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INCI ingredient

Sodium Isethionate

Also listed as: Sodium Isethionáte

Sodium Isethionate appears on 109 ingredient lists in our database, most often in shampoos.

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

Sodium Isethionate appears on 109 ingredient lists in our database, most often in shampoos.

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: antistatic, cleansing, hair conditioning, skin conditioning

Products with Sodium Isethionate

in 109 products

Showing 24 of 109 products with this ingredient, most scanned first.

In the EU ingredient database

Functions listed by CosIng
  • antistatic
  • cleansing
  • hair conditioning
  • skin conditioning
  • antistatic: Preventing and/or reducing static electricity by neutralising electrical charge on surfaces.
  • cleansing: Helping to keep the body surface clean.
  • 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.
  • skin conditioning: Maintaining the skin in good condition.

CAS 1562-00-1 · EC 216-343-6

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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