Bleaching
188 ingredients, 366 products
Official definition
Lightens the shade of hair or skin.Decision 2006/257/EC, inventory of cosmetic ingredients (definitions of functions).
Definitions cited for information: the inventory decision was repealed on 8 May 2020. It does not establish an authorisation.
In plain words
188 ingredients in the database declare the function “Bleaching” in CosIngThe European Commission's database of cosmetic ingredients.. These are EU glossary names; an ingredient can declare several roles.
366 products in the database list at least one of these ingredients, each counted once. This count does not establish the role or effectiveness of the finished product.
Ingredients subject to a prohibition or conditions of use under the Cosmetics Regulation: 5. A declared role is not an authorisation: check the conditions for the ingredient and its intended use.
Ingredients declaring this function
Most frequent in the products of the database first.
| Ingredient | Regulatory status |
|---|---|
| GLYCYRRHIZA GLABRA ROOT EXTRACT | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| OLEA EUROPAEA FRUIT EXTRACT | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| TERMINALIA FERDINANDIANA FRUIT EXTRACT | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ALPHA-ARBUTIN | Allowed with restrictions (Annex III) Annex III, entry 377: products: (a) Face cream (b) Body lotion; maximum concentration: (a) 2% (b) 0.5% |
| KOJIC ACID | Allowed with restrictions (Annex III) Annex III, entry 375: products: Face and hand products; maximum concentration: 1% |
| ARBUTIN | Allowed with restrictions (Annex III) Annex III, entry 378: products: Face cream; maximum concentration: 7% |
| MORUS ALBA ROOT EXTRACT | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| TRITICUM VULGARE GERM | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| AMMONIUM PERSULFATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| HONOKIOL | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| MAGNOLOL | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| TAED | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| HEXAPEPTIDE-2 | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| OLIGOPEPTIDE-68 | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| GLABRIDIN | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| BETAPHYCUS GELATINUM EXTRACT | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| HYDROQUINONE | Prohibited, with exceptions (Annex II) Allowed with restrictions (Annex III) Annex III, entry 14: products: Artificial nail systems; maximum concentration: 0.02% (after mixing for use) |
| MYRISTYL THEOBROMA GRANDIFLORUM SEEDATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| THUJA OCCIDENTALIS LEAF EXTRACT | Cited as an example in a rule, no rule of its own (Annex III) |
| THUJA ORIENTALIS LEAF EXTRACT | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| (ACTAEA HERACLEIFOLIA/PAEONIA LATIFLORA/RHEUM RHAPONTICUM/SCUTELLARIA BAICALENSIS) ROOT/PHELLODENDRON AMURENSE BARK EXTRACT | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| (CITRUS RETICULATA FRUIT JUICE/MALUS DOMESTICA FRUIT JUICE/CARICA PAPAYA FRUIT JUICE) VESICLES | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| 1,4-BUTANEDIOL BISDECANOATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| 1,4-CYCLOHEXANEDIOL BIS-ETHYLHEXANOATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| 2-ACETYLHYDROQUINONE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| 3,4-METHYLENEDIOXYBENZYL METHYLSULFONE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ACETYL LACTOSAMINE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ACETYL RHEUM RHAPONTICUM ROOT EXTRACT | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ADAMANTANYL DIHYDROCAFFEAMIDE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ADAMANTANYL DIHYDROXYBENZAMIDE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ADAMANTANYL HYDROXYBENZAMIDE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ADAMANTANYL TRIHYDROXYBENZAMIDE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ADAMANTANYLAMINO DIHYDROXYPROPIOPHENONE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| AJUGA REPTANS CELL CULTURE EXTRACT | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ALLIUM CEPA BULB/(SCHISANDRA CHINENSIS/SOLANUM LYCOPERSICUM/VACCINIUM ANGUSTIFOLIUM) FRUIT/CAMELLIA SINENSIS LEAF/(CURCUMA LONGA/DAUCUS CAROTA SATIVA/SANGUISORBA OFFICINALIS/ZINGIBER OFFICINALE) ROOT/(CENTELLA ASIATICA/PORTULACA OLERACEA/MORINDA CITRIFOLIA) EXTRACT | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ALLIUM MINUS EXTRACT | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ALNUS FIRMA LEAF/STEM EXTRACT | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ALPINIA OXYPHYLLA FRUIT EXTRACT | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| AMENTOFLAVONE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| AMINOLEVULINOYL