Indy Beauty Arbutin & liquorice glow up moisturizer
No. No, Indy Beauty Arbutin & liquorice glow up moisturizer is not alcohol-free.
It lists Alcohol.
- Alcohol
Why
Alcohol-free means no drying alcohol: Alcohol Denat, Ethanol, SD Alcohol, Isopropyl Alcohol. Fatty alcohols like Cetearyl Alcohol are waxes and never count, and Benzyl Alcohol is a preservative.
No, Indy Beauty Arbutin & liquorice glow up moisturizer is not alcohol-free. It lists Alcohol.
Cetyl Alcohol is a fatty alcohol: waxy, softening, and never counted as alcohol.
This is not a safety warning. It is a label fact, useful if you avoid this group on purpose.
Full ingredient list
Aqua, Octyldodecyl Myristate, Glycerin, Dimethicone, Canola Oil, Jojoba Esters, Cetyl Alcohol, Glyceryl Stearate, Hydroxyethyl Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer, Squalane, Tocopheryl Acetate, Synthetic Fluorphlogopite, Ceteth-20, Allantoin, Lactobacillus/Punica Granatum Fruit Ferment Extract, Ascorbyl Palmitate, Glutamic Acid, Sodium PCA, Bisabolol, Titanium Dioxide, Betaine, Biosaccharide Gum-4, Polysorbate 60, Silica, Sodium Hyaluronate, PCA, Glycine Soja Oil, Beta-sitosterol, Sorbitan Isostearate, Leuconostoc/Radish Root Ferment Filtrate, Steareth-20, Sodium Lactate, PEG-75 Stearate, Tocopherol, Serine, Alanine, Mica, Glycine, Squalene, Lysine Hci, Threonine, Arginine, Proline Butylene Glycol, Glycyrrhiza Uralensis Root Extract, Lecithin, Arbutin, Linoleic Acid, Sodium Hydroxide, Ethylhexylglycerin, Sodium Benzoate Linolenic Acid, Glutathione, Alcohol, Potassium Sorbate, Phenoxyethanol, CI 77491, CI 77891.
Highlighted names triggered a “No” on one of the six checks. Underlined names open the ingredient dictionary. Source list as recorded on Open Beauty Facts.
Alcohol-free face creams instead
Data: Open Beauty Facts, community database, ODbL license. Last checked 26 Aug 2026. Barcode 7350068605147.