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INCI ingredient

Hydrolyzed Keratin

Hydrolyzed Keratin appears on 184 ingredient lists in our database, most often in lip makeups.

What it triggers

  • Vegan originNoanimal-derived
  • FragranceNonot a perfume ingredient
  • ParabenNonot a preservative of this family
  • SulfateNonot a sulfate surfactant
  • SiliconeNonot a silicone
  • AlcoholNonot a drying alcohol

If a product lists Hydrolyzed Keratin, its vegan answer is No. Nothing else changes.

What it does

Hydrolyzed Keratin appears on 184 ingredient lists in our database, most often in lip makeups.

On the label it counts as vegan, which is why a product that lists it cannot be vegan.

We have not written the plain-language note for this ingredient yet; the facts above come straight from how it is classified.

Functions: antistatic, film forming, hair conditioning, humectant, skin conditioning

Products with Hydrolyzed Keratin

in 184 products

Showing 24 of 184 products with this ingredient, most scanned first.

In the EU ingredient database

Functions listed by CosIng
  • antistatic
  • film forming
  • hair conditioning
  • humectant
  • skin conditioning
  • antistatic: Preventing and/or reducing static electricity by neutralising electrical charge on surfaces.
  • film forming: Producing (upon application) a continuous film on the skin, hair or nails.
  • hair conditioning: Enhancing the appearance and feel of hair. Leaving the hair easy to comb, supple, soft and shiny and/or imparting volume, lightness, gloss, texture, etc.
  • humectant: Retaining and/or preserving the moisture in a product during use.

CAS 69430-36-0 · EC 274-001-1

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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