skincarecheck
INCI ingredient

Mineral Oil Minerale

Also listed as: Mineral Oil, Mineral Oil (Huile Minérale), Mineral Oil (Huile Minerale), Mineral Oil(Huile Minérale)

Mineral Oil Minerale appears on 6 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

Mineral Oil Minerale appears on 6 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, hair conditioning, fragrance, skin protecting, solvent, perfuming, skin conditioning - occlusive

In the EU ingredient database

Functions listed by CosIng
  • skin conditioning - emollient
  • hair conditioning
  • fragrance
  • skin protecting
  • solvent
  • perfuming
  • skin conditioning - occlusive
  • skin conditioning - emollient: Acting as lubricants on the skin surface providing the skin with a soft and smooth appearance.
  • 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.
  • fragrance: Imparting an odour or taste. Creating a perceivable pleasant smell and/or masking a bad smell.
  • skin protecting: Helping to avoid harmful effects to the skin from external factors.

CAS 8012-95-1/ 8042-47-5/ 8020-83-5 · EC 232-384-2/ 232-455-8

EU regulation

Not on a restricted-substances annex. Listed as an allowed cosmetic ingredient.

CosIng records a perfuming function for this 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