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INCI ingredient

Isohexadecane

Isohexadecane appears on 213 ingredient lists in our database, most often in body moisturizers.

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

Isohexadecane appears on 213 ingredient lists in our database, most often in body moisturizers.

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, solvent

Products with Isohexadecane

in 213 products

Showing 24 of 213 products with this ingredient, most scanned first.

In the EU ingredient database

Functions listed by CosIng
  • skin conditioning - emollient
  • solvent
  • skin conditioning - emollient: Acting as lubricants on the skin surface providing the skin with a soft and smooth appearance.
  • solvent: Dissolving other components of cosmetics. Solvents are usually liquids (aqueous and nonaqueous).

CAS 4390-04-9, 60908-77-2, 93685-80-4 · EC 224-506-8, -, 297-628-2

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.

Classification from the INCI name; product lists from Open Beauty Facts.Report a mistake