Explore Routine Login

Ceteareth-25

Our database includes 200 products that contain Ceteareth-25.

Explained

Ceteareth-25 comes from Cetearyl Alcohol. (And Cetearyl Alcohol is created from cetyl alcohol and stearyl alcohol.

This ingredient is a fatty alcohol used as an emulsifier and surfactant. As an emulsifier, it helps oil mix with water.

Like cetearyl alcohol, Ceteareth-25 can help thicken and create a gel-like consistency.

Community Rating
Disliked

What it does

Cleansing To free from dirt, contamination, or impurities
Emulsifying The act of emulsion: a suspension of small globules of one liquid in a second liquid with which the first will not mix

Prevalence

Less common Percentage of products that contain it
0.3%
Top categories
Moisturizers
Sunscreens
Treatments
Position Predominant list placement
Top 50%

References

CosIng Data

CosIng ID 75108
INCI Name CETEARETH-25
All Functions Cleansing, Emulsifying, Surfactant