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
Unilever
Dove Shampoo
Lists fragrance, fragrance allergens, exfoliating acid, sulfates, silicones, coconut derivatives
Rovectin
Dr. Mask Aqua Hydrating
Mask · None of Poliage’s flag groups listed
Rovectin
Dr. Mask Pore Tightening
Mask · None of Poliage’s flag groups listed
Null
EGF Collage Ampoule
Lists fragrance allergens, drying alcohol
Skinfood
Egg White Pore Foam
Lists fragrance, drying alcohol, silicones, coconut derivatives
Tree Hut
Electric Beach Shea Sugar Scrub
Exfoliant · Lists fragrance, retinoid, essential oils, coconut derivatives
Elmex
Elmex Sensitive Professional Repair & Prevent Tandpasta
Lists fragrance, fragrance allergens, coconut derivatives
L’Oréal
Elsene Total Repair 5 Miracle Instantané
Lists fragrance, fragrance allergens, drying alcohol, silicones
L’Oréal
Elseve Arginine Resist X3
Lists fragrance, fragrance allergens, drying alcohol, silicones
L’Oréal
Elseve Arginine Resist X3 (format XXL)
Lists fragrance, fragrance allergens, exfoliating acid, sulfates, silicones, salicylic acid, coconut derivatives
L’Oréal
Elseve Arginine Resist X3 (Formule 2 en 1)
Lists fragrance, fragrance allergens, exfoliating acid, sulfates, silicones, salicylic acid, coconut derivatives
L’Oréal
Elseve Arginine Resist X3 (Maxi Format)
Lists fragrance, fragrance allergens, exfoliating acid, sulfates, silicones, salicylic acid, coconut derivatives
L’Oréal
Elseve Formule 2 en 1 Total Repair Shampooing reconstituant
Lists fragrance, fragrance allergens, exfoliating acid, sulfates, silicones, salicylic acid, coconut derivatives
L’Oréal
Elseve Liss Caresse [MK] Shampooing perfecteur
Lists fragrance, fragrance allergens, exfoliating acid, sulfates, silicones, salicylic acid, coconut derivatives
L’Oréal
Elseve Re-Nutrition Shampooing soin
Lists fragrance, fragrance allergens, exfoliating acid, sulfates, silicones, salicylic acid, coconut derivatives
L’Oréal
Elseve Re-Nutrition Soin-crème nourrissant
Lists fragrance, fragrance allergens, parabens, silicones
L’Oréal
Elseve Total Repair 5
Lists fragrance, fragrance allergens, exfoliating acid, sulfates, silicones, salicylic acid, coconut derivatives
L’Oréal
Elseve Total Repair 5 shampooing reconstituant (format XXL)
Lists fragrance, fragrance allergens, exfoliating acid, sulfates, silicones, salicylic acid, coconut derivatives
L’Oréal
Elseve Total Repair Cica Crème
Lists fragrance, fragrance allergens, exfoliating acid, silicones
L’Oréal
Elvive caída resist x3
Lists fragrance, fragrance allergens, drying alcohol
L’Oréal
Elvive Re-Nutrition Nourishing Shampoo
Lists fragrance, fragrance allergens, exfoliating acid, sulfates, silicones, salicylic acid, coconut derivatives
Jergens
Enriching Shea Butter Lotion
Body lotion · Lists fragrance, fragrance allergens, silicones
Eucerin
Eucerin, Roughness Relief Lotion, Fragrance Free
Lists exfoliating acid
Medik8
Exo-PDRN Prismatic+
Serum · Lists fragrance allergens
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