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INCI ingredient

Homosalate

Homosalate appears on 91 ingredient lists in our database, most often in sunscreens.

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

Homosalate appears on 91 ingredient lists in our database, most often in sunscreens.

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: fragrance, uv absorber, uv filter

Products with Homosalate

in 91 products

Showing 24 of 91 products with this ingredient, most scanned first.

In the EU ingredient database

Functions listed by CosIng
  • fragrance
  • uv absorber
  • uv filter
  • fragrance: Imparting an odour or taste. Creating a perceivable pleasant smell and/or masking a bad smell.
  • 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 118-56-9 · EC 204-260-8

EU regulation

Listed in Annex VI (ref. 3) of the EU Cosmetics Regulation, maximum concentration 7,34 %. Face products with the exception of propellent spray products VI/3

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

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