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What is Malachite Extract?

Antioxidant

Malachite Extract is an antioxidant that keeps the formula from going off.

This ingredient is listed in CosIng, the EU's cosmetic ingredient database. CosIng lists what it's used for as: Antioxidant.

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?

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.

Showing 1 to 5.

  • It's made for better hydration.

    Key: Malachite Extract (#7 on the ingredient list), Dimethyl Sulfone, Ectoine

    4 claims, summarized
    Only partly backed:
    better hydration
    See each claim

    claims, checked

    • Human application test results showed 2.75 times higher moisture retention compared to our hyaluronic acid serum under desert-like environmental conditions.partly backed
    • Compared to our hyaluronic acid serum, deeper moisture improvement effect up to 20 layers of the stratum corneum.partly backed
    • Even 24 hours after product application, longer-lasting skin moisturization.partly backed
    • Glucose Hydro Complex (D-Panthenol, 8 types of hyaluronic acid, 18 types of amino acids, glucose)overstated
  • Key: Malachite Extract (#36 on the ingredient list), Hyaluronic Acid, Madecassoside

    5 claims checked

    claims, checked

    • Moisturizing sensation delivered by 5-layer hyaluronic acidbacked by evidence
    • A cream containing malachite extract, giving it a natural sky-blue huebacked by evidence
    • Received a non-irritation rating and also contains madecassosideplausible, not tested
    • Cream that blends 5 types of hyaluronic acid, from low to high molecular weight, to build up moisture layer by layerpartly backed
    • The skin surface becomes smooth and fresh, while the inside of the skin stays moistpartly backed
  • It's made for calmer skin and better hydration.

    Key: Malachite Extract (#43 on the ingredient list), Hyaluronic Acid, Panthenol

    14 claims, summarized
    Only partly backed:
    better hydration · calmer skin
    See each claim

    claims, checked

    • A low-irritation soothing gel cream that helps cool and moisturize the face with 5D low-molecular hyaluronic acid.plausible, not tested
    • Soothing: Calms and helps comfort irritated skinplausible, not tested
    • 30.85% improved skin water content (6)plausible, not tested
    • Cooling: Instantly cools and soothes overheated skinpartly backed
    • Soothes visible redness: Instantly soothes skin redness caused by heat and irritationpartly backed
    • Gentle Formula: Suitable even for sensitive skinpartly backed
    • The human repeat insult patch test(Non-irritant)(1)partly backed
    • 15.55% improved deep skin hydration (internal hydration (2)partly backed
    • 3.46°C reduces immediate skin temperature (cooling)(3)partly backed
    • 101.84% improved temporary redness caused by infrared (heat) irritation. (4) improvingpartly backed
    • 145.02% improved immediate moisturizing of the skin (5)partly backed
    • 100% agreed feels gentle/moisture/stickyness on the skin.(8)partly backed
    • Hydration Boost: Replenishes surface and inner layers of skin with layered hydration and a fresh, dewy finishoverstated
    • 109.77% improved soothing the skin from external irritation(physical).(7)no supporting source found

Are the claims about it backed up?

We checked each claim that features this ingredient. Open the list below to see the result for each one.

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These are counts of claims, not products. One product can name the same ingredient in several claims, and we checked each one on its own.