Dihydroxyacetone
Dihydroxyacetone appears on 12 ingredient lists in our database, most often in self tanners.
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
Dihydroxyacetone appears on 12 ingredient lists in our database, most often in self tanners.
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 dyeing, tanning, skin conditioning - miscellaneous
Products with Dihydroxyacetone
in 12 products
Pulpe de vie Comme à la plage Crème bonne mine hydratante et autobronzantePulpe de vie · self tanner
Garnier Delial natural bronzerGarnier · face makeup
L'Oréal Maybelline Brow Tattoo Peel-Off Ash Brown 25L'Oréal · eye makeup- no photoDove Body love medium to darkDove · body moisturizer
L'Oréal Maybelline Brow Tattoo Gel Medium Brown 002L'Oréal · eye makeup
Manufaktura Self-tanning fluid APRICOTManufaktura · self tanner
nivea bronze efectNivea
Yves Rocher Ensoleillant hydratant hâle progressif visageYves Rocher · self tanner- no photoCien lait autobronzantCien · self tanner
Dove Derma Spa Sommer RevivalDove · body moisturizer
Aspire Brands As Sunkissed Gradual Tan Light MediumAspire Brands As
L'Oréal Ambre Solaire Nutural Bronze MousseL'Oréal · sunscreen
Showing 12 of 12 products with this ingredient, most scanned first.
In the EU ingredient database
- hair dyeing
- tanning
- skin conditioning - miscellaneous
- hair dyeing: Imparting color to hair. Hair dyeing preparations may be temporary, semi-permanent, permanent, depending on the length of time the colorant remains on the hair.
- tanning: Darkening the skin with or without exposure to UV.
- skin conditioning - miscellaneous: Enhancing the appearance of dry and/or damaged skin by reducing flaking and restoring suppleness.
CAS 96-26-4 · EC 202-494-5
Listed in Annex III (ref. 322) of the EU Cosmetics Regulation, maximum concentration (a) 6,25 % (b) 10 %. (a) Hair dye substance in non-oxidative hair dye products (*) (b) Self-tanning products (*) (*) From 26 January 2022 hair dye and self-tanning products containing that substance and not complying with the restrictions shall not be placed on the Union market. From 22 April 2022 hair dye and self-tanning products containing that substance and not complying with the restrictions shall not be made available on the Union market III/322
Source: CosIng, European Commission. Informative, no legal value; the regulation text is the reference.