Technical Term: Aloe Barbadensis (Aloe Vera) Leaf Juice
About me: I'm a moisturising, soothing, refreshing friend: my natural vitamins & antioxidants help heal and protect skin and hair of all kinds.
How I work: I'm rich in antioxidants, vitamins, amino acids, minerals with awesome anti-inflammatory properties: I help heal skin & hair wherever I go - you can catch me calming dryness on the scalp, keeping you hydrated all over, and helping soothe spots or skin that's otherwise irritated.
Where you can find me: I'm featured in Gentle Care Daily Cleanser, Gentle Care Everyday Moisturiser, Face Saver Serum Mist, Micellar Cleansing Water
Technical Term: Acacia Senegal Gum
About me: I’m a natural thickening agent that creates a gel-like consistency.
How I work: I’m a natural thickener that gives Allkinds products the gel-like consistency they need to gently adhere to your skin, so they can do their thing before they rinse right off.
Where you can find me: I'm featured in Gentle Care Daily Cleanser, Clearing Care Everyday Cleanser, Classic Care Daily Cleanser
Technical Term: Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer
About me: I’m a film-former and stabiliser: I make sure formulas feel right.
How I work:I’m a friendly film former and a stabiliser, which means I make sure formulas (for a lot of different Allkinds products) feel just right: I help bring water-resistance to products, which basically means I help make sure other ingredients can do their job right.
Where you can find me: I'm featured in Gentle Care Daily Cleanser, Clearing Care Everyday Cleanser, Classic Care Everyday Moisturiser, Clearing Care Everyday Moisturiser.
Technical Term: Biosaccharide Gum-1
About me: I’m a sugar-derived moisturiser that helps skin stay soft.
How I work I’m a moisturising ingredient that helps give skin a soft, smooth feeling: I help to promote lasting hydration.
Where you can find me: I'm featured in Classic Care Everyday Moisturiser, Clearing Care Everyday Moisturiser, Micellar Cleansing Water, Spot Doctor Pimple Gel
Technical Term: Benzyl Alcohol
About me: I’m usually added to formulas as a preservative, but sometimes I’m just a naturally occurring chemical compound in certain essential oils & absolutes: in that case, I’m called out so you know I’m there, just in case you might be sensitive to me in particular.
How I work: I’m a preservative that makes sure Allkinds products last as long as they’re supposed to: I help to protect them from bacterial contamination. I'm also a naturally occurring part of essential oils and absolutes that help make sure Allkinds products smell awesome—if you’re particularly sensitive to me, you can avoid products that have me on their ingredients list. You can usually find me in oils with sweet, floral scents, like jasmine and hyacinth.
Where you can find me: I'm featured in Micellar Cleansing Water
Technical Term: Butylene Glycol
About me: I’m a solvent in Kollaren™: I help it do its job, which is to boost skin’s natural healing.
How I work: I’m a solvent that’s included in Tripeptide-1, also known as Kollaren™: I help make the peptide into a solution, which helps it do its job to boost skin’s natural healing.
Where you can find me: I'm featured in Spot Doctor Pimple Gel
Technical Term: Cocamidopropyl Hydroxysultaine
About me: I’m a mild, foam-boosting cleanser: I help to leave skin & hair feeling fresh.
How I work: I’m a ‘surfactant’ that helps to create the foamy fun known as ‘lather’, but I’m naturally non-stripping, so I don’t leave you feeling dry: my creamy, gentle cleanse helps to leave skin & hair feeling fresh, soft, and healthy.
Where you can find me: I'm featured in Gentle Care Daily Cleanser, Clearing Care Everyday Cleanser, Classic Care Everyday Cleanser
Technical Term: Coco-Caprylate
About me: I’m an emollient: I help to lock in moisture.
How I work: I’m a gentle emollient: I help formulas feel nice and smooth while helping to locking moisture into your skin so it can stay hydrated. I’m a natural alternative to silicones and mineral oil.
