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INCI ingredient

Petrolatum

Also listed as: Vaseline, Petroleum Jelly, Petrolatum/Paraffin

Petroleum jelly, one of the most effective occlusive moisturisers.

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

Petrolatum sits on the skin and stops water from evaporating. It is used in balms, ointments and rich creams.

It is mineral-derived and affects none of the six checks.

Functions: occlusive, emollient

Products with Petrolatum

in 348 products

Showing 24 of 348 products with this ingredient, most scanned first.

In the EU ingredient database

Functions listed by CosIng
  • antistatic
  • skin conditioning - emollient
  • antistatic: Preventing and/or reducing static electricity by neutralising electrical charge on surfaces.
  • skin conditioning - emollient: Acting as lubricants on the skin surface providing the skin with a soft and smooth appearance.

CAS 8009-03-8 · EC 232-373-2

EU regulation

Listed in Annex II (ref. 904) of the EU Cosmetics Regulation. II/904 (except if the full refining history is known and it can be shown that the substance from which it is produced is not a carcinogen)

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

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