Description
Butylene Glycol (or BG) is used within cosmetic products for a few different reasons:
- It is a solvent, meaning that it helps to dissolve other ingredients. This also enhances the absorption of the product into one's skin.
- It is a humectant, which means that it helps attract moisture into the skin.
- It helps improve product application.
Overall, Butylene Glycol is a safe and well-rounded ingredient. It is unlikely to irritate skin, and works well with pretty much all other ingredients.
Butylene Glycol is a common cosmetic ingredient, with about 36.75% of the products in our database containing it.
Also known as: BG
What it does:
Where it's used
Butylene Glycol is most often found as ingredient number 10 within an ingredient list.
Of the 1 products in our database that have a known concentration of Butylene Glycol, they all have a concentration of 5% specified within their ingredient lists.
It is currently used 39905 times inside of skincare routines on SkinSort.
These are the categories of products that use Butylene Glycol the most:
Popular Products That Contain Butylene Glycol
CosIng Data
- CosIng ID: 74756
- INCI Name: BUTYLENE GLYCOL
- EC #: Â 203-529-7 (i), 228-532-0 (ii)
- All Functions: Humectant, Masking, Skin Conditioning, Solvent, Viscosity Controlling
