Rating: Best
Categories: Emollient, Plant-Extracts, Antioxidant
This moisturizing non-fragrant plant oil is a rich source of both antioxidants and fatty acids.

Rating: Best
Categories: Plant-Extracts, Emollient, Antioxidant
This oil from the borage plant is a good, non-fragrant source of antioxidants and moisturizing fatty acids.

Rating: Best
Categories: Humectant, Antioxidant
The more bio-available, salt form of hyaluronic acid. I’s considered an excellent moisturizer, helping skin retain water so it looks and feels smoother.

Rating: Best
Categories: Antioxidant
A form of vitamin E frequently used in cosmetics for its antioxidant benefit.

Rating: Best
Categories: Antioxidant
One of four forms of vitamin E. It can be naturally or synthetically derived. Regardless of its origin, tocopherol has potent oil-soluble antioxidant properties and can help defend skin from pollution and environmental stressors.

Rating: Best
Categories: Antioxidant
Stable, oil-soluble form of vitamin C that works as an antioxidant and helps stabilize skin care formulas.

Rating: Best
Categories: Humectant, Solvent
Also known as pro-vitamin B5. Humectant that increases hydration substantially by attracting/retaining moisture. Can also play a role in visibly reducing facial redness triggered by sensitivity.

Rating: Best
Categories: Plant-Extracts
An ingredient that can be naturally derived or made synthetically. It has skin-soothing and moisturizing properties, making it an excellent inclusion in products designed for sensitive skin.

Rating: Best
Categories: Humectant, Texture-Enhancer, Solvent
A naturally occurring substance in skin that helps retain moisture. It is used in skin care products to help defend against dryness.

Rating: Best
Categories: Emollient, Emulsifier, Suspending-Dispersing-Agent
Plays many different roles including dispersing agent, skin-conditioning emollient, and emulsifying agent. Enhances the penetration of other ingredients for greater efficacy.

Rating: Best
Categories: Emollient, Texture-Enhancer, Plant-Extracts
Emollient and skin-replenishing ingredient derived from coconut oil and glycerin. Contains fatty acids that help skin resist moisture loss.

Rating: Best
Categories: Antioxidant, Humectant
Helps visibly minimize pore size, improve dull/uneven tone, and reduce wrinkle depth. Also known to fortify skin's barrier strength and boost hydration.

Rating: Best
Categories: Antioxidant, Humectant
An enzyme that breaks down potentially harmful oxygen molecules, making it a powerful antioxidant. It has anti-aging and calming properties for skin and helps protect against UV damage.

Rating: Good
Categories: Plant-Extracts, Emollient, Texture-Enhancer
Acts as an emollient, emulsifying agent, and solubility-enhancing ingredient to improve the aesthetics and performance of a formula. Imparts a soft feel on skin and minimizes moisture loss.

Rating: Good
Categories: Cleansing-Agent, Texture-Enhancer
Multitasks as a cleansing agent, emulsifier/stabilizer and formulary texture enhancer.

Rating: Good
Categories: Cleansing-Agent, Texture-Enhancer
Works as a cleansing agent and/or formulary texture enhancer.

Rating: Good
Categories: Chelating-Agent
One of the salt forms of ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid, it improves the stability of other cosmetics ingredients, helping them last longer. It’s been deemed safe as used in cosmetics and is even used as an additive in some foods.

Rating: Good
Categories: Preservative
This preservative is used to prevent the growth of bacteria and fungi in cosmetics and food products. It’s derived from benzoic acid.

Rating: Good
Categories: Preservative
Safe preservative known to be well-tolerated by skin; offers wide spectrum protection against unwanted microbials in a formula.

Rating: Good
Categories: Preservative
Effective skin care preservative that inhibits contamination and helps stabilize the formula’s shelf life.

Rating: Good
Categories: Preservative, Ph-Adjuster-Stabilizer
Safe, well-tolerated preservative that can also be used to achieve an ideal pH.