INCI ingredient

Lanolin

Wool grease, a rich emollient secreted by sheep and recovered from shorn wool.

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 Lanolin, its vegan answer is No. Nothing else changes.

What it does

Lanolin is chemically close to the oils in human skin, which is why it softens so well. It appears in lip balms, nipple creams and hand creams. Lanolin Alcohol is a fraction of it used as an emulsifier.

It is animal-derived, so a product that lists it is not vegan. Lanolin Alcohol is a fatty alcohol and does not count against the alcohol-free check.

Functions: emollient, occlusive

Products with Lanolin

in 89 products

Showing 24 of 89 products with this ingredient, most scanned first.

In the EU ingredient database

Functions listed by CosIng

antistatic
skin conditioning - emollient
surfactant - emulsifying
hair conditioning
skin conditioning
surfactant - cleansing

antistatic: Preventing and/or reducing static electricity by neutralising electrical charge on surfaces.
skin conditioning - emollient: Acting as lubricants on the skin surface providing the skin with a soft and smooth appearance.
surfactant - emulsifying: Helping suspensions or dispersions of liquids in a second liquid by reducing the surface tension of the substances to be emulsified.
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.

CAS 8006-54-0 · EC 232-348-6

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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