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INCI ingredient

Isostearic Acid

Isostearic Acid appears on 28 ingredient lists in our database.

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

Isostearic Acid appears on 28 ingredient lists in our database.

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: binding, cleansing, surfactant - emulsifying, surfactant - cleansing

Products with Isostearic Acid

in 28 products

Showing 24 of 28 products with this ingredient, most scanned first.

In the EU ingredient database

Functions listed by CosIng
  • binding
  • cleansing
  • surfactant - emulsifying
  • surfactant - cleansing
  • binding: Providing adhesive properties during and after compression in cosmetic tablets and/or cakes.
  • cleansing: Helping to keep the body surface clean.
  • surfactant - emulsifying: Helping suspensions or dispersions of liquids in a second liquid by reducing the surface tension of the substances to be emulsified.
  • surfactant - cleansing: Wetting body surfaces, emulsifying or solubilizing oils, and suspending soil (generally, such ingredients contribute to the foaming and lathering properties of cleansing products).

CAS 30399-84-9 / 2724-58-5 · EC 250-178-0

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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