What it is
Cetyl Alcohol is a fatty alcohol. Fatty Alcohols are most often used as an emollient or to thicken a product.
Cetyl Alcohol is not related to SD alcohol, denatured alcohol, or ethyl alcohol.
The FDA allows products labeled "alcohol-free" to have fatty alcohols.
Its main roles are:
- Emollient: helping hydrate skin by trapping moisture
- Emulsifer: preventing ingredients from separating
- Thickening: making the product texture thicker
Cetyl Alcohol is a somewhat common cosmetic ingredient, with about 9.5% of the products in our database containing it.
What it does:
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Where it's used
Cetyl Alcohol 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 Cetyl Alcohol, they all have a concentration of 0.8% specified within their ingredient lists.
These are the categories of products that use Cetyl Alcohol the most:
References
Products with Cetyl Alcohol
CosIng Data
- CosIng ID: 32596
- INCI Name: CETYL ALCOHOL
- INN Name: cetyl alcohol
- EC #: Â 253-149-0
- Ph. Eur. Name: alcohol cetylicus
- All Functions: Emollient, Emulsifying, Emulsion Stabilising, Foam Boosting, Masking, Opacifying, Surfactant, Viscosity Controlling
