Charcoal
Charcoal appears on 3 ingredient lists in our database, most often in scrubs.
What it triggers
- Vegan originNot sureorigin not on file
- FragranceNonot a perfume ingredient
- ParabenNonot a preservative of this family
- SulfateNonot a sulfate surfactant
- SiliconeNonot a silicone
- AlcoholNonot a drying alcohol
What it does
Charcoal appears on 3 ingredient lists in our database, most often in scrubs.
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: abrasive, absorbent, deodorant, opacifying
Products with Charcoal
in 3 products
- no photoFreeman Polishing Charcoal + Black Sugar Gel Mask + ScrubFreeman · scrub
- no photoBubble sheet mask masqueBubble sheet mask · face care
NIVEA Men UltraNivea · deodorant
Showing 3 of 3 products with this ingredient, most scanned first.
In the EU ingredient database
Functions listed by CosIng
- abrasive
- absorbent
- deodorant
- opacifying
- abrasive: Removing unwanted tissue or foreign materials from various body surfaces, including mechanical tooth cleaning and/or gloss improvement.
- absorbent: Taking up water- and/or oil-soluble (dissolved or finely dispersed) substances.
- deodorant: Reducing and/or eluminating unpleasant odour. Contributing against the formation of malodour on body surfaces.
- opacifying: Reducing transparency or translucency of cosmetics.
EU regulation
Not on a restricted-substances annex. Listed as an allowed cosmetic ingredient.
Source: CosIng, European Commission. Informative, no legal value; the regulation text is the reference.
Classification from the INCI name; product lists from Open Beauty Facts.Report a mistake