You should know
Concerns
Dry Skin
Can worsen Dry Skin
Dry skin is often characterized by redness, itchiness, tightness, flaking, peeling, and cracking. Dryness can be caused by a variety of factors: genetics, over-exfoliating, climate, diet, age, and skin conditions.
Coral Reefs
Bad for Coral Reefs
Many factors affect if a product is reef safe, including the particle size of ingredients. We do our best to ensure our data is accurate, so please get in touch if you spot an error.
Eczema
Can worsen Eczema
Eczema is also known as Atopic Dermatitis. Common symptoms include redness of the skin, itchiness, patches of rough skin, and small bumps.
Explained
Butylparaben is a preservative, is a paraben, and is not reef safe. It can be bad for dry skin and worsen eczema.
People also like: Methylparaben, Propylparaben, Parfum
People also dislike: Propylparaben, Methylparaben, Niacinamide
Butylparaben is a rare cosmetic ingredient, with about 0.5% of the products in our database containing it.
What it does:
Community Stats
367 people from our community have liked or disliked this ingredient.
Users who dislike it 💔
Often have the following skin types:
Sensitive
Oily
Usually have one or more of the following skin concerns:
Fine Lines • Sensitivity • Redness • Dryness
Where it's used
Butylparaben is most often found as ingredient number 20 within an ingredient list.
These are the categories of products that use Butylparaben the most:
Products with Butylparaben
CosIng Data
- CosIng ID: 31734
- INCI Name: BUTYLPARABEN
- INN Name: butylparaben
- EC #: Â 202-318-7
- All Functions: Masking, Preservative
