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INCI ingredient

Myristyl Alcohol

Myristyl Alcohol appears on 138 ingredient lists in our database, most often in body and face oils.

What it triggers

  • Vegan originNot sureplant or 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

Myristyl Alcohol appears on 138 ingredient lists in our database, most often in body and face oils.

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, emulsion stabilising, surfactant - foam boosting, skin conditioning, viscosity controlling

Products with Myristyl Alcohol

in 138 products

Showing 24 of 138 products with this ingredient, most scanned first.

In the EU ingredient database

Functions listed by CosIng
  • skin conditioning - emollient
  • emulsion stabilising
  • surfactant - foam boosting
  • skin conditioning
  • viscosity controlling
  • skin conditioning - emollient: Acting as lubricants on the skin surface providing the skin with a soft and smooth appearance.
  • emulsion stabilising: Helping the process of emulsification and improving emulsion stability and shelf-life.
  • surfactant - foam boosting: Increasing foaming capacity and/or stabilize foams in general.
  • skin conditioning: Maintaining the skin in good condition.

CAS 112-72-1 · EC 204-000-3

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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