Where you can find me: I'm featured in Classic Care Everyday Moisturiser, Gentle Care Everyday Moisturiser, Clearing Care Everyday Moisturiser
Technical Term: Cetearyl Olivate
About me: I’m a plant-derived emulsifier: I help to blend formulas and moisturise your skin.
How I work: I’m an emulsifier: I help make sure that a formula is properly blended together so that its texture feels right. I also help to moisturise skin so it feels smooth & soft.
Where you can find me: I'm featured in Classic Care Everyday Moisturiser, Gentle Care Everyday Moisturiser, Clearing Care Everyday Moisturiser
Technical Term: Epilobium Angustifolium (Flower, Leaf, & Stem Extract)
About me: I help soothe skin, shrink spots, and prevent the growth of bacteria.
How I work: My first function is to soothe skin irritations and help reduce redness, so your skin is happy and healed. I also have natural antibacterial qualities that can help to stop future spots from forming. Because I help to heal and prevent spots.
Where you can find me: I'm featured in Clearing Care Everyday Moisturiser, Spot Doctor Pimple Gel
Technical Term: Citric Acid
About me: I’m a naturally occurring acid: sometimes I help balance pH levels in different products, sometimes I make stuff fizzy and fun.
How I work: I’m a bit of a multitasker: in a lot of Allkinds products, I help adjust pH levels so they can keep your skin healthy, fresh, and balanced—in bath bombs, I’m a bit more fun. I create the fizzy, bubbly effect they have when they’re dropped in your tub, which helps reveal their cool colours too.
Where you can find me: I'm featured in Gentle Care Daily Cleanser, Clearing Care Daily Cleanser, Classic Care Daily Cleanser, Classic Care Everyday Moisturiser, Clearing Care Everyday Moisturiser, Face Saver Serum Mist, Micellar Cleansing Water, Spot Doctor Pimple Gel
Technical Term: Calendula Officinalis (Marigold) Flower Extract
About me: I help to deeply soothe, calm, and heal skin.
How I work: I help to moisturise, soothe and calm skin: my anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties help to promote healing. As such, I’m known to help shrink spots and reduce inflammation for more smooth, healthy, balanced skin.
Where you can find me: I'm featured in Gentle Care Daily Cleanser, Clearing Care Everyday Cleanser, Clearing Care Everyday Moisturiser, Micellar Cleansing Water
Technical Term: Chamomilla Recutita (Matricaria) Flower Extract
About me: I gently heal skin to leave it feeling calm and soothed.
How I work: I’m super gentle and help reduce redness and promote healing with my naturally anti-inflammatory & antioxidant properties: I’m very calming and soothing for skin.
Where you can find me: I'm featured in Gentle Care Daily Cleanser, Face Saver Serum Mist
Technical Term: Dextran
About me: I’m a handy skin helper: my moisture-binding properties help to promote improved skin hydration
How I work: I have special water-binding properties that help improve skin’s moisture retention: I help to promote better skin hydration overall.
Where you can find me: I'm featured in Spot Doctor Pimple Gel
Technical Term: Glycerin
About me: I’m a powerful go-to ingredient for restoring skin: I help naturally draw in moisture to keep it feeling fresh & smooth.
How I work: I’m kind of a big deal: as a natural humectant, I draw in moisture from the environment to help promote lasting hydration for skin and hair. I help to fortify skin’s natural moisture barrier, so it can protect itself from damage and feel soft, supple, and smooth.
Where you can find me: I'm featured in Gentle Care Daily Cleanser, Clearing Care Everyday Cleanser, Classic Care Everyday Cleanser, Classic Care Everyday Moisturiser, Clearing Care Everyday Moisturiser, Face Saver Serum Mist, Micellar Cleansing Water, Spot Doctor Pimple Gel
Technical Term: Ethylhexylglycerin
About me: I’m a friendly preservative: I help make sure Allkinds products last a long time and stay awesome.
How I work: I help keep things running smoothly: as a preservative booster, I make sure Allkinds products can last as long as they need to while getting their jobs done effectively.
