The sodium salt of lactic acid, used as a humectant and buffer.
What it is
Sodium lactate is the salt of lactic acid. It attracts water and, together with lactic acid, helps hold a formula at a set pH.
Where it is used
Found in moisturisers, cleansers and soaps.
Limits of interpretation
The INCI list shows which ingredients are present, not how much of each. Above 1%, ingredients are listed in descending order of weight; below 1% the order is free.
In combination with lactic acid it often acts as a buffer rather than as an exfoliant.
Functions
- Buffering
- Stabilising the pH of an aqueous medium in a narrow range even if an acid or base is added. Altering and/or maintaining a cosmetic product's pH at the desired level.
- Humectant
- Retaining and/or preserving the moisture in a product during use.
- Keratolytic
- Helping to eliminate the dead cells of the stratum corneum.
EU regulation
This ingredient is not listed in the annexes of Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 in the CosIng data.
Products with this ingredient (879)
- Cremeseife Warm Mandarine · ISANA
- Deluxe Beauty Soap · Tibet
- Cytrusowy poncz · 4 szpaki
- Revolution Superfix Grip Primer · Revolution
- I Heart Revolution Strawberry Glow Fixing Spray · Revolution
- Revolution Pro Miracle Pro-Tox Fine Line Fix & Fill Serum · Revolution
- I Heart Revolution Strawberry Milkshake Glow Fixing Spray · Revolution
- Lifter Plump & Glow · Maybelline
- Lifter Concealer · Maybelline
- PODKŁAD MIRACLE TOUCH · Max Factor
- Fondotinta Miracle Second Skin · Max Factor
- FONDOTINTA MIRACLE PURE · Max Factor