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INCI ingredient

Behenyl Beeswax

Behenyl Beeswax appears on 11 ingredient lists in our database, most often in lip balms.

What it triggers

  • Vegan originNoanimal-derived
  • FragranceNonot a perfume ingredient
  • ParabenNonot a preservative of this family
  • SulfateNonot a sulfate surfactant
  • SiliconeNonot a silicone
  • AlcoholNonot a drying alcohol

If a product lists Behenyl Beeswax, its vegan answer is No. Nothing else changes.

What it does

Behenyl Beeswax appears on 11 ingredient lists in our database, most often in lip balms.

On the label it counts as vegan, which is why a product that lists it cannot be vegan.

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

Functions: skin conditioning, viscosity controlling

Products with Behenyl Beeswax

in 11 products

Showing 11 of 11 products with this ingredient, most scanned first.

In the EU ingredient database

Functions listed by CosIng
  • skin conditioning
  • viscosity controlling
  • skin conditioning: Maintaining the skin in good condition.
  • viscosity controlling: Increasing or decreasing the viscosity (thickness) of cosmetics.

CAS 144514-52-3

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.

Vegan instead

Classification from the INCI name; product lists from Open Beauty Facts.Report a mistake