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INCI ingredient

Retinol

Retinol appears on 35 ingredient lists in our database, most often in face creams.

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

Retinol appears on 35 ingredient lists in our database, most often in face creams.

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: skin conditioning - miscellaneous

Products with Retinol

in 35 products

Showing 24 of 35 products with this ingredient, most scanned first.

In the EU ingredient database

Functions listed by CosIng
  • skin conditioning - miscellaneous
  • skin conditioning - miscellaneous: Enhancing the appearance of dry and/or damaged skin by reducing flaking and restoring suppleness.

CAS 68-26-8 / 11103-57-4 · EC 200-683-7 / 234-328-2

EU regulation

Listed in Annex III (ref. 376) of the EU Cosmetics Regulation, maximum concentration (a) 0,05 % Retinol Equivalent (RE) (b) 0,3 % RE. (a) Body lotion (b) other leave-on and rinse-off products III/376 For any cosmetic product containing Retinol, Retinyl Acetate or Retinyl Palmitate the following, labelling is obligatory: ‘Contains Vitamin A. Consider your daily intake before use’.

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

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