Boric Acid
Boric Acid appears on 2 ingredient lists in our database, most often in face cares.
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
Boric Acid appears on 2 ingredient lists in our database, most often in face cares.
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: antimicrobial, buffering, denaturant
Products with Boric Acid
in 2 products
Eau précieuse Lotion pour application cutanéeEau précieuse · face care
Eau précieuse Gel nettoyant purifiant visage et corpsEau précieuse · cleanser
Showing 2 of 2 products with this ingredient, most scanned first.
In the EU ingredient database
Functions listed by CosIng
- antimicrobial
- buffering
- denaturant
- antimicrobial: Preventing and/or slowing down microbial growth.
- buffering: Stabilising the pH of an aqueous medium in a narrow range even if an acid or base is added. Altering and/or maintaining a cosmetic product's pH at the desired level.
- denaturant: Rendering cosmetics unpalatable. Mostly added to cosmetics containing ethyl alcohol to make it unsuitable for ingestion.
CAS 10043-35-3 / 11113-50-1 · EC 233-139-2 / 234-343-4
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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