Glycerin is already naturally found in your skin and helps moisturize and protect your skin. A study from 2016 found glycerin to be more effective as a humectant than AHAs and hyaluronic acid.
Glycerin is a humectant, helping the skin stay hyrated by pulling moisture to your skin. The low molecular weight of glycerin allows it to pull moisture into the deeper layers of your skin.
Having moisturized skin helps improve the skin barrier. Your skin barrier helps protect against irritants and bacteria.
Glycerin has also been found to have antimicrobial and antiviral properties. Due to these properties, glycerin is often used in wound and burn treatments.
In cosmetics, glycerin is usually derived from plants such as soybean or palm. However, it can also be sourced from animals, such as tallow or animal fat.
Glycerin is organic, colorless, odorless, and non-toxic.
Glycerin is the name for this ingredient in American English. British English uses Glycerol/Glycerine.
Also known as: Vegetable Glycerin, Glycerine, and Glycerol
Glycerin is a popular cosmetic ingredient, with about 67.1% of the products in our database containing it.
What it does:
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Where it's used
Glycerin is most often found as ingredient number 5 within an ingredient list.
Of the 9 products in our database that have a known concentration of Glycerin, we've seen concentrations from 0.01% to 85% specified within their ingredient lists.
These are the categories of products that use Glycerin the most:
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Products with Glycerin
CosIng Data
- CosIng ID: 34040
- INCI Name: GLYCERIN
- INN Name: glycerol
- EC #: Â 200-289-5
- Ph. Eur. Name: glycerolum
- All Functions: Denaturant, Hair Conditioning, Humectant, Oral Care, Perfuming, Skin Conditioning, Skin Protecting, Solvent, Viscosity Controlling
