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INCI ingredient

Steartrimonium Chloride

Steartrimonium Chloride appears on 8 ingredient lists in our database.

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

Steartrimonium Chloride appears on 8 ingredient lists in our database.

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, hair conditioning, preservative

In the EU ingredient database

Functions listed by CosIng
  • antistatic
  • hair conditioning
  • preservative
  • antistatic: Preventing and/or reducing static electricity by neutralising electrical charge on surfaces.
  • 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.
  • preservative: Exclusively or mainly intended to inhibit the development of micro-organisms in the cosmetic product. All authorised preservatives are substances in the positive list of Annex V to the Cosmetics Regulation 1223/2009.

CAS 112-03-8 · EC 203-929-1

EU regulation

Listed in Annex V (ref. 44) of the EU Cosmetics Regulation, maximum concentration 0.1%. V/44 III/286

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

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