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INCI ingredient

Butyloctyl Salicylate

Butyloctyl Salicylate appears on 33 ingredient lists in our database, most often in lip balms.

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

Butyloctyl Salicylate appears on 33 ingredient lists in our database, most often in lip balms.

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 conditioning, skin conditioning, solvent

Products with Butyloctyl Salicylate

in 33 products

Showing 24 of 33 products with this ingredient, most scanned first.

In the EU ingredient database

Functions listed by CosIng
  • hair conditioning
  • skin conditioning
  • solvent
  • hair conditioning: Enhancing the appearance and feel of hair. Leaving the hair easy to comb, supple, soft and shiny and/or imparting volume, lightness, gloss, texture, etc.
  • skin conditioning: Maintaining the skin in good condition.
  • solvent: Dissolving other components of cosmetics. Solvents are usually liquids (aqueous and nonaqueous).

CAS 190085-41-7

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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