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INCI ingredient

C10-30 Cholesterol/Lanosterol Esters

Also listed as: C10-30 Cholesterol/ Lanosterol Esters

C10-30 Cholesterol/Lanosterol Esters 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 C10-30 Cholesterol/Lanosterol Esters, its vegan answer is No. Nothing else changes.

What it does

C10-30 Cholesterol/Lanosterol Esters 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: surfactant - emulsifying, skin conditioning, viscosity controlling

In the EU ingredient database

Functions listed by CosIng
  • surfactant - emulsifying
  • skin conditioning
  • viscosity controlling
  • surfactant - emulsifying: Helping suspensions or dispersions of liquids in a second liquid by reducing the surface tension of the substances to be emulsified.
  • skin conditioning: Maintaining the skin in good condition.
  • viscosity controlling: Increasing or decreasing the viscosity (thickness) 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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