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Delivering Trusted Products & Ingredients

How we choose our ingredients

So how do we choose what does or doesn't go into our products? At Gillette, we use three specific criteria:

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Safety
Our scientists partner with regulatory agencies around the world to ensure we only use ingredients that are safe.
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Sustainable sourcing
At P&G, we are committed to the long-term health of natural ecosystems that are essential to people, biodiversity and our business. Our efforts start with ensuring responsible sourcing of key commodities like wood pulp, palm oil and paper packaging.

We also go beyond our direct supply chain to protect, improve and restore ecosystems in more places, where it matters most. We are partnering and investing in nature-based solutions to positively impact more than 1.5 million acres of land, balance any remaining carbon emissions from our manufacturing operations this decade, and enable positive outcomes for people and biodiversity.
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Performance
We rely on 100+ years of experience and scientific research to select the best ingredients for a superior shave experience.
Our Gillette product ingredients and grooming tools are:
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Transparent
We participate in the SmartLabel® program in the U.S. to promote cosmetic ingredient transparency for consumers and share our key ingredients.
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Consumer Tested
Gillette products are rigorously tested by consumers before launch.
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Quality Assured
Our grooming products and ingredients go through rigorous quality testing.

Our frequently used ingredients

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Ingredients that make our products foam and work well
Works on your skin and hair to make our products effective.
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Skin loving ingredients and perfumes
Ingredients designed to make our products smell and feel good.
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Keeping Products Fresh
Preservatives keep our Gillette shaving and grooming products fresh, safe, and long-lasting. Our main preservatives include:
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Our main ingredients

Ingredients that make our products foam and work well plus-symbol cross-symbol

Works on your skin and hair to make our products effective. Ingredients include:
Ingredients
Function
Categories
Waterarrow-syn
Dissolves ingredients arrow-syn
Gels, foams, hair, beard, personal cleansing, skin
Stearic Acidarrow-syn
Helps to clean or remove dirt and oil, and which can create foam when used with waterarrow-syn
Gels & Foams
Palmitic Acidarrow-syn
Helps to clean or remove dirt and oil, and which can create foam when used with water arrow-syn
Gels & Foams
Coconut Fatty Acidarrow-syn
Helps to make your skin feel soft, smooth, and supple this oil comes from coconut and is often used to make soap arrow-syn
Gels & Foams
Triethanolamine arrow-syn
Adjusts the products to the desired pH arrow-syn
Gels & Foams
Potassium Hydroxide arrow-syn
Adjusts the products to the desired pHarrow-syn
Gels & Foams
Isopentane arrow-syn
Creates foamy latherarrow-syn
Gels & Foams
Isobutane arrow-syn
Creates foamy latherarrow-syn
Gels & Foams
Sodium Laureth Sulfate arrow-syn
An Ingredient which helps to clean or remove dirt and oil, and which can create foam when used with waterarrow-syn
Gels & Foams, Beard & Personal Cleansing
Cocamidopropyl Betaine arrow-syn
An Ingredient which helps to clean or remove dirt and oil, and which can create foam when used with waterarrow-syn
Gels & Foams, Beard & Personal Cleansing

Skin loving ingredients and perfumes cross-symbol

Ingredients designed to make our products smell and feel good:
Ingredients
Function
Categories
Glycerin arrow-syn
Helps to bind water in a product, in hair, or the top layers of skin arrow-syn
Gels, foams, hair, beard, personal cleansing, skin
PEG Polymerarrow-syn
Creates glide to help protect the skin during the shavearrow-syn
Gels, foams, skin
Niacinamidearrow-syn
Helps to make your skin and hair feel soft, smooth, and supple arrow-syn
Gels, foams, hair, beard, personal cleansing, skin
Panthenolarrow-syn
A form of vitamin b-5. Helps to make your skin feel soft, smooth, and supplearrow-syn
Gels, foams, hair, beard, personal cleansing, skin
Tocopheryl Acetatearrow-syn
A form of Vitamin E. Helps to make your skin feel soft, smooth and supplearrow-syn
Gels, foams, hair, beard, personal cleansing, skin
Mentholarrow-syn
Provides a cool and fresh sensationarrow-syn
Gels, foams, hair, beard, personal cleansing, skin
Petrolatum arrow-syn
Helps to make your skin and hair feel soft, smooth, and supplearrow-syn
Gels, foams, hair, beard, personal cleansing, skin
Sorbitolarrow-syn
Helps to bind water in a product, in hair, or the top layers of skinarrow-syn
Gels, foams, hair, beard, personal cleansing, skin
Fragrancearrow-syn
Provides a distinctive, pleasant smellarrow-syn
Gels, foams, hair, beard, personal cleansing, skin

Keeping Products Fresh cross-symbol

Preservatives keep our Gillette shaving and grooming products fresh, safe, and long-lasting. Our main preservatives include:
Ingredients
Function
Categories
Phenoxyethanolarrow-syn
Prolongs the shelf-life of a product, even once it has been opened, protecting it from bacteria, yeasts, and molds arrow-syn
Gels & foams, Hair, Beard & Personal Cleaning, Skin
Benzyl Alcoholarrow-syn
Prolongs the shelf-life of a product, even once it has been opened, protecting it from bacteria, yeasts, and moldsarrow-syn
Gels & foams, Skin
Iodopropynyl Butylcarbamatearrow-syn
Prolongs the shelf-life of a product, even once it has been opened, protecting it from bacteria, yeasts, and molds arrow-syn
Gels & foams, Hair, Beard & Personal Cleaning, Skin
Sodium Benzoatearrow-syn
Prolongs the shelf-life of a product, even once it has been opened, protecting it from bacteria, yeasts, and moldsarrow-syn
Gels & foams, Hair, Beard & Personal Cleaning, Skin
Sodium Salicylatearrow-syn
Prolongs the shelf-life of a product, even once it has been opened, protecting it from bacteria, yeasts, and moldsarrow-syn
Gels & foams, Hair, Beard & Personal Cleaning, Skin

