Oleth-2
Oleth-2 appears on 14 ingredient lists in our database, most often in hair dyes.
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
Oleth-2 appears on 14 ingredient lists in our database, most often in hair dyes.
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: surfactant - emulsifying, surfactant - cleansing
Products with Oleth-2
in 14 products
- no photoClairol Nice 'N Easy Permanent 5 Medium Brown Hair Colour eachClairol · hair dye
- no photoClairol Nice 'N Easy Permanent 2 Black Hair Colour eachClairol · hair dye
- no photoClairol Nice 'N Easy Permanent 6A Light Ash Brown Hair Colour eachClairol · hair dye
- no photoClairol Nice & Easy Permanent 8a Medium Ash Blonde Hair Colour eachClairol · hair dye
- no photoClairol Nice 'N Easy Permanent 3.5 Darkest Brown Hair Colour eachClairol · hair dye
- no photoClairol Nice 'N Easy Permanent 6R Light Auburn Hair Colour eachClairol · hair dye
- no photoClairol Nice 'N Easy Permanent 7CB Dark Champagne Blonde eachClairol
- no photoHarry's Odor Control RedwoodHarry's
- no photoClairol Nice 'N Easy Permanent 4 Dark Brown Hair Colour eachClairol · hair dye
- no photoClairol Nice 'n Easy 9.5a Natural Baby Blonde Permanent Hair Colour 1 packClairol · hair dye
- no photoClairol Nice 'n Easy 5rb Natural Medium Chestnut Brown Permanent Hair Colour 1 packClairol · hair dye
- no photoClairol Nice 'N Easy Permanent 9A Lght Ash Blonde Hair Colour eachClairol · hair dye
- no photoClairol Nice 'N Easy Permanent 6 Light Brown Hair Colour eachClairol · hair dye
- no photoClairol Nice 'n Easy 3.5bg Natural Dark Burgundy Permanent Hair Colour 1 packClairol · hair dye
Showing 14 of 14 products with this ingredient, most scanned first.
In the EU ingredient database
Functions listed by CosIng
- surfactant - emulsifying
- surfactant - cleansing
- surfactant - emulsifying: Helping suspensions or dispersions of liquids in a second liquid by reducing the surface tension of the substances to be emulsified.
- surfactant - cleansing: Wetting body surfaces, emulsifying or solubilizing oils, and suspending soil (generally, such ingredients contribute to the foaming and lathering properties of cleansing products).
CAS 9004-98-2
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.
Classification from the INCI name; product lists from Open Beauty Facts.Report a mistake