CeraVe
Soothing Body Wash
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Africology Skincare & Spa
Bio Therapy Body Wash250ml · 60 ZAR · 24 ZAR/100 ml
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Also screened, nothing found: EU Harmonised Classification (CLP Annex VI) · California Proposition 65 · IARC Monographs · US NTP Report on Carcinogens · ANSES Endocrine Disruptors · ECHA SVHC Candidate List
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Data availability
Robust24 of 24 characterized
Our sources have reference data on all 24 listed ingredients.
Worth a look (3)
EU microplastics-restrictedflagged by 1 of 9 lists
Mild sensitizer for someflagged by 1 of 9 lists
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- GLYCINE SOJA OIL/ SOYBEAN OIL
- RICINUS COMMUNIS SEED OIL/CASTOR SEED OIL
- LAURETH-4
- SILICA DIMETHYL SILYLATE
- LAURETH-7 CITRATE
- AQUA/WATER/EAU
- UREAhumectant
- CERAMIDE NPbarrier lipid
- CERAMIDE APbarrier lipid
- CERAMIDE EOPbarrier lipid
- SODIUM PCAhumectant
- SODIUM LAUROYL LACTYLATE
- SODIUM HYALURONATEhumectant
- CHOLESTEROLbarrier lipid
- TOCOPHERYL ACETATE
- TOCOPHEROL
- HYDROGENATED PALM GLYCERIDES CITRATE
- HYDROGENATED CASTOR OIL
- PHYTOSPHINGOSINE
- XANTHAN GUM
- ETHYLHEXYLGLYCERIN
What these ingredient tags mean (2)
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humectantUREA, SODIUM PCA, SODIUM HYALURONATE
- UREA: A humectant the skin already makes; at higher levels it also softens thickened skin. StatPearls, "Moisturizers", NCBI Bookshelf NBK545171, updated 12 February 2024: "Urea is a component of NMF. The addition of urea to moisturizers helps with the absorption of water into the stratum corneum." The FDA label for prescription-strength urea calls it keratolytic and states that its mechanism of action is not yet known.
- SODIUM PCA: The salt of PCA, one of the water-holding substances the outer layer of skin makes for itself. Dörner C, Steinbinder J, Sachslehner AP, Sukseree S, Eckhart L, "Amino Acid Metabolism of the Skin: Control by Specific Enzymes and Contribution to Protective Functions", Metabolites 2025;15(9):601, DOI 10.3390/metabo15090601, open access, section "Glutamine Is Converted to Pyrrolidone Carboxylic Acid, a Component of the NMF": "pyrrolidone carboxylic acid (PCA), also known as pyroglutamic acid or 5-oxoproline, accumulates in the stratum corneum."
- SODIUM HYALURONATE: A humectant that holds a large amount of water at the skin surface. Chylińska N, Maciejczyk M, "Hyaluronic Acid and Skin: Its Role in Aging and Wound-Healing Processes", Gels 2025;11(4):281, DOI 10.3390/gels11040281, PMID 40277717, open access: hyaluronic acid's "high osmotic activity and anionic structure enable it to bind large amounts of water", and "sodium and potassium hyaluronate are widely used in moisturizing products". The same review notes that high-molecular-weight hyaluronic acid does not penetrate the deeper layers.
barrier lipidCERAMIDE NP, CHOLESTEROL
- CERAMIDE NP: One of the lipid families the skin barrier is actually built from. Feingold KR and Elias PM, "The role of ceramides in the disruption of the cutaneous permeability barrier, a common manifestation of skin disorders", J Lipid Res 2024;65(8):100593, DOI 10.1016/j.jlr.2024.100593, open access: the barrier lipid matrix "by weight is approximately 50% ceramides, 25% cholesterol, and 15% free fatty acids".
- CHOLESTEROL: One of the three lipid classes that make up the skin barrier, alongside ceramides and fatty acids. Feingold KR and Elias PM, J Lipid Res 2024, open access: the barrier lipid matrix "by weight is approximately 50% ceramides, 25% cholesterol, and 15% free fatty acids". Corroborated by Wertz PW, "Roles of Lipids in the Permeability Barriers of Skin and Oral Mucosa", Int J Mol Sci 2021;22(10):5229, DOI 10.3390/ijms22105229, PMID 34063352.