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What is Cellulose Gum?

Binding

Cellulose Gum is a binder that holds a solid product together.

This ingredient is listed in CosIng, the EU's cosmetic ingredient database. CosIng lists what it's used for as: Binding, Emulsion stabilising, Film forming, Fragrance, Viscosity controlling.

CosIng function classes are the EU's standard list of the jobs an ingredient does inside a product, such as moisturizing, emulsifying, or preserving.

Which products feature it?

3 of the 2320 products we've checked feature this as a key ingredient. Products that disclose a concentration or list it near the top of the ingredient list come first.

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  • It's made for clearer-looking, calmer skin.

    Key: Cellulose Gum (#3 on the ingredient list), Melaleuca Alternifolia (Tea Tree) Leaf Oil

    18 claims, summarized
    You can expect:
    clearer-looking skin
    Only partly backed:
    calmer skin
    See each claim

    claims, checked

    • Clings to skin, hydrocolloid fabricbacked by evidence
    • Creates a moist environment to protect blemishesbacked by evidence
    • Soothing care for blemishes, flawlessly cleanplausible, not tested
    • Adheres quickly and invisibly to care for blemishesplausible, not tested
    • After attaching the patch, makeup can be applied for virtually invisible coverage.plausible, not tested
    • Contains 4-terpineol, the key ingredient of tea tree oilpartly backed
    • Perfect invisible coverpartly backed
    • Contains 2,000ppm of tea tree leaf oil, an intensive care ingredient for blemishes, to quickly soothe sensitive skin.partly backed
    • Made of a semi-transparent matte material that adheres thinly to the skin, providing perfect cover that is invisible, like your own skinpartly backed
    • Perfect daily-life waterproofing from external irritants such as air and hand contactoverstated
    • Contains tea tree leaf oil, which Australian Aborigines have long used as a disinfectant and remedy, to comfortably soothe irritated sensitive skin.overstated
    • With strong adhesion and daily-life waterproofing, in a slim patch form that doesn't easily fall off even in water or sweatoverstated
    • + Creates an optimal moist environment to quickly soothe blemishesoverstated
    • Tea tree leaves for fast skin soothingno supporting source found
    • + Rapid soothing after dermatology procedures / for milia and red acneno supporting source found
    • Tea tree leaf oil quickly soothes red, blotchy skinno supporting source found
    • Use spot patches and spot gel together for a synergy boost!no supporting source found
    • Intensive care for blemishes and soothingnothing specific to check
  • It's made for better hydration and less visible pores.

    Key: Cellulose Gum (#7 on the ingredient list), Glucose, Erythritol

    21 claims, summarized
    Only partly backed:
    calmer skin (amount unknown) · better hydration (amount unknown) · less visible pores (amount unknown) · firmer skin (amount unknown)
    See each claim

    claims, checked

    • 330g, built-in water-control spatulabacked by evidence
    • Using the built-in water-control spatula, mix 7 spoons of powder (≒50ml) and 5~6 spoons of water (≒35~ 45ml) in a bowl, apply to skin, and remove after 15~20 minutes.backed by evidence
    • The Cooling Balm modeling pack increases the glucose content over diatomaceous earth, giving it a slightly more moist and elastic texture with excellent skin adhesion.backed by evidence
    • The truly crazy cooling sensation felt throughout the entire 20 minutes of masking!plausible, not tested
    • Erythritol absorbs skin heat and provides a cooling sensation, contributes to pore contraction, tightens the skin elastically, and has excellent moisturizing power.plausible, not tested
    • The Linjei Premium Line modeling pack is a diatomaceous earth-based modeling pack. Diatomaceous earth has effects such as adsorbing impurities. So when you remove the pack, the inside is moist and the skin surface is left dry and fresh.plausible, not tested
    • Ice plant, xylitol, camellia, cactus, aloe, and other natural-origin ingredients that help care for skin heat stimulation help soothe skin that has become sensitively flushed.partly backed
    • Soothing + pore carepartly backed
    • Adding plenty of glucose, which helps with cooling sensation and heat stimulation relief, to a modeling pack with a diatomaceous earth base that is originally cold in nature, gives it a more cohesive and smoother texture than ordinary diatomaceous earth modeling packs, with excellent adhesion and much colder.partly backed
    • Peppermint oil provides excellent cooling sensation to the skin and controls sebum.partly backed
    • Glucose combines effective skin ingredients such as protein and moisture to enhance skin moisturization, and its dense formulation provides a cooling sensation to the skin.partly backed
    • Glucose modeling pack made with EWG Green-grade cooling ingredients (15 uses)overstated
    • Glucose holds moisture and nutrients along with proteins from a wide range of ingredients, including hyaluronic acid commonly found in skin tissue, to help make the skin more vibrant.overstated
    • Crazy moisturizing poweroverstated
    • Xylitol, a natural moisturizing factor (NMF) that provides a refreshing sensation to the skin, holds in moisture so the skin can maintain proper hydration.overstated
    • The world's coolest cool pack (for cosmetics only)no supporting source found
    • Sensitive skin heat sensation -5℃no supporting source found
    • Camellia leaf extract helps reduce heat stimulation both inside and outside the skin, and enhances the cooling effect on the skin through its excellent moisturizing effect.no supporting source found
    • Cochineal cactus extract enhances the cooling effect with its excellent moisturizing effect.no supporting source found
    • Cooling balm skin temperature & moisture TESTno supporting source found
    • The ultimate coolingnothing specific to check
  • Key: Cellulose Gum (#13 on the ingredient list), Disodium Cocoamphodiacetate, Sodium Chloride

    2 claims checked

    claims, checked

    • How to use: after soaking a cotton pad well with the product, gently wipe the whole face along the grain of the skin. For point makeup, leave the cotton pad on to melt it, then wipe as if pressing.backed by evidence
    • A cleansing water that makes moist deep cleansing possible without irritation, with a clean marine complex that wipes away not only makeup but also impurities inside poresoverstated

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