TRIPEPTIDE-35 | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ANACARDOYL sh-PENTAPEPTIDE-39 TRIPEPTIDE-1 | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ANACARDOYL TRIPEPTIDE-1 | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ANACARDOYL TRIPEPTIDE-35 | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ARBUTINYL UNDECYLENATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ARCTOSTAPHYLOS UVA URSI LEAF POWDER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ARTOCARPUS HETEROPHYLLUS SEED EXTRACT | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ARTOCARPUS LAKOOCHA WOOD EXTRACT | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ASCORBYL LACTOSIDE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ASCORBYL LINOLEATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ASPERGILLUS/SACCHAROMYCES/BROWN RICE BRAN FERMENT FILTRATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| BACILLUS/HOUTTUYNIA CORDATA LEAF/SOYBEAN FERMENT FILTRATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| BACILLUS/LACTOBACILLUS/STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS/ALPINIA SPECIOSA LEAF EXTRACT FERMENT FILTRATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| BAKUHAN | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| BETULA DAHURICA BARK/BRANCH EXTRACT | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| BIS-GLUTATHIONE TRISULFIDE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| BIS-THYMINEMETHYL ACETIC ACID | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| BOESENBERGIA PANDURATA RHIZOME EXTRACT | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| BRASSOCATTLEYA MARCELLA KOSS LEAF/STEM EXTRACT | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| BROMOPHENYL PROPENAMINOETHYL ISOQUINOLINESULFONAMIDE HCl | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| BUDDLEJA AXILLARIS LEAF EXTRACT | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| CAJANUS CAJAN ROOT EXTRACT | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| CALCIUM SULFATE HYDRATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| CELASTRUS ORBICULATUS BRANCH/LEAF EXTRACT | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| CHICKEN EGG WHITE LYSOSOMES | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| CHINESE RED-HEADED CENTIPEDE EXTRACT | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| CHIONANTHUS RETUSUS FLOWER/PRUNUS MUME FRUIT EXTRACT | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| CHLORELLA SP. HS-V EXTRACT | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| COUMAROYL TRIPEPTIDE-1 | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| COUMAROYL TRIPEPTIDE-35 | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| CYCLOHEXANEDIOL BIS-ETHYLHEXANOATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| CYCLOHEXANEDIOL BIS-METHYLCROTONATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| CYCLOHEXANEDIOL DICAPRYLATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| CYCLOVIROBUXINE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| CYNARA SCOLYMUS LEAF/ROOT POWDER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| CYSTOSEIRA COMPRESSA POWDER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| DECAPEPTIDE-12 | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| DENDROBIUM HUOSHANENSE LEAF/STEM EXTRACT | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| DENDROBIUM MONILIFORME LEAF/STEM EXTRACT | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| DIACETYL BENZOYL LATHYROL | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| DIACETYLCURCUMIN | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| DIHEXYLOXY CYCLOHEXANE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| DIHYDROXYBIPHENYL | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| DIPENTYLOXY CYCLOHEXANE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ENKLEIA THORELII ROOT EXTRACT | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ENTEROMORPHA PROLIFERA EXTRACT | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ERGOSTEROL ENDOPEROXIDE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ERIOBOTRYA JAPONICA SEED EXTRACT | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| EXCOECARIA BICOLOR LEAF EXTRACT | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| EXTRUDED HUMAN ADIPOSE DERIVED STEM CELLS | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| GLABRIDINYL BIS-(PHYTYL SUCCINATE) | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| HIBISCUS ROSA-SINENSIS LEAF EXTRACT | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| HUMAN ADIPOSE-DERIVED STEM CELL CONDITIONED MEDIA | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| HUMAN BLOOD CELL-DERIVED INDUCED PLURIPOTENT CELL EXTRACELLULAR VESICLES | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| HUMAN