Ingredient glossary / Texture and thickener
Kaolin (white clay)
On the label: Kaolin · Texture and thickener
What it is
A soft white clay that absorbs oil; the gentlest of the clay-mask clays.
Texture and thickeners: Thickeners and film formers give a product its body and feel, from gums to silicones.
Wikidata: Clay rich in kaolinite. Q908663 →
In the research
94 PubMed papers mention it with skin, cosmetics or hair; the three most recent:
- Strengthening grapevine berry physiology and composition through kaolin-silicon foliar applications under summer stress in mediterranean vineyard · Frontiers in plant science, 2026
- Bioinspired Hemostatic Dressings for Rapid and Safe Bleeding Control Via Nanofiber Bridging of Kaolin and Cotton · Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.), 2026
- Heterogeneous interfacial polarization domain engineering toward lightweight skins with microwave absorption and passive radiative cooling · Journal of colloid and interface science, 2026
A paper is a paper, not a verdict: titles are listed so you can read them, and a study on cells or mice says little about a cream on a face.
Products whose label lists it
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