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INCI ingredient

Aluminum Stearates

Aluminum Stearates appears on 24 ingredient lists in our database, most often in cream or lotions.

What it triggers

  • Vegan originYesno animal source
  • FragranceNonot a perfume ingredient
  • ParabenNonot a preservative of this family
  • SulfateNonot a sulfate surfactant
  • SiliconeNonot a silicone
  • AlcoholNonot a drying alcohol

What it does

Aluminum Stearates appears on 24 ingredient lists in our database, most often in cream or lotions.

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: anticaking, skin conditioning - emollient, emulsion stabilising, opacifying, viscosity controlling

In the EU ingredient database

Functions listed by CosIng
  • anticaking
  • skin conditioning - emollient
  • emulsion stabilising
  • opacifying
  • viscosity controlling
  • anticaking: Preventing agglomeration of particulate solids into lumps or hard masses (cohesive cake), thus allowing free flow of particles.
  • skin conditioning - emollient: Acting as lubricants on the skin surface providing the skin with a soft and smooth appearance.
  • emulsion stabilising: Helping the process of emulsification and improving emulsion stability and shelf-life.
  • opacifying: Reducing transparency or translucency of cosmetics.
EU regulation

Not on a restricted-substances annex. Listed as an allowed cosmetic ingredient.

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

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