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INCI ingredient

Mineral Oil Paraffinum Liquidum

Also listed as: Mineral Oil, Mineral Oil (Paraffinum Liquidum), Mineral Oil (Paraffinum Liquidum, Mineral Oil Paraffinum Liquidum)

Mineral Oil Paraffinum Liquidum 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

Mineral Oil Paraffinum Liquidum 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: skin conditioning - emollient, hair conditioning, fragrance, skin protecting, solvent, perfuming, skin conditioning - occlusive

Products with Mineral Oil Paraffinum Liquidum

in 28 products

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

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.

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