What is Lauric Acid?
Cleansing
Lauric Acid is a cleansing ingredient that lifts away oil and grime.
This ingredient is listed in CosIng, the EU's cosmetic ingredient database. CosIng lists what it's used for as: Cleansing, Surfactant, emulsifying, Surfactant, cleansing.
CosIng function classes are the EU's standard list of the jobs an ingredient does inside a product, such as moisturizing, emulsifying, or preserving.
Anything to watch out for?
Some products' ingredient lists mark this ingredient as below. If a mark's reason fits your skin, it is the ingredient to weigh in those products.
- This ingredient is on pore-clogging ingredient lists, which matters most for skin that breaks out easily.
- Marked this way on 41 products.
- This is a fungal-acne trigger, one of the ingredients people with fungal acne avoid.
- Marked this way on 28 products.
Each mark comes from matching the product's full ingredient list against lists for fragrance, labeled fragrance allergens, drying alcohols, essential oils, fungal acne, pore clogging, and pregnancy caution.
Which products feature it?
5 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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Key: Lauric Acid (#4 on the ingredient list), Palmitic Acid, Stearic Acid
8 claims checked
claims, checked
A cleansing oil with a light texture
partly backedCore ingredients: hydroxyethyl urea, soapberry extract, soapwort leaf extract
partly backedFrom 99% perfect cleansing to pore tightening
overstatedMoisture cleansing oil
overstatedWith fine micro oil particles
no supporting source found99% perfect cleansing
no supporting source found99% cleansing of pore impurities
no supporting source foundDeep cleansingㅣultrafine dust cleansing
no supporting source found
innisfree
Volcanic BHA Pore Cleansing Foam
Key: Lauric Acid (#4 on the ingredient list), Salicylic Acid, Volcanic Ash
8 claims, summarized
- You can expect:
- clearer-looking skin
- Don't count on:
- less visible pores · a smoother skin texture · less shine
See each claim
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Functional cosmetic for acne-prone skin relief 2023011322
backed by evidenceThe hot cost-effective cleansing foam recognized by the Korea Consumer Agency
plausible, not testedWith dense, creamy fresh cream foam, gentle and clean pore cleansing in every corner.
plausible, not testedActual test results confirmed 94% improvement in fine dust cleansing effect (IEC Korea Co., Ltd., 2021. 10. 25, 33 adults)
partly backedBHA (salicylic acid 5,000ppm): pore impurity care (dissolves sebum inside pores), dead skin and sebum care
overstatedAcne-prone skin relief functional completion, all hypoallergenic tests completed, so even sensitive skin can use with confidence.
overstatedConfirmed strong SPF cleansing power by removing 100% or more of sunscreen (in-vitro test, no difference before and after product application and removal on artificial leather)
overstatedVegan certification
no supporting source found
Key: Lauric Acid (#6 on the ingredient list), Salicylic Acid, Salix Alba (Willow) Bark Water
3 claims checked
claims, checked
For use on oily and combination skin
plausible, not testedSalicylic Acid Daily Gentle Cleanser
partly backedSalicylic Acid Daily Gentle Cleanser
overstated
THE FACE SHOP
Migamsu Bright Facial Cleansing Foam
Key: Lauric Acid (#7 on the ingredient list), Myristic Acid, Potassium Hydroxide
1 claim checked
claims, checked
Migamsu Bright
no supporting source found
Key: Lauric Acid (#11 on the ingredient list), Niacinamide, Ceramide
7 claims, summarized
- Don't count on:
- better barrier support · clearer-looking skin
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claims, checked
Skin sebum improvement 107.05%
overstatedSkin barrier function improvement 87.61%
overstatedHuman trial completed for suitability for acne-prone skin
no supporting source foundNon-irritation human trial completed
no supporting source found#1RepurchaseRate #SebumSoftening #PoreBarrier
no supporting source foundThis product is a highly concentrated ampoule that is suitable for acne-prone skin.
no supporting source foundSebum care for problem-prone skin
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