Myristylalcohol
Also listed as: Myristyl Alcohol
Myristylalcohol appears on 2 ingredient lists in our database, most often in hair conditioners.
What it triggers
- Vegan originNot sureorigin not on file
- FragranceNonot a perfume ingredient
- ParabenNonot a preservative of this family
- SulfateNonot a sulfate surfactant
- SiliconeNonot a silicone
- AlcoholNonot a drying alcohol
What it does
Myristylalcohol appears on 2 ingredient lists in our database, most often in hair conditioners.
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 Myristylalcohol
in 2 products
Showing 2 of 2 products with this ingredient, most scanned first.
In the EU ingredient database
- 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
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.