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INCI ingredient

Cetyl Hydroxyethylcellulose

Cetyl Hydroxyethylcellulose appears on 29 ingredient lists in our database, most often in hair cares.

What it triggers

  • Vegan originNot sureplant or 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

Cetyl Hydroxyethylcellulose appears on 29 ingredient lists in our database, most often in hair 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: emulsion stabilising, film forming, viscosity controlling

Products with Cetyl Hydroxyethylcellulose

in 29 products

Showing 24 of 29 products with this ingredient, most scanned first.

In the EU ingredient database

Functions listed by CosIng
  • emulsion stabilising
  • film forming
  • viscosity controlling
  • emulsion stabilising: Helping the process of emulsification and improving emulsion stability and shelf-life.
  • film forming: Producing (upon application) a continuous film on the skin, hair or nails.
  • viscosity controlling: Increasing or decreasing the viscosity (thickness) of cosmetics.

CAS 80455-45-4

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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