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THE BEAUT.IN COSMETIC INGREDIENT ENCYCLOPEDIA

Beauty, understood.
One ingredient at a time.

Go beyond the front label. Explore ingredient names, discover their roles in a formula, and follow the evidence.

START WITHNiacinamide ↗Glycerin ↗Panthenol ↗
Editorial macro image of a serum dropletA FIELD GUIDE TO WHAT GOES IN.
30,388source-indexed ingredient records
24,520source descriptions available
7,807ingredient visual references
81documented cosmetic functions

European Commission CosIng inventory snapshot
28 October 2026 · An evolving reference for India

Inside the research index

24,520 source descriptions · 299 entries with scientific-opinion links · 1,609 entries with identity-matched EU annex conditions.

Source dossiers and visual references have been checked in bulk. A complete clinical evidence synthesis and India-specific regulatory assessment remain separate work.
UNDERSTAND THE FORMULA

Every ingredient has a role.

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01 / Hold on to moisture

Humectant ↗

Helps a formula attract and retain water. The overall moisturising effect depends on the complete product.

02 / Soften the feel

Skin Conditioning - Emollient ↗

Helps improve the soft, smooth feel of skin.

03 / Help cleanse

Surfactant - Cleansing ↗

Helps lift and disperse oil and soil so they can be rinsed away. Cleansing strength depends on the blend and use conditions.

04 / Protect the formula

Preservative ↗

Helps limit microbial growth in a cosmetic formula. The finished preservative system needs to suit the product and its packaging.

YOUR COSMETIC INGREDIENT DICTIONARY

A name on a label.
A place to start.

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SOURCE DOSSIER

ACETOBACTER/(ACANTHOPANAX SESSILIFLORUS/AILANTHUS ALTISSIMA/ALBIZIA JULIBRISSIN/BETULA ALBA/BETULA PLATYPHYLLA JAPONICA/EUCOMMIA ULMOIDES/MELIA AZADIRACHTA/MORUS ALBA) BARK/(ADENOPHORA STRICTA/ANGELICA ACUTILOBA/ANGELICA KOREANA/ANGELICA TENUISSIMA/ASTRAGALUS MEMBRANACEUS/ATRACTYLODES MACROCEPHALA/BUPLEURUM CHINENSIS/BUPLEURUM FALCATUM/CNIDIUM OFFICINALE/CYPERUS ROTUNDUS/DIOSCOREA JAPONICA/GASTRODIA ELATA/LEDEBOURIELLA SESELOIDES/OPHIOPOGON JAPONICUS/PAEONIA ALBIFLORA/PAEONIA LACTIFLORA/PANAX GINSENG/PLATYCODON GRANDIFLORUS/PUERARIA LOBATA/REHMANNIA CHINENSIS/REHMANNIA GLUTINOSA/SAPOSHNIKOVIA DIVARICATA/SCROPHULARIA BUERGERIANA/SCUTELLARIA BAICALENSIS/TRICHOSANTHES KIRILOWII/ULMUS DAVIDIANA/VITIS VINIFERA/ZINGIBER OFFICINALE) ROOT/AKEBIA QUINATA STEM/(ARTEMISIA CAPILLARIS/BIOTA ORIENTALIS/MORUS ALBA/PERILLA FRUTESCENS/THUJA ORIENTALIS) LEAF/(CARTHAMUS TINCTORIUS/CHRYSANTHEMUM INDICUM/GARDENIA FLORIDA/LONICERA JAPONICA) FLOWER/(CASSIA OBTUSIFOLIA/CASSIA TORA/COIX LACRYMA-JOBI MA-YUEN/GLYCINE MAX/GLYCINE SOJA) SEED/(CHAENOMELES SINENSIS/CORNUS OFFICINALIS/FORSYTHIA SUSPENSA/GARDENIA JASMINOIDES/LYCIUM CHINENSE/SCHISANDRA CHINENSIS/ZIZYPHUS JUJUBA) FRUIT/MORUS ALBA TWIG/PTEROCARPUS SANTALINUS WOOD/(ATRACTYLODES JAPONICA/CNIDIUM OFFICINALE) RHIZOME/ALISMA ORIENTALE TUBER/GINKGO BILOBA NUT/PORIA COCOS SCLEROTIUM/GANODERMA LUCIDUM/INONTUS OBLIQUUS/TREMELLA FUCIFORMIS/(LEONURUS SIBIRICUS/PUERARIA THUNBERGIANA) FLOWER/LEAF/STEM/BAMBUSA VULGARIS LEAF/STEM/POLYGONATUM MULTIFLORUM RHIZOME/ROOT/RHEUM PALMATUM ROOT/STALK/ACORUS GRAMINEUS ROOT/STEM/ACHYRANTHES JAPONICA/AGASTACHE RUGOSA/ANTHRISCUS SYLVESTRIS/ARALIA CORDATA/CHRYSANTHEMUM SIBIRICUM/CITRUS UNSHIU/CORDYCEPS SINENSIS/DIANTHUS CHINENSIS/DRYOPTERIS CRASSIRHIZOMA/GERANIUM THUNBERGII/HOUTTUYNIA CORDATA/MENTHA ARVENSIS/OROSTACHYS JAPONICA/PHELLINUS LINTEUS/PINUS DENSIFLORA/POLYGONUM AVICULARE/SALICORNIA HERBACEA/SAURURUS CHINENSIS/SCHIZONEPETA TENUIFOLIA/SELAGINELLA TAMARISCINA/SORBUS COMMIXTA/TARAXACUM PLATYCARPUM/TRAMETES VERSICOLOR/VELVET/HONEY/MALT FERMENT FILTRATE

