Categorized List of Irritants in Cosmetic - 50-60 ingredients

A Partial list of Irritants in Cosmetics, classified as Non-, mild and strong irritants. Good to know, especially for sensitive-skin individuals.

In some cases a safe, harmless, non-irritating ingredient can cause an allergic reaction in some people while an ingredient which is a known irritant may
not exhibit a reaction on everyone who comes in contact with that ingredient.

Non-Irritants Butylene Glycol Castor Oil Cyclomethicones Dimethicones Dioctyl Sodium Sulfosuccinate Diisopropyl Adipate Ethylene Glycol Monostearate Glyceryl Stearate SE Hexylene Glycol Hydrogenated Castor Oil Isopropyl Isostearate Jojoba Oil Kaolin (Clay) Lanolin Alcohol Magnesium Stearate Magnesium Aluminum Silicate Octyl Methoxycinnamate Olive Oil Oxybenzone PEG-100 Stearate D-Panthenol Petrolatum Polysorbates (All) Propylene Glycol Safflower Oil Sesame Oil Sodium PCA Triethanolamine

Mild Irritants Acetylated Lanolin Alcohol Ammonium Laureth Sulfate Benzaldehyde Camphor Capric Acid Carageenan Cetyl Alcohol Dioctyl Succinate Emulsifying Wax NF Evening Primrose Oil FD&C Red# 40 Pigment Hexadecyl Alcohol Isopropyl Myristate Isostearyl Neopentanoate Myristyl Lactate Myristyl Myristate Oleth-3 Octyl Palmitate PEG-200 Dilaurate Propylene Glycol Dipelargonate Red Algae Shark Liver Oil Sorbitan Sesquioleate Steareth-2 Stearyl Alcohol Tocopherol (Vit E) Wheat Germ Oil

Irritants Acetone Acetic Acid Algae Extract Algin Ammonium Hydroxide BHA Cajeput Oil Caprylic Acid Colloidal Sulfur Isocetyl Alcohol Isopropyl Alcohol Laureth-4 Octyl Stearate Oleyl Alcohol Papain PEG-16 Lanolin Phosphoric Acid Potassium Chloride PPG-2 Myristyl Propionate SD Alcohols (All) Sodium Chloride Sodium Hydroxide Sodium Lauryl Sulfate Steareth-10 Sulfated Castor Oil Sulfated Jojoba Oil Tridecyl Neopentanoate Xylene