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INCI ingredient

Glycol Distearate F.i.l

Also listed as: Glycol Distearate, Glycol Distearate(F.i.l, Glycol Distearate (F.i.l

Glycol Distearate F.i.l appears on 5 ingredient lists in our database, most often in hair dyes.

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

Glycol Distearate F.i.l appears on 5 ingredient lists in our database, most often in hair dyes.

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: skin conditioning - emollient, surfactant - emulsifying, opacifying, skin conditioning, viscosity controlling

Products with Glycol Distearate F.i.l

in 5 products

Showing 5 of 5 products with this ingredient, most scanned first.

In the EU ingredient database

Functions listed by CosIng
  • skin conditioning - emollient
  • surfactant - emulsifying
  • opacifying
  • skin conditioning
  • viscosity controlling
  • skin conditioning - emollient: Acting as lubricants on the skin surface providing the skin with a soft and smooth appearance.
  • surfactant - emulsifying: Helping suspensions or dispersions of liquids in a second liquid by reducing the surface tension of the substances to be emulsified.
  • opacifying: Reducing transparency or translucency of cosmetics.
  • skin conditioning: Maintaining the skin in good condition.

CAS 627-83-8 · EC 211-014-3

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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