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INCI ingredient

Steareth-2 Parfum

Also listed as: Steareth-2, Steareth-2 Perfume

Steareth-2 Parfum appears on 2 ingredient lists in our database, most often in deodorants.

What it triggers

  • Vegan originYesno animal source
  • FragranceYescounts as fragrance
  • ParabenNonot a preservative of this family
  • SulfateNonot a sulfate surfactant
  • SiliconeNonot a silicone
  • AlcoholNonot a drying alcohol

If a product lists Steareth-2 Parfum, its fragrance-free answer is No. Nothing else changes.

What it does

Steareth-2 Parfum appears on 2 ingredient lists in our database, most often in deodorants.

On the label it counts as fragrance, which is why a product that lists it cannot be fragrance-free.

We have not written the plain-language note for this ingredient yet; the facts above come straight from how it is classified.

Functions: surfactant - emulsifying, surfactant - cleansing

Products with Steareth-2 Parfum

in 2 products

Showing 2 of 2 products with this ingredient, most scanned first.

In the EU ingredient database

Functions listed by CosIng
  • surfactant - emulsifying
  • surfactant - cleansing
  • surfactant - emulsifying: Helping suspensions or dispersions of liquids in a second liquid by reducing the surface tension of the substances to be emulsified.
  • surfactant - cleansing: Wetting body surfaces, emulsifying or solubilizing oils, and suspending soil (generally, such ingredients contribute to the foaming and lathering properties of cleansing products).

CAS 9005-00-9 (Generic) / 16057-43-5 · EC 500-017-8 / -

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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