Where you can find me: I'm featured in Gentle Care Daily Cleanser, Clearing Care Daily Cleanser, Classic Care Everyday Cleanser, Classic Care Everyday Moisturiser, Gentle Care Everyday Moisturiser, Clearing Care Everyday Moisturiser, Face Saver Serum Mist, Spot Doctor Pimple Gel
Technical Term: Heptyl Glucoside
About me: I help remove dirt, oil, and makeup to cleanse skin and leave it feeling fresh.
How I work: When it comes to Allkinds Micellar Cleansing Water, I’m kind of a big deal: I’m a solubiliser, cleanser, and mild surfactant, which is basically a fancy way of saying that I help dissolve dirt, oil, and makeup to leave your skin feeling clean & fresh.
Where you can find me: I'm featured in Micellar Cleansing Water
Technical Term: Hydroxypropyl Starch Phosphate
About me: I’m a stabiliser & thickener: I help make Allkinds products feel right.
How I work: I’m in the thick of it: as a stabiliser and thickener, I help reduce any formula’s greasy feeling: instead, I make products feel smooth and substantial while staying lightweight and easy on your skin.
Where you can find me: I'm featured in Spot Doctor Pimple Gel
Technical Term: Parfum
About me: I make products smell awesome: I’m a more gentle option for kids’ skin, which absorbs more than adult skin.
How I work: I’m the stuff added to Allkinds products to give them their uniquely incredible scents. I’m made from natural substances (which means I’m physically derived from plants) and I’m added to Allkinds products in specifically adjusted strength levels chosen just for kids so I’m not too overpowering on your skin or for your nose. I adhere to the ISO 9235 standard set by the International Fragrance Organization: basically, Allkinds strictly follows their rules for natural fragrances, which means I’m always derived from plants using distillation, expression, and extraction. I’m always free of phthalates, parabens, and petrochemicals.
Where you can find me: I'm featured in Clearing Care Everyday Cleanser, Classic Care Everyday Cleanser, Classic Care Everyday Moisturiser, Clearing Care Everyday Moisturiser
Technical Term: Maltodextrin
About me: I help to soften skin and stabilize formulas.
How I work: I’m kind of a big deal: in addition to helping to soften skin, I’m also a binding agent and a stabiliser—I help make sure the texture of formulas feels right.
Where you can find me: I'm featured in Gentle Care Everyday Cleanser, Classic Care Everyday Moisturiser, Clearing Care Everyday Moisturiser, Face Saver Serum Mist, Micellar Cleansing Water, Spot Doctor Pimple Gel
Technical Term: Limonene
About me: I’m a naturally occurring chemical compound in certain essential oils: I’m called out so you know I’m there, just in case you might be sensitive to me in particular.
How I work: I’m naturally found in certain essential oils and absolutes—they help make sure Allkinds products smell awesome: if you’re particularly sensitive to me, you can avoid products that have me on their ingredients list. I’m usually found to have a zesty, uplifting scent: you can find me in essential oils like lime, lemongrass, neroli, grapefruit, tangerine, peppermint, rose, sage, and fennel.
Where you can find me: I'm featured in Classic Care Everyday Moisturiser, Clearing Care Everyday Moisturiser.
Technical Term: Linalool
About me: I’m a naturally occurring chemical compound in certain essential oils.
How I work: I’m naturally found in certain essential oils and absolutes—they help make sure Allkinds products smell awesome. I’m usually found to have a soft, sweet scent: you can find me in many essential oils including tangerine, spearmint, rose, neroli, mandarin, lemon, lime, lavender, grapefruit, cinnamon and chamomile.
Where you can find me: I'm featured in Classic Care Everyday Moisturiser, Clearing Care Everyday Moisturiser
Technical Term: Lecithin
About me: I help to repair and restore the skin's natural defences by strengthening this barrier.
Where you can find me: I'm featured in Spot Doctor Pimple Gel
Technical Term: Backhousia Citriodora (Lemon Myrtle) Leaf Extract
About me: I work to calm inflammation and control excess oil & bacteria on the skin: I help block breakouts and heal spots.
