Description
A common type of fatty alcohol. Fatty Alcohols are most often used as an emollient or to thicken a product. They are usually derived from natural fats and oils and therefore do not have the same drying or irritating effect as traditional alcohols.
Stearyl Alcohol is a rare cosmetic ingredient, with about 4.49% of the products in our database containing it.
Also known as: Octadecan-1-ol
What it does:
At a glance
form of
Fatty Alcohol
Products Containing Stearyl Alcohol
CosIng Data
- CosIng ID: 38319
- INCI Name: STEARYL ALCOHOL
- INN Name: stearyl alcohol
- EC #: Â 204-017-6
- Ph. Eur. Name: alcohol stearylicus
- All Functions: Emollient, Emulsifying, Emulsion Stabilising, Foam Boosting, Masking, Opacifying, Refatting, Surfactant, Viscosity Controlling
