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INCI ingredient

Boswellia Serrata Gum

Boswellia Serrata Gum appears on 10 ingredient lists in our database, most often in face makeups.

What it triggers

  • Vegan originYesno animal source
  • FragranceNonot a perfume ingredient
  • ParabenNonot a preservative of this family
  • SulfateNonot a sulfate surfactant
  • SiliconeNonot a silicone
  • AlcoholNonot a drying alcohol

What it does

Boswellia Serrata Gum appears on 10 ingredient lists in our database, most often in face makeups.

It does not belong to any of the six groups we check, so it never changes a verdict.

We have not written the plain-language note for this ingredient yet; the facts above come straight from how it is classified.

Functions: film forming, fragrance, skin conditioning, tonic, perfuming

In the EU ingredient database

Functions listed by CosIng
  • film forming
  • fragrance
  • skin conditioning
  • tonic
  • perfuming
  • film forming: Producing (upon application) a continuous film on the skin, hair or nails.
  • fragrance: Imparting an odour or taste. Creating a perceivable pleasant smell and/or masking a bad smell.
  • skin conditioning: Maintaining the skin in good condition.
  • tonic: Producing a feeling of well-being on skin and hair.

CAS 97952-72-2 · EC 308-366-6

EU regulation

Not on a restricted-substances annex. Listed as an allowed cosmetic ingredient.

CosIng records a perfuming function for this ingredient.

Source: CosIng, European Commission. Informative, no legal value; the regulation text is the reference.

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