UMBILICAL CORD MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL CONDITIONED MEDIA EXTRACT | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| HYDROLYZED ASPERGILLUS/GINSENG EXTRACT FERMENT | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| HYDROLYZED BETA MARITIMA EXTRACT | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| HYDROLYZED BLACK SOLDIER FLY LARVA EXTRACT | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| HYDROLYZED CODONOPSIS PILOSULA ROOT EXTRACT | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| HYDROLYZED FISH EGG SHELL EXTRACT | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| HYDROLYZED GELIDIUM AMANSII EXTRACT | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| HYDROLYZED WHEAT BRAN EXTRACT | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| HYDROLYZED XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS POLYSACCHARIDE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| HYDROXYRESVERATROL | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| HYPOXIS AUREA ROOT EXTRACT | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ICARISIDE II | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| IMPATIENS GLANDULIFERA (FLOWER/LEAF/SEED/SEED POD)/PANDANUS AMARYLLIFOLIUS LEAF EXTRACT | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ISODON INFLEXUS BRANCH/LEAF EXTRACT | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ISOPROPYLCHROMENAMIDO FLUOROBENZYL METHANESULFONAMIDE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| KLUYVEROMYCES/LACTOBACILLUS/PAEONIA LACTIFLORA ROOT OIL FERMENT FILTRATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| LACTIPLANTIBACILLUS FERMENT EXTRACT | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| LACTOBACILLUS/NELUMBO NUCIFERA SEED FERMENT FILTRATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| LACTOBACILLUS/ORYZA SATIVA BRAN/SACCHAROMYCES/CAMELLIA SINENSIS LEAF EXTRACT FERMENT | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| LACTOBACILLUS/SACCHAROMYCES/PICHIA ANOMALA/CAMELLIA SINENSIS LEAF EXTRACT/HONEY FERMENT EXTRACT FILTRATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| LACTOBACILLUS/SACCHAROMYCES/PICHIA ANOMALA/CAMELLIA SINENSIS LEAF EXTRACT/HONEY FERMENT FILTRATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| LAURYL CARPOTROCHE BRASILIENSIS SEEDATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| LAURYL THEOBROMA GRANDIFLORUM SEEDATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| LEPIDIUM APETALUM SEED EXTRACT | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| LIGUSTICUM ACUTILOBUM BRANCH EXTRACT | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| LITSEA JAPONICA LEAF/STEM EXTRACT | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| LOPHOPHYTUM ELONGATUM EXTRACT | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| LYCIUM CHINENSE FRUIT/SAFFLOWER FLOWER/(GASTRODIA ELATA/LICORICE/PAEONIA SUFFRUTICOSA/PANAX GINSENG/PANAX NOTOGINSENG/SALVIA MILTIORRHIZA/SCUTELLARIA BAICALENSIS) ROOT/PORIA COCOS EXTRACT | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| LYSINE AZELATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| METASEQUOIA GLYPTOSTROBOIDES EXTRACT | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| METHOXY PEG-45 THIOCTATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| METHOXYCHALCONE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| METHYL DIHYDROXYFARNESATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| METHYLENEDIOXYPHENYL DIHYDROXYBENZAMIDE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| METHYLSULFINYLBUTYL PIPERIDINECARBOTHIOAMIDE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| MORPHOLINOMETHYLPHENYL HYDROXYPHENYLAMINO THIENOPYRIDINE HCl | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| MORUS ALBA FIBROUS ROOT EXTRACT | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| MYRICA RUBRA LEAF/STEM EXTRACT | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| MYRISTYL CARPOTROCHE BRASILIENSIS SEEDATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| N-CAFFEOYL TYRAMINE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| NICOTINOYL ETHYL SERINATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| OLIGOPEPTIDE-182 D-TRYPTOPHANYL DIPEPTIDE-29 D-PHENYLALANYL LYSINAMIDE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| OSMANTHUS FRAGRANS FLOWER WATER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| PALMITOYL CYCLO(CYSTEINYL BETA-ALANYL HISTIDINYL D-PHENYLALANYL TRIPEPTIDE-114) TETRAPEPTIDE-130 AMIDE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| PALMITOYL TETRAPEPTIDE-132 TRIPEPTIDE-123 AMIDE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| PANDURATIN A | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| PASSIFLORA EDULIS SEED ACID | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| PHYLLANTHUS URINARIA EXTRACT | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| PHYTYL NICOTINATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| PINUS NIGRA BUD EXTRACT | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| PIPERLONGUMINE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| POTASSIUM METHOXYSALICYLATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| PROTOCATECHUICALDEHYDE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| PRUNUS MUME BUD EXTRACT | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| PYRUS CALLERYANA BARK/BRANCH EXTRACT | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| PYRUS MALUS ROOT BARK POWDER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| QUINOYL TRIPEPTIDE-1 | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| QUINOYL TRIPEPTIDE-7 | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| RAPONTICIN GLUCOSIDE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| RESACETOPHENONE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| RESORCINOL BIS-ETHYLHEXANOATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| RHODOPSEUDOMONAS | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| RHODOPSEUDOMONAS SPHAEROIDES FERMENT FILTRATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| RHODOPSEUDOMONAS/PABA FERMENT | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| RHUS VERNICIFLUA BARK EXTRACT | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| RUBUS ELLIPTICUS FRUIT EXTRACT | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| SACCHAROMYCES/VACCINIUM VITIS-IDAEA FRUIT FERMENT EXTRACT | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| SALIX BLINII LEAF EXTRACT | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| SAURURUS CHINENSIS ROOT EXTRACT | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| SEA CUCUMBER SECRETION EXTRACT | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| sh-DNA | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| sh-OLIGOPEPTIDE-110 SP | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| SORBITAN THEOBROMA GRANDIFLORUM SEEDATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| STREPTOMYCES RUBROVINUS FERMENT EXTRACT | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| STREPTOMYCES SUBRUTILUS FERMENT FILTRATE EXTRACT | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| STRONTIUM PEROXIDE | Allowed with restrictions (Annex III) Annex III, entry 64: products: Rinse-off hair products; maximum concentration: 4.5% (as strontium) |
| SUCCINOYL ASCORBATE PENTAPEPTIDE-6 | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| SULFONATED CHITOSAN | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| SULFORAPHANE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| SUNFLOWER SEED OIL ETHYL FERULATE ESTERS | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| SYZYGIUM FORMOSUM LEAF WATER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| T-BUTYLPHENYL IMIDAZOLYLPHENYL SULFONAMIDE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| TETRAHYDROCURCUMIN DIACETATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| TETRAMETHYLBUTYL DIHYDROXYBENZAMIDE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| TEUPOLIOSIDE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| THALASSIOSIRA PSEUDONANA FERMENT FILTRATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| THIOACETANILIDE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| THIOCTAMIDOETHYL DIMETHYLAMINE MALEATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| THIOCTOYL TRIPEPTIDE-35 | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| THIOHISTIDINE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| TRIMETHYLDECENEDIONE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| VALERIANA FAURIEI ADVENTITIOUS ROOT EXTRACT | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| VERBASCOSIDE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| VIBURNUM EROSUM BARK/BRANCH EXTRACT | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| WITHANIA SOMNIFERA LEAF EXTRACT | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
Ingredients subject to rules
- ALPHA-ARBUTIN : Allowed with restrictions (Annex III)
Annex III, entry 377: products: (a) Face cream (b) Body lotion; maximum concentration: (a) 2% (b) 0.5% - KOJIC ACID : Allowed with restrictions (Annex III)
Annex III, entry 375: products: Face and hand products; maximum concentration: 1% - ARBUTIN : Allowed with restrictions (Annex III)
Annex III, entry 378: products: Face cream; maximum concentration: 7% - HYDROQUINONE : Prohibited, with exceptions (Annex II)
Allowed with restrictions (Annex III)
Annex III, entry 14: products: Artificial nail systems; maximum concentration: 0.02% (after mixing for use) - STRONTIUM PEROXIDE : Allowed with restrictions (Annex III)
Annex III, entry 64: products: Rinse-off hair products; maximum concentration: 4.5% (as strontium)