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What is Diisostearyl Malate?

We did not find this ingredient name in CosIng, the European Commission’s public database of cosmetic ingredients, so this page carries no definition of the ingredient. What it does carry is the products that put it on the front of the label.

Is there anything to watch for?

When this ingredient turned up in a full ingredient list, these are the lists it matched.

This is an ingredient regarded as pore clogging. If you break out easily, see how your skin does after use.
Marked this way on 2 products.
This is one of the ingredients flagged as worth avoiding with fungal acne. Worth a look if that applies to you.
Marked this way on one product.

A mark means the ingredient name matched one of those lists. It is not a finding of ours about what it does on your skin, and no mark is not a clean bill of health.

Which products use it?

Of the 835 products whose labels we have read, one puts this one on the front.

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  • We checked 5 lines this product advertises against the ingredient list and public documents. 3 of them hold up. The rest are only partly right or have nothing behind them.

    3backed1partly backed1no evidence

    See the label check (5 lines)

    Claims translated from Korean, originals preserved.

    backed by evidence3
    • At the time of washing, pump an appropriate amount, apply to the entire dry face, and gently massage to melt makeup. Dampen hands with a little water, massage again for about 30 seconds, and rinse thoroughly with lukewarm water.
      Korean original

      세안 시 적당량을 펌핑하여 마른 얼굴 전체에 도포 후 부드럽게 마사지하며 메이크업을 녹여줍니다. 손에 약간의 물을 묻혀 30초 정도 다시 마사지하여 미온수로 깨끗이 헹궈냅니다.

    • Not applicable
      Korean original

      해당사항 없음

    • 36 months from date of manufacture / use within 12 months after opening
      Korean original

      제조일로부터 36개월 / 개봉 후 12개월 이내 사용

    partly backed1
    • For all skin types
      Korean original

      모든 피부용

    no evidence1
    • No. 1 moisture/soothing
      Korean original

      1번 수분/진정