Skin Conditioning - Miscellaneous

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SOURCE DOSSIER

ACETOBACTER/ASPERGILLUS/LACTOBACILLUS/LEUCONOSTOC/PEDIOCOCCUS/SACCHAROMYCES/ZYGOSACCHAROMYCES/CITRUS UNSHIU FRUIT/CITRUS JAPONICA FRUIT/CITRUS JUNOS FRUIT/ APPLE FRUIT/BANANA FRUIT/PAPAYA FRUIT/ PYRUS SEROTINA FRUIT/ DIOSPYROS KAKI FRUIT/WATERMELON FRUIT/PEACH FRUIT/ PRUNUS MUME FRUIT/FIG FRUIT/CHAENOMELES SINENSIS FRUIT/ERIOBOTRYA JAPONICA FRUIT/APRICOT FRUIT/ ZIZYPHUS JUJUBA FRUIT/CUCURBITA MAXIMA FRUIT/CASTANEA CRENATA FRUIT/VITIS COIGNETIAE FRUIT/RASPBERRY FRUIT/MOMORDICA GROSVENORII FRUIT/LYCIUM CHINENSE FRUIT/GLYCINE MAX SEED/PHASEOLUS ANGULARIS SEED/CANAVALIA ENSIFORMIS SEED/RICE SEED/HORDEUM VULGARE SEED/COIX LACRYMA-JOBI MA-YUEN SEED/ECHINOCHLOA CRUS-GALLI SEED/SETARIA ITALICA SEED/MILLET SEED/HEMEROCALLIS FULVA FLOWER/CABBAGE LEAF/STEM/MORUS BOMBYCIS LEAF/PERILLA FRUTESCENS LEAF/IPOMOEA BATATAS ROOT/COLOCASIA ANTIQUORUM TUBER/DIOSCOREA BATATAS RHIZOME/IRIDEA LAMINARIOIDES/LAMINARIA JAPONICA/NEMACYSTUS DECIPIENS/UNDARIA PINNATIFIDA/RADISH ROOT/TURNIP ROOT/CARROT ROOT/ARCTIUM LAPPA ROOT/NELUMBO NUCIFERA RHIZOME/ONION BULB/LILIUM AURATUM BULB/LICORICE ROOT/SAGITTARIA TRIFOLIA ROOT/SESAME SEED/GINKGO BILOBA SEED/JUGLANS SUBCORDIFORMIS FRUIT/PANAX GINSENG SEED/ACTINIDIA POLYGAMA FRUIT/HYDNUM ERINACEUM FRUITING BODY/GRIFOLA FRONDOSA FRUITING BODY/PRUNUS SALICINA FRUIT/AKEBIA QUINATA FRUIT/CRATAEGUS CUNEATA FRUIT/CORNUS OFFICINALIS FRUIT/NEPHELIUM LONGANA FRUIT/HOUTTUYNIA CORDATA/ARTEMISIA PRINCEPS/SASA VEITCHII LEAF/GLECHOMA HEDERACEA/CHAMOMILLA RECUTITA FLOWER/EQUISETUM ARVENSE/CASSIA OBTUSIFOLIA SEED/TARAXACUM OFFICINALE/ISODON JAPONICUS/SAFFLOWER FLOWER/PLANTAGO ASIATICA/SMALLANTHUS SONCHIFOLIUS ROOT/GARLIC BULB/GINGER RHIZOME/BEET RHIZOME/POLYGONUM ODORATUM RHIZOME/TURMERIC RHIZOME/ACANTHOPANAX SIEBOLDIANUS ROOT/PINUS KORAIENSIS SEED/LENTINUS EDODES FRUITING BODY/AURICULARIA AURICULA/VITIS LABRUSCA FRUIT/HELIANTHUS TUBEROSUS TUBER FERMENT EXTRACT