How I work: I have antimicrobial properties, which means that I help reduce the growth and spread of bacteria on the skin: I also work as an anti-inflammatory and an astringent, which means that I’ve been shown to help control sebum (A.K.A. oil) production, which helps keep your pores feeling tight and your skin feeling balanced, fresh & calm.
Where you can find me: I'm featured in Clearing Care Everyday Cleanser, Clearing Care Everyday Moisturiser
Technical Term: Kaolin, Kaolinite
About me: I’m naturally purifying and deep cleansing: I help leave feeling smooth & balanced.
How I work: I’m powerfully deep cleansing and purifying: I help to exfoliate dead skin cells away while also absorbing oil, dirt, and impurities—overall, I help to leave skin feeling non-greasy, fresh, and smooth.
Where you can find me: I'm featured in Classic Care Everyday Cleanser.
Technical Term: Jojoba Esters
About me: I’m an emollient that helps to moisturise and soften skin.
How I work: I help to increase skin’s hydration and improve its natural moisture barrier function without clogging pores, which helps it to feel smooth, soft, and fresh. As a thickener, I help make products feel substantial and stable.I can also help to reduce redness.
Where you can find me: I'm featured in Classic Care Everyday Moisturiser, Clearing Care Everyday Moisturiser
Technical Term: Phenoxyethanol
About me: I’m a preservative: I help make sure Allkinds products last and stay awesome.
How I work: I’m a product-protector: as a preservative, I prevent bacteria’s growth & reproduction, so the formula stays in-tact and effective.
Where you can find me: I'm featured in Gentle Care Daily Cleanser, Clearing Care Daily Cleanser, Classic Care Everyday Cleanser, Classic Care Everyday Moisturiser, Gentle Care Everyday Moisturiser, Clearing Care Everyday Moisturiser, Face Saver Serum Mist, Spot Doctor Pimple Gel
Technical Term: Pentylene Glycol
About me: I emulsify ingredients the formula so they balance.
How I work: I stabilise the formula so it works just right!
Where you can find me: I'm featured in Face Saver Serum Mist
Technical Term: Polysorbate-20
About me: I’m a plant-derived cleanser that helps to cleanse skin and leave it feeling fresh.
How I work: I’m a bit of a multitasker: I help to cleanse skin and leave it feeling fresh while also working as a ‘solubiliser’, which basically means I give a more clear look to cleansing products.
Where you can find me: I'm featured in Face Saver Serum Mist
Technical Term: Panthenol
About me: I’m a natural emollient and humectant: I help to hydrate skin & hair, keeping both soft and smooth.
How I work: I’m converted into Vitamin B5 in the body, which is also known as pantothenic acid: I’m both an emollient and a humectant, which means that I can help to attract moisture to the skin and seal it there, keeping that hydration locked in for the long haul. I’m very helpful for hair, too—I help make it feel smooth and healthy while adding slip for better detangling.
Where you can find me: I'm featured in Face Saver Serum Mist
Technical Term: Pullulan
About me: I’m a water-binding agent, which basically means I’m a moisturiser: I help lock in moisture so skin can feel smooth.
How I work: I’m a plant-based moisturiser, which means I’m pretty simple: I help lock in moisture so skin can feel smooth.
Where you can find me: I'm featured in Spot Doctor Pimple Gel
Technical Term: Tripeptide-1
About me: I help to restore skin: I promote skin healing & overall health.
How I work: I’m made up of amino acids, which are the building blocks of proteins: they’re what helps your skin produce collagen and feel firm and healthy, which is what I help to promote. I help to boost skin’s natural healing, which means I can aid in shrinking spots and promoting overall skin health.
Where you can find me: I'm featured in Spot Doctor Pimple Gel
Technical Term: Sodium Laurylglucosides Hydroxypropylsulfonate
About me: I’m a naturally-sugar-derived surfactant (AKA cleanser) that helps wash away dirt and oil.
