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What is Zea Mays (Corn) Germ Oil?

Skin conditioning, emollient

Zea Mays (Corn) Germ Oil is an emollient that softens the skin surface.

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

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 10 products.
This is a fungal-acne trigger, one of the ingredients people with fungal acne avoid.
Marked this way on 10 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?

3 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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  • Product photo of Deep Melting Mud Pore Cleansing Oil

    BRMUD

    Deep Melting Mud Pore Cleansing Oil

    Key: Zea Mays (Corn) Germ Oil (#1 on the ingredient list), Tocopherol, Monascus Extract

    1 claim checked

    claims, checked

    • In a thick, non-flowing texture containing Boryeong mud, ultra-fine mud powder washes away pore impurities, blackheads, and whiteheads thoroughly, leaving a clear feeling even after cleansing. This product is a cleansing oil product that has been mentioned a total of 1 time by 1 YouTuber.overstated
  • Product photo of Grantte Daily Cleansing Oil

    YURIPIBU

    Grantte Daily Cleansing Oil

    Key: Zea Mays (Corn) Germ Oil (#1 on the ingredient list), Camellia Sinensis (Green Tea) Seed Oil, Sorbitan Oleate

    Official (Korean)
    3 claims, summarized
    Don't count on:
    better hydration
    See each claim

    claims, checked

    • Hwahae NO.1 blackhead melting oiloverstated
    • Leaving moisture and lifting out only the skin impurities-overstated
    • BEST! Grante Daily Cleansingnothing specific to check