Skin Conditioning

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SOURCE DOSSIER

ACETOBACTER/ASPERGILLUS/LACTOBACILLUS/LEUCONOSTOC/PEDIOCOCCUS/SACCHAROMYCES/ZYGOSACCHAROMYCES/HORDEUM VULGARE SEED/SOYBEAN SEED/RICE SEED/CANAVALIA GLADIATA SEED/PHASEOLUS ANGULARIS SEED/COIX LACHRYMA-JOBI MA-YUEN SEED/ECHINOCHLOA UTILIS SEED/SETARIA ITALICA SEED/MILLET SEED/CITRUS UNSHIU FRUIT/VITIS LABRUSCA FRUIT/APPLE FRUIT/VITIS COIGNETIAE FRUIT/MUSA SAPIENTUM FRUIT/PEACH FRUIT/DIOSPYROS KAKI FRUIT/PAPAYA FRUIT/PYRUS PYRIFOLIA FRUIT/WATERMELON FRUIT/PRUNUS MUME FRUIT/FIG FRUIT/CHAENOMELES SINENSIS FRUIT/CUCURBITA MAXIMA FRUIT/RUBUS IDAEUS FRUIT/FORTUNELLA CRASSIFOLIA FRUIT/CITRUS JUNOS FRUIT/ERIOBOTRYA JAPONICA FRUIT/APRICOT FRUIT/ZIZYPHUS JUJUBA FRUIT/CASTANEA CRENATA FRUIT/LYCIUM CHINENSE FRUIT/ACTINIDIA POLYGAMA FRUIT/PRUNUS SALICINA FRUIT/AKEBIA QUINATA FRUIT/MOMORDICA GROSVENORII FRUIT/CRATAEGUS CUNEATA FRUIT/CORNUS OFFICINALIS FRUIT/EUPHORIA LONGAN FRUIT/PANAX GINSENG FRUIT/IPOMOEA BATATAS ROOT/HELIANTHUS TUBEROSUS TUBER/CARROT ROOT/ONION BULB/BETA VULGARIS ROOT/COLOCASIA ESCULENTA TUBER/DIOSCOREA JAPONICA RHIZOME/RADISH ROOT/TURNIP ROOT/ARCTIUM LAPPA ROOT/NELUMBO NUCIFERA RHIZOME/POLYMNIA SONCHIFOLIA ROOT/LILIUM AURATUM BULB/SAGITTARIA TRIFOLIA EDULIS TUBER/GINGER RHIZOME/GARLIC BULB/GLYCYRRHIZA GLABRA ROOT/POLYGONATUM ODORATUM RHIZOME/TURMERIC RHIZOME/ACANTHOPANAX GRACILISTYLUS ROOT/CABBAGE LEAF/STEM/PERILLA OCYMOIDES LEAF/MORUS BOMBYCIS LEAF/HEMEROCALLIS FULVA KWANSO FLOWER/HOUTTUYNIA CORDATA/ARTEMISIA PRINCEPS/SASA VEITCHII LEAF/GLECHOMA HEDERACEA/MATRICARIA FLOWER/EQUISETUM ARVENSE/ISODON JAPONICUS/SAFFLOWER FLOWER/PLANTAGO ASIATICA/DANDELION/LAMINARIA JAPONICA LEAF/UNDARIA PINNATIFIDA LEAF/RHODOGLOSSUM PULCHERUM LEAF/NEMACYSTUS DECIPIENS/SESAME SEED/JUGLANS SIEBOLDIANA SEED/GINKGO BILOBA SEED/PINUS KORAIENSIS SEED/CASSIA OBTUSIFOLIA SEED/GRIFOLA FRONDOSA FRUITING BODY/HERICIUM ERINACEUM FRUITING BODY/LENTINUS EDODES FRUITING BODY/AURICULARIA AURICULA FRUITING BODY FERMENT EXTRACT