How I work: I’m a natural alternative to sulfates—what you might know as ‘soaps’—that can be drying or stripping. Instead, I’m biodegradable and easy on the skin: I help wash away dirt and oil to gently foam and cleanse, leaving you feeling fresh & smooth.
Where you can find me: I'm featured in Gentle Care Daily Cleanser, Clearing Care Everyday Cleanser, Classic Care Everyday Cleanser
Technical Term: Shea Butter
About me: I’m a super hydrating moisturiser that’s loaded with restorative antioxidants.
How I work:I’m a powerful moisturiser that works for skin of all kinds, sensitive types included: I very naturally hydrating, which means I help your skin’s moisture barrier stay strong, so you can feel smooth, soft, and hydrated. I’m especially helpful for healing dry, irritated skin. I also help soothe and balance the scalp, so your hair feels fresh too.
Where you can find me: I'm featured in Classic Care Everyday Moisturiser, Clearing Care Everyday Moisturiser
Technical Term: Sclerotium Gum
About me: I’m a plant-derived thickening agent that helps give products a smooth, gel texture.
How I work: I’m a plant-derived, sugar-based ingredient: I help thicken and stabilize formulas to give them a smooth, gel texture.
Where you can find me: I'm featured in Spot Doctor Pimple Gel
Technical Term: Salicylic Acid
About me: I help to heal spots, keep pores clear, and prevent future breakouts.
How I work: Not to brag, but I’m a pretty well-known, spot-fighting skincare superhero: I help to exfoliate skin and dissolve sebum and oils on the skin. Less oils on the skin make it harder for acne causing bacteria to grow, which equals less blackheads and whiteheads. My anti-inflammatory, redness-reducing powers make me especially good at shrinking and healing pimples, too. I am also used in some products as a safe preservative.
Where you can find me: I'm featured in Clearing Care Everyday Cleanser, Micellar Cleansing Water.
Technical Term: Silica
About me: I’m a thickening agent that helps give products the right texture.
How I work: I help thicken formulas to give them the right texture.
Where you can find me: I'm featured in Spot Doctor Pimple Gel
Technical Term: Sorbic Acid
About me: I’m a mild preservative: I make sure products can last as long as they need to.
How I work: I’m a product-protector: as a mild preservative, I kill unwanted microorganisms and prevent their growth & reproduction, so the formula stays in-tact and effective.
Where you can find me: I'm featured in Micellar Cleansing Water.
Technical Term: Sodium Phytate
About me: I’m a plant-based chelating agent, which basically means I help to keep a formula stable, so it can stay awesome and last as long as it needs to.
How I work: I keep things from getting weird: as a plant-based chelating agent, I prevent reactions that could spoil a product—basically, I help to keep a formula stable, so it can last and do its job.
Where you can find me: I'm featured in Gentle Care Daily Cleanser, Clearing Care Everyday Cleanser, Classic Care Daily Cleanser, Face Saver Serum Mist, Micellar Cleansing Water,
Technical Term: Sodium Polyacrylate
About me: I’m a super water-absorbing ingredient that helps give products a smooth, gel texture.
How I work: I can absorb as much as 100 to 1000 times my weight in water, which is why I’m called ‘super absorbent’—when mixed with water, I form a gel that gives a product a smooth, soft texture.
Where you can find me: I'm featured in Clearing Care Everyday Cleanser.
Technical Term: Sodium Citrate
About me: I adjust the pH levels of Allkinds products.
How I work: I help balance the pH levels of Allkinds products so that they don’t disturb your skin’s natural moisture barrier.
Where you can find me: I'm featured in Clearing Care Everyday Cleanser, Classic Care Daily Cleanser, Classic Care Everyday Moisturiser, Clearing Care Everyday Moisturiser
Technical Term: Sodium Hydroxide
About me: I help to make sure the pH levels of Allkinds formulas are just right for your skin.
