Aqua
Aqua is a solvent ingredient. It’s in 8,249 products on Poliage, most often body wash, shampoo and cleanser. Avoid lists on Poliage that include it: none.
Updated October 26, 2026
In plain English
Water. The base of most formulas; dissolves other ingredients and carries them onto skin or hair.
What it does
Contains Aqua: solvent
Function listed in CosIng
Source: CosIng, the European Commission cosmetic ingredient database, ref 31959, accessed October 22, 2026. Also listed as water, aqua / water, water / aqua and h2o.
Products that contain Aqua
Nivea
Hairmilk 7 Plus
200 ml · Label from France · Lists fragrance, fragrance allergens, silicones
Not Your Mother’s
Hairspray
Hair styling · 9.7 oz · Lists fragrance, fragrance allergens, drying alcohol, silicones
Superdrug
Hairspray firm hold
75ml · Label from United Kingdom · Ingredients incomplete, can’t check
Sachajuan
HAIRSPRAY LIGHT AND FLEXIBLE
Hair styling · 200ml · Lists fragrance, fragrance allergens, drying alcohol, silicones
Sachajuan
HAIRSPRAY STRONG CONTROL
Hair styling · 200 ml · Lists fragrance, fragrance allergens, drying alcohol, silicones, chemical UV filters
Teraxyl
Haleine pure
75 ml · Label from France · Lists fragrance, drying alcohol, sulfates, coconut derivatives
R+Co
HALFPIPE Dry Wax Finishing Spray
Hair styling · 5.0 OZ · Lists fragrance, fragrance allergens, drying alcohol, essential oils
e.l.f.
Halo Glow Skin Tint SPF 50
Foundation · Ingredients incomplete, can’t check
Tocca
Hand & Body Wash Cleopatra
Body wash · 12 fl oz · Lists fragrance, fragrance allergens, coconut derivatives
Tocca
Hand & Body Wash Florence
Body wash · 12 fl oz · Lists fragrance, fragrance allergens, coconut derivatives
Tocca
Hand & Body Wash Stella
Body wash · 12 fl oz · Lists fragrance, fragrance allergens, coconut derivatives
Balea
Hand & Nagel Balsam Kamille
100 ml · Label from outside the U.S. · Lists fragrance, fragrance allergens, sulfates
Neutrogena
Hand & Nagel Creme
75ml · Label from Austria · Lists fragrance
Trader Joe’s
Hand and Body Cream
473 ml · Lists essential oils
hand body lotion
Lists silicones
Neutrogena
hand cream
50ml · Lists sulfates
Cien
Hand cream
Label from Spain · None of Poliage’s flag groups listed
Attitude
Hand Cream
Lists fragrance
Kitchen Lemon
Hand Cream
118ml · Lists fragrance, fragrance allergens, parabens, silicones, chemical UV filters, formaldehyde releasers
J.R. Watkins
Hand Cream
3.3 Oz (95 g) · Ingredients incomplete, can’t check
Glossier
Hand Cream
Body lotion · Lists fragrance, fragrance allergens, coconut derivatives
hand cream bbw
Ingredients incomplete, can’t check
Neutrogena
Hand Cream concentrated
50 ml · Label from Sweden · Lists sulfates
Neutrogena
Hand Cream Concentrated Unscented
75ml · Label from Croatia · Lists sulfates
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