabilising726
- Solvent695
- Astringent590
- Binding556
- Surfactant, foam boosting484
- Hair dyeing453
- Abrasive388
- Anti-sebum364
- Bleaching364
- Colorant325
- Not reported308
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Showing 3,001 to 3,060 of 33,639 ingredients
Aspergillus/Potato Starch/Wheat Flour Ferment Filtrate
AntimicrobialAnti-sebum
Aspergillus/Prunus Serrulata Flower Ferment Extract
Skin conditioning, emollientSkin conditioning
Aspergillus/Prunus Yedoensis Flower Ferment Extract
Skin conditioning, emollientSkin conditioning
Aspergillus/Prunus Yedoensis Leaf Ferment Extract
Skin conditioning, emollientSkin conditioning
Aspergillus/Raspberry Fruit/Rice Ferment Filtrate
Skin conditioning, emollientSkin conditioning, humectant
Aspergillus/Red Herring Ferment Extract/Rice/Rice Bran/Sea Salt/Spottyback Pufferfish Ovary Ferment Filtrate
Skin conditioning, miscellaneous
Aspergillus/Rhinacanthus Nasutus Leaf/Rice Ferment Filtrate
HumectantSkin conditioning
Aspergillus/Rice Bran Ferment Extract
Skin conditioning, emollientHumectantSkin conditioning
Aspergillus/Rice Ferment
Humectant
Aspergillus/Rice Ferment Extract
HumectantSkin conditioning
Aspergillus/Rice Ferment Filtrate
Skin conditioning
Aspergillus/Rice Ferment Lees Extract Filtrate
Skin conditioning, emollientSkin conditioning
Aspergillus/Rice Germ Ferment Extract Filtrate
Skin conditioning, emollient
Aspergillus/Rice/Propanediol/Myrothamnus Flabellifolius Leaf Extract Ferment Filtrate
Skin conditioning, miscellaneous
Aspergillus/Rice/Rice Bran Ferment Filtrate
Skin conditioning, emollientSkin conditioning
Aspergillus/Rice/Rosa Rugosa Fruit Ferment Filtrate
Skin conditioning, miscellaneous
Aspergillus/Rice/Silkworm Cocoon Extract Ferment Filtrate
Skin conditioning, humectant
Aspergillus/Rice/Soymilk Ferment Filtrate
Skin conditioning
Aspergillus/Rice/Vigna Angularis Seed Extract Ferment Extract
Skin conditioning, miscellaneous
Aspergillus/Rice/Wool Extract Ferment Filtrate
Skin conditioning
Aspergillus/Rosa Damascena Leaf/Rice Ferment Filtrate
Skin conditioning
Aspergillus/Saccharomyces Rice Ferment Lees
Skin conditioning, emollient
(Aspergillus/Saccharomyces)/Rice Ferment/Barley Grain Meal/Nelumbo Nucifera Flower Extract Ferment Extract Filtrate
Bleaching
Aspergillus/Saccharomyces/Apple Fruit/Melon Fruit/Banana Fruit/Grape/Sucrose Ferment Filtrate
Humectant
Aspergillus/Saccharomyces/Banana Fruit/Rice Ferment Lees Extract
Skin conditioning, miscellaneous
Aspergillus/Saccharomyces/Barley Ferment Extract Filtrate
Humectant
Aspergillus/Saccharomyces/Barley Lees Ferment Filtrate
Skin conditioning
Aspergillus/Saccharomyces/Barley Seed Ferment Extract
Skin conditioning
Aspergillus/Saccharomyces/Barley Seed Ferment Filtrate Extract
Skin conditioning
Aspergillus/Saccharomyces/Brown Rice Bran Ferment Filtrate
BleachingSkin protectingSkin conditioning, humectant
Aspergillus/Saccharomyces/Brown Rice Ferment Filtrate
AntioxidantBleachingSkin protecting
Aspergillus/Saccharomyces/Chicory Root Ferment Lees Extract
Skin conditioning
Aspergillus/Saccharomyces/Citrus Junos Pulp Ferment Lees Extract
Skin conditioning, miscellaneous
Aspergillus/Saccharomyces/Gastrodia Elata Root Extract Ferment Filtrate
Skin conditioning
Aspergillus/Saccharomyces/Glycyrrhiza Uralensis Root Extract Ferment Filtrate
Skin conditioning
Aspergillus/Saccharomyces/Honey/Origanum Majorana Leaf/Rice Ferment Lees Extract
Hair conditioningHumectantSkin conditioning
Aspergillus/Saccharomyces/Ipomoea Batatas Root Ferment Filtrate
Skin conditioning, emollientHumectantSkin conditioning