How I work: I help maintain the pH levels of Allkinds products so that they don’t disturb your skin’s natural moisture barrier.
Where you can find me: I'm featured in Gentle Care Daily Cleanser, Clearing Care Daily Cleanser, Classic Care Daily Cleanser, Classic Care Everyday Moisturiser, Gentle Care Everyday Moisturiser, Clearing Care Everyday Moisturiser, Face Saver Serum Mist, Micellar Cleansing Water, Spot Doctor Pimple Gel
Technical Term: Sodium Hyaluronate
About me: I’m a naturally moisture-attracting skin helper: I help lock in moisture for lasting hydration, so your skin & hair can feel smooth & balanced.
How I work: I’m a pretty important skin-helper: I’m a natural film former, which basically means I help to create a protective layer on your skin that still lets it breathe—in this way, I help boost the function of your skin’s natural moisture barrier by pulling and trapping more moisture from the environment, so your skin can feel better hydrated and balanced. I also help make hair easier to detangle, so it feels smooth & soft.
Where you can find me: I'm featured in Face Saver Serum Mist
Technical Term: Sorbitan Olivate
About me: I’m an emulsifier that helps oil and water play nice, so they don’t separate: I also help to moisturise skin.
How I work: As an emulsifier, I help to stabilise mixtures that contain oil and water (so they don’t separate). Those ‘mixtures’ include most creams and lotions: I make sure they stay smooth while they help keep your skin feeling awesome—I also have the added benefit of adding moisture to your skin
Where you can find me: I'm featured in Gentle Care Everyday Moisturiser, Clearing Care Everyday Moisturiser
Technical Term: Sugar Beet Extract
About me: I help to balance and maintain skin’s natural moisture barrier.
How I work:
I simply can’t be beat: I help to strengthen and maintain skin's natural moisture barrier for smoother, softer skin. I help skin retain hydration and remained balanced, so it feels Allkinds of healthy.
Where you can find me: I'm featured in Classic Care Daily Cleanser. Classic Care Everyday Moisturiser
Technical Term: Tocopherol
About me: I help to restore, protect and heal skin & hair to keep it feeling smooth.
How I work: My antioxidant properties mean that I’m a reliable defender and healer—I help to fight off the effects of stuff that can damage your skin & hair (A.K.A. ‘free radicals’), like sun exposure or pollution. I also help strengthen your skin & hair’s moisture barrier, which keeps it feeling healthy and smooth.
Where you can find me: I'm featured in Classic Care Everyday Moisturiser, Clearing Care Everyday Moisturiser, Face Saver Serum Mist
Technical Term: Tocopheryl Acetate (Vitamin E)
About me: I help to restore, protect and heal skin to keep it smooth.
How I work:My fancy technical name is Tocopheryl Acetate, which is just one form of me: your body’s trusty friend, Vitamin E. My antioxidant properties mean that I’m a reliable defender and healer—I help to fight off the effects of stuff that can damage your skin (AKA ‘free radicals’), like sun exposure or pollution. I also help strengthen your skin’s moisture barrier, which keeps it feeling healthy and smooth.
Where you can find me: I'm featured in Gentle Care Daily Cleanser, Clearing Care Everyday Cleanser, Classic Care Daily Cleanser, Classic Care Everyday Moisturiser, Clearing Care Everyday Moisturiser
Technical Term: Aqua
About me: I’m a solvent: I help make sure ingredients in Allkinds formulas can get delivered to your skin.
How I work: I help to deliver the other ingredients in a product’s formula to your skin so that they can do their jobs as effectively and awesomely as possible.
Where you can find me: I'm featured in all Allkinds products!
Technical Term: Xanthan Gum
About me: I’m a thickener: I make sure a product’s texture feels right.
How I work: As a thickener, I help make sure a product’s texture feels right and not too watery: I help to create a smooth, gel-like texture.
Where you can find me: I'm featured in Gentle Care Daily Cleanser, Clearing Care Everyday Cleanser, Classic Care Daily Cleanser, Spot Doctor Pimple Gel