Skin conditioning
What is 1,2-Hexanediol?
This ingredient is listed in CosIng, the European Commission’s public database of cosmetic ingredients. The function classes that database records for it are: Skin conditioning, Solvent.
A function class records the role an ingredient is put in a formula for. It is what the database files the ingredient under, not a finding of ours about what it does on skin.
Which products use it?
Of the 130 products whose labels we have read, one puts this one on the front.

Anua
HEARTLEAF 87 LOW pH DEEP CLEANSING WATER
We checked 4 lines this product advertises against the ingredient list and public documents. None of them hold up on their own. They are partly right at best.
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See the label check (4 lines)
Claims translated from Korean, originals preserved.
- For use on all skin types
Korean original
모든 피부에 사용
- Functional cosmetic for the relief of acne-prone skin
Korean original
여드름성 피부 완화 기능성 화장품
- Applying Anua's own fluid micellar method, it boasts a deep cleansing effect that cleanly removes up to 98% of waterproof mascara, 95% of lipstick, 96% of eyebrow makeup and 97% of base makeup in just one use
Korean original
아누아만의 플루이드 미셀라 공법을 적용해 단 한 번의 사용으로도 워터프루프 마스카라를 98%, 립스틱을 95%, 아이브로우를 96%, 베이스 메이크업을 97%까지 말끔하게 지워주는 딥 클렌징 효과를 자랑한다
- It has completed an alternative eye irritation test and a skin irritation test, so even sensitive skin can use it with confidence
Korean original
안자극 대체 테스트와 피부 자극 테스트를 완료해 민감한 피부도 안심하고 사용할 수 있다