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INCI ingredient

Hydrogenated Microcrystalline Wax

Also listed as: Hydrogenated Microcrystalline Cera

Hydrogenated Microcrystalline Wax appears on 13 ingredient lists in our database, most often in lip balms.

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

Hydrogenated Microcrystalline Wax appears on 13 ingredient lists in our database, most often in lip balms.

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: viscosity controlling

Products with Hydrogenated Microcrystalline Wax

in 13 products

Showing 13 of 13 products with this ingredient, most scanned first.

In the EU ingredient database

Functions listed by CosIng
  • viscosity controlling
  • viscosity controlling: Increasing or decreasing the viscosity (thickness) of cosmetics.

CAS 92045-76-6 · EC 295-458-3

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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