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INCI ingredient

Isostearyl Alcohol

Isostearyl Alcohol appears on 14 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

Isostearyl Alcohol appears on 14 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: skin conditioning - emollient, skin conditioning, viscosity controlling

Products with Isostearyl Alcohol

in 14 products

Showing 14 of 14 products with this ingredient, most scanned first.

In the EU ingredient database

Functions listed by CosIng
  • skin conditioning - emollient
  • skin conditioning
  • viscosity controlling
  • skin conditioning - emollient: Acting as lubricants on the skin surface providing the skin with a soft and smooth appearance.
  • skin conditioning: Maintaining the skin in good condition.
  • viscosity controlling: Increasing or decreasing the viscosity (thickness) of cosmetics.

CAS 27458-93-1 · EC 248-470-8

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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