Surfactant, emulsifying

What is Phosphatidylcholine?

This ingredient is listed in CosIng, the European Commission’s public database of cosmetic ingredients. The function classes that database records for it are: Surfactant, emulsifying, Skin conditioning.

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 1025 Dokdo Cleansing Oil

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1025 Dokdo Cleansing Oil

We checked 2 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 (2 lines)

Claims translated from Korean, originals preserved.

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  • A fresh type that comfortably protects the skin using naturally derived oils effective for skin soothing, such as evening primrose oil and grape seed oil
    Korean original

    달맞이꽃 오일, 포도씨 오일 등 피부 진정에 효과적인 자연유래 오일을 사용하여 피부를 편안하게 보호해주는 산뜻한 타입

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  • A low irritation all-in-one cleansing oil that can effectively remove not only makeup but also impurities and blackheads built up on the skin
    Korean original

    메이크업뿐만 아니라 피부에 쌓인 노폐물과 블랙헤드 등을 효과적으로 제거할 수 있는 저자극 올인원 클렌징 오일