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INCI ingredient

Chloroxylenol

Chloroxylenol appears on 2 ingredient lists in our database, most often in eye makeups.

What it triggers

  • Vegan originNot sureorigin not on file
  • FragranceNonot a perfume ingredient
  • ParabenNonot a preservative of this family
  • SulfateNonot a sulfate surfactant
  • SiliconeNonot a silicone
  • AlcoholNonot a drying alcohol

What it does

Chloroxylenol appears on 2 ingredient lists in our database, most often in eye makeups.

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, deodorant, preservative

Products with Chloroxylenol

in 2 products

Showing 2 of 2 products with this ingredient, most scanned first.

In the EU ingredient database

Functions listed by CosIng
  • antimicrobial
  • deodorant
  • preservative
  • antimicrobial: Preventing and/or slowing down microbial growth.
  • deodorant: Reducing and/or eluminating unpleasant odour. Contributing against the formation of malodour on body surfaces.
  • preservative: Exclusively or mainly intended to inhibit the development of micro-organisms in the cosmetic product. All authorised preservatives are substances in the positive list of Annex V to the Cosmetics Regulation 1223/2009.

CAS 88-04-0 / 1321-23-9 · EC 201-793-8 / 215-316-6

EU regulation

Listed in Annex V (ref. 26) of the EU Cosmetics Regulation, maximum concentration 0.5%. V/26

Source: CosIng, European Commission. Informative, no legal value; the regulation text is the reference.

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