{"id":41258,"date":"2025-12-03T14:17:04","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T13:17:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beautydecoded.com\/ingredient\/phosphate-buffered-saline\/"},"modified":"2025-12-03T14:17:04","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T13:17:04","slug":"phosphate-buffered-saline","status":"publish","type":"ingredient","link":"https:\/\/www.beautydecoded.com\/en\/ingredient\/phosphate-buffered-saline\/","title":{"rendered":"PHOSPHATE-BUFFERED SALINE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Ingredient type: <\/strong>HUMECTANT\/WATER-SOLUBLE<\/p>\n<p>\u2728 Role: Phosphate buffered saline (PBS) is primarily used in cosmetics as a pH balancing agent. It helps stabilize the product environment to ensure that other active ingredients work effectively. In some contexts, it can also help moisturize the skin.<\/p>\n<p>  Ingredient type: Water-soluble<\/p>\n<p> Safety: Yes, it is generally considered safe for topical use.<\/p>\n<p>\u2728 Vegan: Yes, this ingredient is synthetic and does not come from animals.<\/p>\n<p>\u2728 Note: PBS is commonly used in biomedical research, but has fewer direct applications in commercial cosmetic products. It is well tolerated and presents no known risks of skin irritation when used in cosmetic formulations.<\/p>\n<p>  Found in: Often used in products for sensitive skin, including creams, lotions, and serums, to stabilize pH without irritating the skin.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Comedogenic rating:\u00a0<\/strong><\/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-41258","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\/41258","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=41258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}