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INCI ingredient

Ozokerite

Ozokerite appears on 76 ingredient lists in our database, most often in hair stylings.

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

Ozokerite appears on 76 ingredient lists in our database, most often in hair stylings.

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: binding, emulsion stabilising, opacifying, viscosity controlling

Products with Ozokerite

in 76 products

Showing 24 of 76 products with this ingredient, most scanned first.

In the EU ingredient database

Functions listed by CosIng
  • binding
  • emulsion stabilising
  • opacifying
  • viscosity controlling
  • binding: Providing adhesive properties during and after compression in cosmetic tablets and/or cakes.
  • emulsion stabilising: Helping the process of emulsification and improving emulsion stability and shelf-life.
  • opacifying: Reducing transparency or translucency of cosmetics.
  • viscosity controlling: Increasing or decreasing the viscosity (thickness) of cosmetics.

CAS 64742-33-2 · EC 265-134-6

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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