Skin conditioning, emollient

What is Isododecane?

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, emollient, Solvent, Perfuming.

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.

Product photo of Dive-In Low Molecular Hyaluronic Acid Cleansing Oil

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Dive-In Low Molecular Hyaluronic Acid Cleansing Oil

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.

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  • Low molecular weight oil removes makeup and impurities inside pores.
    Korean original

    저분자 오일이 메이크업과 모공 속 노폐물을 제거한다.

  • It contains 8D complex low molecular weight hyaluronic acid, keeping the skin moist after cleansing.
    Korean original

    8D 복합 저분자 히알루론산이 들어 있어 클렌징 후 피부를 촉촉하게 유지한다.

  • Light and moist pore deep cleansing
    Korean original

    가볍고 촉촉하게 모공 딥클렌징

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  • It adsorbs excess oil and leaves moisture.
    Korean original

    과잉 유분은 흡착하고 수분을 남긴다.