Johnson & Johnson Consumer Health News

Ingredient Glossary

When selecting ingredients, we use only amounts that are determined to be safe and well-tolerated. Our final products are formulated and tested to meet consumer needs. When we select our ingredients, we use some of the best that nature has to offer and create ingredients in the lab that are designed to be pure and reliable.
Below, you can browse some of the ingredients that we commonly use in our cosmetics and personal care products. These ingredients, always used at safe levels, may be used for different purposes and in different concentrations, depending on the product and formulation.
* No endorsement, approval, association, or sponsorship of Our Safety & Care Commitment by any of the organizations listed is stated or implied.
** As per ISO 16128-1:2016 based on average cumulative volume including water.
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Ingredient
Ingredient
Category
How it is Used
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Acrylates / C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer
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Helps give product thickness and makes it easier to apply

Carbomer
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Helps give product thickness and makes it easier to apply.

Cetyl Hydroxyethylcellulose
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Helps give product thickness and makes it easier to apply

Hydrogenated Styrene / Isoprene Copolymer
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Helps make our oil gels easy to apply.

Hydtrogenated Styrene / Isoprene Copolymer
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Helps make our oil gels easy to apply.

Magnesium Aluminum Silicate
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Works together with other ingredients to help give products thickness and makes it easy to apply. Naturally derived** from clay.

Personal Care Products Council

PEG-150 Pentaerythrityl Tetrastearate
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Helps give product thickness.

PPG-2 Hydroxyethyl Cocamide
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Helps give product thickness and makes it easy to apply.

Xanthan Gum
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Helps give product thickness and makes it easy to apply. Naturally derived** from corn.