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
hemp body lotion
Lists fragrance, fragrance allergens
hemp lotion
Ingredients incomplete, can’t check
Herbal Essences
Hemp Oil Sulfate Free Frizz Control Conditioner
Conditioner · Lists fragrance, fragrance allergens, silicones
hempz
Ingredients incomplete, can’t check
L’Occitane
Herbae Lait de Beauté
250 ml · Label from France · Lists fragrance, fragrance allergens, drying alcohol, silicones
Cien
herbal bath soak
750 ml · Label from United Kingdom · Lists fragrance, fragrance allergens, sulfates, chemical UV filters, coconut derivatives
herbal essence
herbal essence hairspray
226 g · Ingredients incomplete, can’t check
herbal essence
herbal essence honey vitamin e
Ingredients incomplete, can’t check
herbal essences
193 g · Ingredients incomplete, can’t check
Herbal Essences
herbal essences hello hydration
Lists fragrance, sulfates, silicones, coconut derivatives
Herbal Essences
herbal essences mousse
192 g · Lists fragrance, formaldehyde releasers
SHEGLAM
Hideaway Full-Coverage Concealer
Concealer · Lists silicones
SHEGLAM
Hideaway Full-Coverage Concealer-Pink
Concealer · Lists silicones
Tresemmé
Hidratación intensa acondicionador
Label from Spain · Ingredients incomplete, can’t check
Deliplus
Hidratante
Label from Morocco and Spain · Lists fragrance allergens
Hidro Fugal
Hidrofugal Classic Zerstäuber
75 ml · Label from Germany · Lists fragrance
Clinique
High Impact Extreme Volume Mascara
Mascara · Lists sulfates, silicones
Clinique
High Impact High-Fi Full Volume Mascara
Mascara · Lists coconut derivatives
Clinique
High Impact High-Fi Full Volume Waterproof Mascara
Mascara · Lists silicones, coconut derivatives
Clinique
High Impact Mascara
Mascara · Lists sulfates, silicones
Clinique
High Impact Waterproof Mascara
Mascara · Lists silicones, salicylic acid
Clinique
High Impact Zero Gravity Mascara
Mascara · Lists drying alcohol, silicones
Perricone MD
High Potency Classics Nutritive Cleanser
Lists fragrance, sulfates, chemical UV filters, coconut derivatives
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