skincarecheck
INCI ingredient

Clay

Clay appears on 7 ingredient lists in our database, most often in face masks.

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

Clay appears on 7 ingredient lists in our database, most often in face masks.

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: absorbent, binding, bulking, skin conditioning, viscosity controlling

Products with Clay

in 7 products

Showing 7 of 7 products with this ingredient, most scanned first.

In the EU ingredient database

Functions listed by CosIng
  • absorbent
  • binding
  • bulking
  • skin conditioning
  • viscosity controlling
  • absorbent: Taking up water- and/or oil-soluble (dissolved or finely dispersed) substances.
  • binding: Providing adhesive properties during and after compression in cosmetic tablets and/or cakes.
  • bulking: Non-reactive (chemically inert), solid ingredients that dilute other solids and/or increase the volume of cosmetic products.
  • skin conditioning: Maintaining the skin in good condition.
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