Homosalate 8%
Also listed as: Homosalate
Homosalate 8% appears on 2 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 8% appears on 2 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 8%
in 2 products
- no photoCeraVe Facial Moisturizing Lotion AM Lightweight SPF 50CeraVe · sunscreen
Supergoop Unseen SunscreenSupergoop · sunscreen
Showing 2 of 2 products with this ingredient, most scanned first.
In the EU ingredient database
- 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
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.