{"id":30495,"date":"2025-12-03T11:32:14","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T10:32:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beautydecoded.com\/ingredient\/agar\/"},"modified":"2025-12-03T11:32:14","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T10:32:14","slug":"agar","status":"publish","type":"ingredient","link":"https:\/\/www.beautydecoded.com\/en\/ingredient\/agar\/","title":{"rendered":"AGAR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ingredient type: TEXTURE<\/p>\n<p>\u2728 Role: Agar is primarily used as a thickening and gelling agent in cosmetic products. This marine-derived ingredient helps stabilize formulas and improve their texture, creating smooth gels and creams.<\/p>\n<p>  Ingredient type: Hydrocolloid<\/p>\n<p> \u200d\u2695\ufe0f Safety: Agar is generally considered safe for cosmetic use.<\/p>\n<p>\u2728 Vegan: Yes, agar is plant-based, extracted from seaweed, and is therefore suitable for vegan formulations.<\/p>\n<p>\u2728 Good to know: Thanks to its soothing properties, agar is often well tolerated even by sensitive skin. However, as with any ingredient, it is advisable to perform a skin test before use to ensure there are no adverse reactions.<\/p>\n<p>  Found in: Agar is often found in face creams, gel masks, lotions, and other products that require a gel-like consistency.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":""},"class_list":["post-30495","ingredient","type-ingredient","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"taxonomy_info":[],"featured_image_src_large":false,"author_info":[],"comment_info":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beautydecoded.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ingredient\/30495","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beautydecoded.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ingredient"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beautydecoded.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ingredient"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beautydecoded.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}