Arginine
Arginine is a skin conditioning and hair conditioning ingredient. It’s in 341 products on Poliage, most often conditioner, serum and moisturizer. Avoid lists on Poliage that include it: none.
Updated October 21, 2026
In plain English
An amino acid. Conditions skin and hair and adjusts pH.
What it does
Contains Arginine: antistatic
Function listed in CosIng
Contains Arginine: hair-conditioning
Function listed in CosIng
Contains Arginine: masking
Function listed in CosIng
Contains Arginine: skin-conditioning
Function listed in CosIng
Source: CosIng, the European Commission cosmetic ingredient database, ref 74314, accessed October 22, 2026. Also listed as l-arginine.
Products that contain Arginine
Garnier
Water Rose Micellar Cleansing Water
Cleanser · Lists coconut derivatives
Rimmel London
Wonder’Bond Mascara
Mascara · Lists silicones
Rimmel London
Wonder’Extension Mascara
Mascara · Lists drying alcohol, sulfates, silicones
Rimmel London
Wonder’Serum
Serum · None of Poliage’s flag groups listed
Acure
Zombie Cell Clarifying Mask
Mask · None of Poliage’s flag groups listed
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