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INCI ingredient

Gold

Gold appears on 5 ingredient lists in our database, most often in cleansers.

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

Gold appears on 5 ingredient lists in our database, most often in cleansers.

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: colorant, slip modifier, surface modifier, skin conditioning - miscellaneous

In the EU ingredient database

Functions listed by CosIng
  • colorant
  • slip modifier
  • surface modifier
  • skin conditioning - miscellaneous
  • colorant: Exclusively or mainly intended to colour the cosmetic product, the body as a whole or certain parts thereof, by absorption or reflection of visible light; (precursors of oxidative hair colorants shall be deemed colorants). All authorised colorants are substances in the positive list of Annex IV to the Cosmetics Regulation 1223/2009.
  • slip modifier: Enhancing the flow properties of other ingredients without reacting chemically with them.
  • surface modifier: Applied to other cosmetic components to make them more hydrophilic or hydrophobic, or to modify their physical/chemical properties (in some cases, surface modifiers may form a covalent bond with substrates).
  • skin conditioning - miscellaneous: Enhancing the appearance of dry and/or damaged skin by reducing flaking and restoring suppleness.

CAS 7440-57-5 · EC 231-165-9

EU regulation

Listed in Annex IV (ref. 133) of the EU Cosmetics Regulation. IV/133 Purity criteria as set out in Commission Directive 95/45/EC (E175)

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

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