Moisturising
70 ingredients, 2,351 products
Official definition
Increases the water content of the skin and helps keep it soft and smooth.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Definitions cited for information: the inventory decision was repealed on 8 May 2020.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
70 ingredients in the database declare the function “Moisturising” in CosIngThe European Commission's database of cosmetic ingredients.. These are EU glossary names; an ingredient can declare several roles.
2,351 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 |
|---|---|
| DIMETHICONOL | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| TREHALOSE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| MEL | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| MAGNESIUM STEARATE | Colorant allowed under conditions (Annex IV) |
| JOJOBA ESTERS | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| HYALURONIC ACID | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| MANNITOL | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| PERSEA GRATISSIMA FRUIT EXTRACT | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ERYTHRITOL | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| SACCHARUM OFFICINARUM EXTRACT | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| MEL EXTRACT | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| METHYL GLUCETH-20 | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| PCA | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| PRUNUS PERSICA FRUIT EXTRACT | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| COLLAGEN | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| MALTOSE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ECHINACEA PURPUREA EXTRACT | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| PCA ETHYL COCOYL ARGINATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| GLYCYRRHIZA GLABRA RHIZOME/ROOT | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| PROPOLIS CERA | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| METHYL GLUCETH-10 | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| QUILLAJA SAPONARIA BARK EXTRACT | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ACRYLATES/ACRYLAMIDE COPOLYMER | Cited as an example in a rule, no rule of its own (Annex III) |
| SALVIA HISPANICA SEED OIL | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| DIMETHYLSILANOL HYALURONATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| JASMINUM OFFICINALE EXTRACT | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| JASMINUM OFFICINALE OIL | Allowed with restrictions (Annex III) |
| ECHINACEA ANGUSTIFOLIA EXTRACT | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| MALTITOL | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| PRUNUS PERSICA JUICE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| MANGANESE PCA | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| JASMINUM OFFICINALE FLOWER/LEAF EXTRACT | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| PRUNUS CERASUS EXTRACT | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| PRUNUS DOMESTICA FRUIT EXTRACT | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| HYDROLYZED WHEAT GLUTEN | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| PRUNUS PERSICA FLOWER EXTRACT | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ECHINACEA PURPUREA ROOT EXTRACT | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ECHINACEA PALLIDA EXTRACT | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| JASMINUM GRANDIFLORUM FLOWER EXTRACT | Allowed with restrictions (Annex III) |
| PRUNUS PERSICA LEAF EXTRACT | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ALOE ARBORESCENS LEAF EXTRACT | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| PRUNUS SEROTINA BARK EXTRACT | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| PRUNUS SEROTINA FRUIT EXTRACT | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ULMUS FULVA BARK EXTRACT | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| GLYCINE SOJA FLOUR | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| MYRICA CERIFERA FRUIT EXTRACT | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| OENOCARPUS BATAUA FRUIT OIL | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| PHOENIX DACTYLIFERA SEED EXTRACT | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| PRUNUS ARMENIACA JUICE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ULMUS FULVA BARK | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ADIPIC ACID DIHYDRAZIDE | Prohibited in cosmetics (Annex II) |
| ALUMINUM STEAROYL GLUTAMATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ARTEMISIA ABROTANUM LEAF/STEM EXTRACT | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| CONNECTIVE TISSUE EXTRACT | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| COPPER ACETYLMETHIONATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| CUTANEOUS LYSATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| DITRIDECYL DIMER DILINOLEATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ECHINACEA ANGUSTIFOLIA LEAF EXTRACT | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ECHINACIN | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| EMBRYO EXTRACT | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| NIGELLA DAMASCENA COTYLEDON EXTRACT | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| OENOCARPUS BACABA FRUIT OIL | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ORYZA SATIVA HULL EXTRACT | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| PISCES EXTRACT | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| PRUNUS PERSICA KERNEL EXTRACT | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| PRUNUS SEROTINA BARK | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| RED PETROLATUM | Prohibited unless refining is demonstrated (Annex II) |
| RIBES GROSSULARIA FRUIT EXTRACT | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ROSA MULTIFLORA FRUIT | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| TRILACTIN | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
Ingredients subject to rules
- MAGNESIUM STEARATE : Colorant allowed under conditions (Annex IV)
- JASMINUM OFFICINALE OIL : Allowed with restrictions (Annex III)
- JASMINUM GRANDIFLORUM FLOWER EXTRACT : Allowed with restrictions (Annex III)
- ADIPIC ACID DIHYDRAZIDE : Prohibited in cosmetics (Annex II)
- RED PETROLATUM : Prohibited unless refining is demonstrated (Annex II)