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INCI ingredient

PPG-3 Benzyl Ether Myristate

PPG-3 Benzyl Ether Myristate appears on 17 ingredient lists in our database, most often in hair cares.

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

PPG-3 Benzyl Ether Myristate appears on 17 ingredient lists in our database, most often in hair cares.

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, plasticiser, solvent, uv absorber

In the EU ingredient database

Functions listed by CosIng
  • skin conditioning - emollient
  • plasticiser
  • solvent
  • uv absorber
  • skin conditioning - emollient: Acting as lubricants on the skin surface providing the skin with a soft and smooth appearance.
  • plasticiser: Softening and making supple synthetic polumers that otherwise could not be easily deformed, spread or worked out.
  • solvent: Dissolving other components of cosmetics. Solvents are usually liquids (aqueous and nonaqueous).
  • uv absorber: Protecting the cosmetic product from the effects of UV-light.

CAS 642443-86-5

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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