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INCI ingredient

2-amino-3-hydroxypyridine

2-amino-3-hydroxypyridine appears on 16 ingredient lists in our database, most often in hair dyes.

What it triggers

  • Vegan originNot sureorigin not on file
  • FragranceNonot a perfume ingredient
  • ParabenNonot a preservative of this family
  • SulfateNonot a sulfate surfactant
  • SiliconeNonot a silicone
  • AlcoholNonot a drying alcohol

What it does

2-amino-3-hydroxypyridine appears on 16 ingredient lists in our database, most often in hair dyes.

It does not belong to any of the six groups we check, so it never changes a verdict.

We have not written the plain-language note for this ingredient yet; the facts above come straight from how it is classified.

Functions: hair dyeing

Products with 2-amino-3-hydroxypyridine

in 16 products

Showing 16 of 16 products with this ingredient, most scanned first.

In the EU ingredient database

Functions listed by CosIng
  • hair dyeing
  • hair dyeing: Imparting color to hair. Hair dyeing preparations may be temporary, semi-permanent, permanent, depending on the length of time the colorant remains on the hair.

CAS 16867-03-1 · EC 240-886-8

EU regulation

Listed in Annex III (ref. 211) of the EU Cosmetics Regulation. (a) Hair dye sub­stance in oxidat­ive hair dye products (b) Products in­tended for col­ouring eyelashes Annex III/211 - Directive 2012/21/EU (a) To be printed on the la­bel: The mixing ratio. “Hair colourants can cause severe allergic reac­tions. Read and follow instruc­tions. This product is not in­tended for use on persons under the age of 16. Temporary ‘black henna’ tattoos may increase your risk of allergy. Do not colour your hair if: — you have a rash on your face or sensitive, irri­tated and damaged scalp, — you have ever experi­enced any reaction after colouring your hair, — you have ex

Source: CosIng, European Commission. Informative, no legal value; the regulation text is the reference.

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