Skin Conditioning

CAS -Read entry ↗
SOURCE DOSSIER

ACETOBACTER/BACILLUS/LACTOBACILLUS/SACCHAROMYCES/STREPTOCOCCUS/(APPLE/BLUEBERRY/CITRUS UNSHIU/CORNUS OFFICINALIS/CRANBERRY/EUTERPE OLERACEA/GRAPE/LYCIUM/MUME/PLUM/RASPBERRY/ROSA CANINA/SCHISANDRA/STRAWBERRY) FRUIT/(ALLIUM TUBEROSUM/CYMBOPOGON SCHOENANTHUS/LETTUCE/ROSEMARY/SPINACH/THYME/VACCINIUM MYRTILLUS) LEAF/IMPERATA CYLINDRICA ROOT/(BARLEY/PHASEOLUS ANGULARIS/PHASEOLUS RADIATUS/RICE/SOYBEAN) SEED/BROCCOLI/ERIOCEPHALUS PUNCTULATUS/MISTLETOE/ACRYLATES C10-30 ALKYL ACRYLATES CROSSPOLYMER/ALPHA-GLUCAN/BETAINE/BUTYLENE GLYCOL/EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATYL GLUCOSIDE/GLYCERETH-26/GLYCERIN/GLUCOSYL CERAMIDE/GLUCOSYL HESPERIDIN/HYDROLYZED HYALURONIC ACID/MALTODEXTRIN/PANTHENOL/SCLEROTIUM GUM/TROMETHAMINE/XANTHAN GUM FERMENT FILTRATE

Skin Conditioning - Miscellaneous

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SOURCE DOSSIER

ACETOBACTER/BACILLUS/LACTOBACILLUS/SACCHAROMYCES/STREPTOCOCCUS/(CORNUS OFFICINALIS/EUTERPE OLERACEA/LYCIUM CHINENSE/PLUM/PRUNUS MUME/SCHISANDRA CHINENSIS) FRUIT/IMPERATA CYLINDRICA ROOT/(VIGNA ACONITIFILIA/PHASEOLUS ANGULARIS) SEED/APPLE/BARLEY/BLUEBERRY/CABBAGE/CITRUS UNSHIU/CRANBERRY/CYMBOPOGON SCHOENANTHUS/ERIOCEPHALUS PUNCTULATUS/GRAPE/LETTUCE/MISTLETOE/RASPBERRY/RICE/ROSA CANINA/ROSEMARY/SOYBEAN/SPINACH/STRAWBERRY/THYME/VACCINIUM MYRTILLUS FERMENT FILTRATE

Skin Conditioning - Miscellaneous

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SOURCE RECORD

ACETOBACTER/BARK/ROOT/AKEBIA QUINATA STEM/LEAF/FLOWER/SEED/FRUIT/MORUS ALBA TWIG/PTEROCARPUS SANTALINUS WOOD/RHIZOME/ALISMA ORIENTALE TUBER/GINGKO BILOBA NUT/PORIA COCOS SCLEROTIUM/GANODERMA LUCIDUM/INONTUS OBLIQUUS/TREMELLA FUCIFORMIS/FLOWER/LEAF/STEM/BAMBUSA VULGARIS LEAF/STEM/POLYGONATUM MULTIFLORUM RHIZOME/ROOT/RHEUM PALMATUM ROOT/STALK/ACORUS GRAMINEUS ROOT/STEM/ACHYRANTHES JAPONICA/AGASTACHE RUGOSA/ANTHRISCUS SYLVESTRIS/ARALIA CORDATA/CHRYSANTHEMUM SIBIRICUM/CITRUS UNSHIU/CORDYCEPS SINENSIS/DIANTHUS CHINENSIS/DRYOPTERIS CRASSIRHIZOMA/GERANIUM THUNBERGII/HOUTTUYNIA CORDATA/MENTHA ARVENSIS/OROSTACHYS JAPONICA/PHELLINUS LINTEUS/PINUS DENSIFLORA/POLYGONUM AVICULARE/SALICORNIA HERBACEA/SAURURUS CHINENSIS/SCHIZONEPETA TENUIFOLIA/SELAGINELLA TAMARISCINA/SORBUS COMMIXTA/TARAXACUM PLATYCARPUM/TRAMETES VERSICOLOR/VELVET/HONEY/MALT FERMENT FILTRATE

Skin Conditioning

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A CLEARER KIND OF INGREDIENT KNOWLEDGE

Context, before conclusions.

An ingredient name is a beginning. Concentration, exposure and the complete formula influence the finished product.

What does a source record include?

A name, source-recorded cosmetic functions and available CAS or EC identifiers from the European Commission CosIng inventory. Expanded explanations add original Beaut.in reading guidance. These are two different levels of coverage; counts are shown separately.

Does listed mean approved or safe?

No. CosIng is an information database. Listing is not an authorisation, a safety verdict, or proof of suitability. We do not generate ingredient safety scores or infer an exact concentration from list order.

How do we handle India, EU and US information?

India-specific requirements belong to the Cosmetics Rules, 2020 and applicable standards. EU inventory information and US FDA guidance provide their own jurisdictional context. Individual Indian restrictions have not yet been mapped across this inventory.

Sources & editorial approach

Inventory snapshot: 28 October 2026. Only records marked Active by the source are included. Identifiers may describe multiple forms or mixtures. Source explanations are attributed; ingredient data is factual reference material. Expanded notes are original editorial text, not a completed independent clinical review.

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