Skincare & Cosmetic Ingredient Checker — Free INCI Analyser

The average bathroom shelf now holds 12+ skincare and cosmetic products, each with 20–40 ingredients listed in cryptic INCI Latin. Most consumers have no realistic way to tell whether "Methylisothiazolinone" is fine in a rinse-off cleanser (technically permitted) but a major contact allergen in a leave-on moisturiser (banned by the EU since 2017). That gap between label and understanding is exactly where reactions, breakouts and wasted money happen.

Our free AI INCI analyser closes the gap. It uses computer vision tuned for tiny, curved cosmetic packaging, parses the full ingredient list, and grades every entry against EWG hazard data, the EU CosIng database, EU Annexes II–VI restrictions, the EU 26 fragrance allergens list, comedogenic ratings, and pregnancy-safety guidelines. You don't need to memorise INCI names or trust a TikTok review — you scan, and the verdict is on screen in under 10 seconds.

What makes this ingredient checker different from generic ingredient scanner apps is the integration with the rest of the ScanSkinAI ecosystem. A standalone app might tell you a serum contains denatured alcohol. Our system already knows — from your AI Facial Scan — that your barrier function score is 42/100 and your redness score is 71/100, and so it prioritises that warning loudly. If your AI Skin Scan has flagged eczema or perioral dermatitis, fragrance and MI/MCI alerts move to the top of the report. If you're tracking moles via the Mole Checker, sun-sensitising actives like AHAs and retinoids get paired with an SPF reminder pulled from the daily UV Forecast.

It also handles the modern beauty buyer's checklist — vegan, cruelty-free, reef-safe, fragrance-free, pregnancy-safe, fungal-acne safe, microbiome-friendly — with badges generated automatically from the ingredient list rather than marketing claims. Brands can call themselves "clean beauty" while still using formaldehyde releasers; our analyser won't be fooled.

For people building or refining a skincare routine, the conflict checker is the killer feature. Layering retinol on top of an exfoliating AHA toner is a classic recipe for a wrecked barrier. Mixing benzoyl peroxide with adapalene at the wrong time of day reduces both. Stacking three vitamin C serums won't make you glow faster — it'll just oxidise faster. The INCI analyser cross-references everything you've scanned and tells you what to use AM, what to use PM, and what to keep two hours apart. Need help interpreting a dermatologist's recommendation? Use Report Scan to decode the consult letter, then run each recommended product through the ingredient checker.

And it's free. No download, no email wall to scan a single product, no upsell to "premium" just to see whether your foundation contains a known allergen. Subscribers get the personalised skin-type matching, multi-product routine builder, and saved scan history — but the core cosmetic ingredient checker is open to anyone who wants to make a smarter buy at the pharmacy aisle, beauty hall, or online checkout.