Ingredient · solvent

Water

Water is a solvent: it dissolves the other ingredients and makes up the base of the formula. The base of most formulas.

Water at a glance

FunctionSolvent
Comedogenic rating0/5
Irritation potentialLow
Also listed asAqua, Eau, Aqua/Water, Purified Water, Deionized Water
How commonOn 12,918 of 21,918 product labels in Pori's copy of Open Beauty Facts

Is Water good for my skin type?

These ratings come from the same fixed rules Pori's ingredient scanner uses, applied to a typical profile for each skin type. Your own result in the app also weighs your scan results and concerns.

Skin typeRatingWhy
NormalNeutralThe base of most formulas.
DryNeutralThe base of most formulas.
OilyNeutralThe base of most formulas.
CombinationNeutralThe base of most formulas.
SensitiveNeutralThe base of most formulas.

Is Water comedogenic?

It has a comedogenic rating of 0 out of 5 in Pori's ingredient database, so it's unlikely to clog pores. Ratings like this come from older tests on single ingredients, and a finished product with it isn't necessarily pore-clogging. A 2006 study in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology found that finished products made with comedogenic ingredients were not necessarily comedogenic, so treat the number as a hint, not a verdict.

How do I check a product with Water?

Scan the barcode or photograph the ingredient list with Pori's ingredient scanner (a Pro feature). It rates every ingredient for your skin type, flags fragrance, pore-clogging and irritating ingredients, and gives the product an overall match score. It's a guide to ingredients, not a diagnosis, so see a dermatologist about any reaction.

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Ingredient data from Pori's ingredient database; product counts from Open Beauty Facts (ODbL). General information, not medical advice.