Aspergillus/Saccharomyces/Ipomoea Batatas Root Ferment Lees
Skin conditioning, emollientSkin conditioning
Aspergillus/Saccharomyces/Ipomoea Batatas Root Ferment Lees Extract
HumectantSkin conditioning
Aspergillus/Saccharomyces/Mallotus Japonicus Bark/(Garlic/Onion Bulb)/(Matricaria/Safflower Flower)/(Actinidia Polygama/Apple/Apricot/Capsicum Frutescens/Citrus Unshiu/Fig/Fortunella Margarita/Grape/Grapefruit/Lemon/Lycium Chinense/Melon/Mume/Pineapple/Pseudocydonia Sinensis/Siraitia Grosvenorii/Ziziphus Jujuba Fruit)/(Agaricus Blazei/Ganoderma Lucidum/Lentinula Edodes Fruiting Body)/Onion Hull/(Amygdalus Persica/Cabbage/Commelina Communis/Corchorus Olitorius/Diospyros Kaki/Eriobotrya Japonica/Eucommia Ulmoides/Fig/Ginkgo Biloba/Lycium Chinense/Morus Alba/Nandina Domestica/Nelumbo Nucifera/Perilla Frutescens/Pinus Densiflora Leaf)/(Honeysuckle Leaf/Stem)/(Arctium Lappa/Carrot/Dandelion/Eleutherococcus Senticosus/Eurycoma Longifolia/Ginger/Licorice/Platycodon Grandiflorus/Salacia Reticulata Root)/(Turmeric Root/Stem)/(Cassia Obtusifolia/Coix Lacryma-Jobi Ma-Yuen Seed)/Sambucus Sieboldiana Stem/Acer Maximowiczianum/Andrographis Paniculata/Artemisia Princeps/Aspalathus Linearis/Equisetum Arvense/Glechoma Hederacea/Gloiopeltis Tenax/Gynostemma Pentaphyllum/Houttuynia Cordata/Hypericum Erectum/Lepidium Meyenii/Panax Ginseng/Panax Notoginseng/Parsley/Phaseolus Radiatus/Phyllanthus Emblica/Plantago Asiatica/Polygonatum Odoratum/Rabdosia Japonica/Saccharina Japonica/Sasa Veitchii/Senna Occidentalis/Tetragonia Tetragonioides/Uncaria Tomentosa Extract/Black Strap Powder/Galactooligosaccharides/Molasses Ferment
Humectant
Aspergillus/Saccharomyces/Milk/Water/Rice Ferment Extract Filtrate
Skin protectingSkin conditioning, miscellaneous
Aspergillus/Saccharomyces/Morus Alba Fruit/Rice Ferment Lees Extract
Hair conditioningHumectantSkin conditioning
Aspergillus/Saccharomyces/Prunus Mume Fruit/Rice Ferment Lees Extract
Hair conditioningHumectantSkin conditioning
Aspergillus/Saccharomyces/Prunus Serrulata Wood Ferment Extract Filtrate
Skin conditioning, humectant
Aspergillus/Saccharomyces/Pumpkin Seed Ferment Filtrate
Skin conditioning
Aspergillus/Saccharomyces/Rice Ferment Extracellular Vesicles
Hair conditioningHumectantSkin conditioning, humectant
Aspergillus/Saccharomyces/Rice Ferment Extract
Emulsion stabilising
Aspergillus/Saccharomyces/Rice Ferment Extract Filtrate
Humectant
Aspergillus/Saccharomyces/Rice Ferment Filtrate
HumectantSkin conditioning
Aspergillus/Saccharomyces/Rice Lees Ferment Filtrate
HumectantSkin conditioning
Aspergillus/Saccharomyces/Tetragenococcus/Rice Ferment Filtrate
HumectantSkin conditioning
Aspergillus/Saccharum Officinarum Stem Extract Ferment Filtrate
Humectant
Aspergillus/Siraitia Grosvenorii Fruit/Eucommia Ulmoides Leaf/Coix Lacryma-Jobi Ma-Yuen Seed Ferment Filtrate
Hair conditioningSkin conditioning
Aspergillus/Snail Secretion Filtrate Ferment Filtrate
Skin conditioning
Aspergillus/Sorghum Bicolor Ferment Lees Extract
AntioxidantHair conditioningSkin conditioning
Aspergillus/Sorghum Bicolor Leaf/Stem Extract Ferment Filtrate
AntioxidantSkin conditioning
Aspergillus/Soybean Germ Ferment
Antioxidant
Aspergillus/Soybean Germ Ferment Extract
Antioxidant
Aspergillus/Soybean Germ Ferment Filtrate
Hair conditioningSkin conditioning
Aspergillus/Soybean Seed Extract Ferment Extract Filtrate
Humectant
Restriction annexes refer to EU Cosmetics Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009. 33,639 entries. Details may have changed, so always check the current regulation in your market before formulating.