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INCI ingredient

Stearalkonium Hectorite

Stearalkonium Hectorite appears on 93 ingredient lists in our database, most often in shower gels.

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

Stearalkonium Hectorite appears on 93 ingredient lists in our database, most often in shower gels.

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: gel forming, viscosity controlling

Products with Stearalkonium Hectorite

in 93 products

Showing 24 of 93 products with this ingredient, most scanned first.

In the EU ingredient database

Functions listed by CosIng
  • gel forming
  • viscosity controlling
  • gel forming: Giving the consistency of a gel (a semi-solid preparation with some elasticity) to a liquid preparation.
  • viscosity controlling: Increasing or decreasing the viscosity (thickness) of cosmetics.

CAS 71011-26-2 / 94891-33-5 / 12691-60-0 · EC 275-126-4 / 305-633-9 / -

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