Other Ingredients cross-symbol

Ingredients
Categories
Aloe Barbadensis leaf juice arrow-syn
Gels, foams, hair, beard, personal cleansing, skin
Butyrospermum Parkii Butterarrow-syn
Gels, foams, hair, beard, personal cleansing, skin

At Gillette, we actively evaluate our product formulas to check they are the best they can be.

Ingredients that make our products foam and work well plus-symbol cross-symbol

Works on your skin and hair to make our products effective. Ingredients include:

Ingredients

Water > x

Function

Dissolves ingredients

Categories

Gels, foams, hair, beard, personal cleansing, skin

Stearic Acid > x

Function

Helps to clean or remove dirt and oil, and which can create foam when used with water

Categories

Gels & Foams

Palmitic Acid > x

Function

Helps to clean or remove dirt and oil, and which can create foam when used with water

Categories

Gels & Foams

Coconut Fatty Acid > x

Function

Helps to make your skin feel soft, smooth, and supple this oil comes from coconut and is often used to make soap

Categories

Gels & Foams

Triethanolamine > x

Function

Adjusts the products to the desired pH

Categories

Gels & Foams

Potassium Hydroxide > x

Function

Adjusts the products to the desired pH

Categories

Gels & Foams

Isopentane > x

Function

Creates foamy lather

Categories

Gels & Foams

Isobutane > x

Function

Creates foamy lather

Categories

Gels & Foams

Sodium Laureth Sulfate > x

Function

An Ingredient which helps to clean or remove dirt and oil, and which can create foam when used with water

Categories

Gels & Foams, Beard & Personal Cleansing

Cocamidopropyl Betaine > x

Function

An Ingredient which helps to clean or remove dirt and oil, and which can create foam when used with water

Categories

Gels & Foams, Beard & Personal Cleansing

Skin loving ingredients and perfumes cross-symbol

Works on your skin and hair to make our products effective. Ingredients include:

Ingredients

Glycerin > x

Function

Helps to bind water in a product, in hair, or the top layers of skin

Categories

Gels, foams, hair, beard, personal cleansing, skin

PEG Polymer > x

Function

Creates glide to help protect the skin during the shave

Categories

Gels, foams, skin

Niacinamide > x

Function

Helps to make your skin and hair feel soft, smooth, and supple

Categories

Gels, foams, hair, beard, personal cleansing, skin

Panthenol > x

Function

A form of vitamin b-5. Helps to make your skin feel soft, smooth, and supple

Categories

Gels, foams, hair, beard, personal cleansing, skin

Tocopheryl Acetate > x

Function

A form of Vitamin E. Helps to make your skin feel soft, smooth and supple

Categories

Gels, foams, hair, beard, personal cleansing, skin

Menthol > x

Function

Provides a cool and fresh sensation

Categories

Gels, foams, hair, beard, personal cleansing, skin

Petrolatum > x

Function

Helps to make your skin and hair feel soft, smooth, and supple

Categories

Gels, foams, hair, beard, personal cleansing, skin

Sorbitol > x

Function

Helps to bind water in a product, in hair, or the top layers of skin

Categories

Gels, foams, hair, beard, personal cleansing, skin

Fragrance > x

Function

Provides a distinctive, pleasant smell

Categories

Gels, foams, hair, beard, personal cleansing, skin

Keeping Products Fresh cross-symbol

Works on your skin and hair to make our products effective. Ingredients include:

Ingredients

Phenoxyethanol > x

Function

Prolongs the shelf-life of a product, even once it has been opened, protecting it from bacteria, yeasts, and molds

Categories

Gels & foams, Hair, Beard & Personal Cleaning, Skin

Benzyl Alcohol > x

Function

Prolongs the shelf-life of a product, even once it has been opened, protecting it from bacteria, yeasts, and molds

Categories

Gels & foams, Skin

Iodopropynyl Butylcarbamate > x

Function

Prolongs the shelf-life of a product, even once it has been opened, protecting it from bacteria, yeasts, and molds

Categories

Gels & foams, Hair, Beard & Personal Cleaning, Skin

Sodium Benzoate > x

Function

Prolongs the shelf-life of a product, even once it has been opened, protecting it from bacteria, yeasts, and molds

Categories

Gels & foams, Hair, Beard & Personal Cleaning, Skin

Sodium Salicylate > x

Function

Prolongs the shelf-life of a product, even once it has been opened, protecting it from bacteria, yeasts, and molds

Categories

Gels & foams, Hair, Beard & Personal Cleaning, Skin

Other Ingredients cross-symbol

Ingredients

Aloe Barbadensis leaf juice > x

Categories

Gels, foams, hair, beard, personal cleansing, skin

Butyrospermum Parkii Butter > x

Categories

Gels, foams, hair, beard, personal cleansing, skin

At Gillette, we actively evaluate our product formulas to check they are the best they can be.

A full list of our grooming products and their associated ingredients can be found here.

How we keep products safe

Our science-based approach is key to our journey of safely improving lives and bringing you a top-quality shave.

Our Method
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