
What is under your skin?
Every cream, serum, shampoo and toothpaste is a list of chemicals.
This site explains what they are, what they do, and what the evidence actually says — in plain language, in English and Arabic.
Start here
- The ingredient list — 100 common cosmetic ingredients and what each one does.
- Exfoliating ingredients, explained — how AHAs, BHAs and enzymes actually work.
- Moisturizing ingredients — humectants, emollients, occlusives.
- What skin is made of — the basics before you buy anything.
- Cosmetics in pregnancy — what to keep and what to pause.
- Urea — اليوريا
Ingredient cards
Short, honest profiles of a single ingredient: what it is, what it does, who it suits, and where it can go wrong.
- Niacinamide (نياسيناميد)
- Glycerin (غليسرين)
- Salicylic acid (حمض الساليسيليك)
- Vitamin C (فيتامين سي)
- Retinol (ريتينول)
- Hyaluronic acid (حمض الهيالورونيك)
- Zinc oxide (أكسيد الزنك)
- اليوريا — Urea
More ingredient cards are added as they are written. Want one covered? Write to us.
بالعربي
كل شي تحت جلدك: نشرح مكوّنات الكريمات والشامبو والمعاجين — شو تسوّي، وهل هي آمنة — بلغة واضحة.
- لائحة المكوّنات الشائعة
- نياسيناميد: شو يسوّي فعلاً
- غليسرين: شو يسوّي فعلاً
- حمض الساليسيليك: شو يسوّي فعلاً
- فيتامين سي: شو يسوّي فعلاً
- ريتينول: شو يسوّي فعلاً
- حمض الهيالورونيك: شو يسوّي فعلاً
- أكسيد الزنك: شو يسوّي فعلاً
- اليوريا — Urea
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