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INCI ingredient

Salicylic Acid 3%

Also listed as: Salicylic Acid

Salicylic Acid 3% appears on 3 ingredient lists in our database, most often in cream or lotions.

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

Salicylic Acid 3% appears on 3 ingredient lists in our database, most often in cream or lotions.

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: anti-seborrheic, hair conditioning, keratolytic, fragrance, preservative, skin conditioning

Products with Salicylic Acid 3%

in 3 products

Showing 3 of 3 products with this ingredient, most scanned first.

In the EU ingredient database

Functions listed by CosIng
  • anti-seborrheic
  • hair conditioning
  • keratolytic
  • fragrance
  • preservative
  • skin conditioning
  • anti-seborrheic: Preventing or relieving the symptoms of seborrhea and/or seborrheic dermatitis, including dandruff.
  • hair conditioning: Enhancing the appearance and feel of hair. Leaving the hair easy to comb, supple, soft and shiny and/or imparting volume, lightness, gloss, texture, etc.
  • keratolytic: Helping to eliminate the dead cells of the stratum corneum.
  • fragrance: Imparting an odour or taste. Creating a perceivable pleasant smell and/or masking a bad smell.

CAS 69-72-7 · EC 200-712-3

EU regulation

Listed in Annex III (ref. 98) of the EU Cosmetics Regulation, maximum concentration (a) 3.0% (b) 2.0% (c) 0.5%. (a) Rinse-off hair products (b) Other products except body lotion, eye shadow, mascara, eyeliner, lipstick, roll-on deodorant (c) Body lotion, eye shadow, mascara, eyeliner, lipstick, roll-on deodorant III/98 V/3 (a) (b) (c) Not to be used for children under 3 years of age* * Solely for products which might be used for children under 3 years of age.

Source: CosIng, European Commission. Informative, no legal value; the regulation text is the reference.

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