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INCI ingredient

Ethylhexyl Methoxycinnamate

Also listed as: Octinoxate, éthylhexyl Méthoxycinnamate

Octinoxate, one of the oldest and most used UVB filters.

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

Ethylhexyl methoxycinnamate, known as octinoxate, absorbs UVB light and is a liquid that mixes easily into lotions, sprays and lip balms. CosIng lists it in Annex VI as a UV filter with a maximum concentration.

It is synthetic and affects none of the six checks.

Functions: UV filter

Products with Ethylhexyl Methoxycinnamate

in 296 products

Showing 24 of 296 products with this ingredient, most scanned first.

In the EU ingredient database

Functions listed by CosIng
  • light stabilizer
  • uv absorber
  • uv filter
  • light stabilizer: Protecting the cosmetic product from deterioration effects of light.
  • uv absorber: Protecting the cosmetic product from the effects of UV-light.
  • uv filter: Exclusively or mainly intended to protect the skin and/or hair against certain UV radiation by absorbing, reflecting or scattering UV radiation. All authorised UV filters are substances in the positive list of Annex VI to the Cosmetics Regulation 1223/2009.

CAS 5466-77-3/83834-59-7 (trans-) · EC 226-775-7/ 629-661-9

EU regulation

Listed in Annex VI (ref. 12) of the EU Cosmetics Regulation, maximum concentration 10%. VI/12

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

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