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Argania Spinosa Kernel Oil in cosmetics: what it is and what it does

Argania Spinosa Kernel Oil is a cosmetic ingredient that softens and smooths the skin. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 583 products, most often hair care.

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What does Argania Spinosa Kernel Oil do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, Argania Spinosa Kernel Oil softens and smooths the skin, and keeps the skin in good condition. The EU’s CosIng database lists these jobs for it: emollient and skin conditioning.

emollientskin conditioning

What is Argania Spinosa Kernel Oil?

Argania Spinosa Kernel Oil is the fixed oil expressed from the kernels, Argania Spinosa (L.), Sapotaceae.

CAS number
223747-87-3, 299184-75-1
CosIng reference
54495

Does Argania Spinosa Kernel Oil come from a food allergen?

Not according to the allergen lists. Argan is on neither the EU nor the US tree-nut list, so this page names no allergen. Bravoora’s label checker still reads Argania Spinosa Kernel Oil as tree nuts, as a precaution: a profile that avoids tree nuts gets Not for you on a product with it.

Which products contain Argania Spinosa Kernel Oil?

Open Beauty Facts finds Argania Spinosa Kernel Oil in the ingredient lists of 583 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often hair care, shampoos and body care.

  • Hair care51
  • Shampoos51
  • Body care30

Products with it, by country of sale: France 174 · United States 118 · Germany 66 · Australia 38.

Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where Argania Spinosa Kernel Oil turns up, not how much of the market it is.

On these listsEmollients

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Sources

The job, the description and the EU annex entry are CosIng’s; the fragrance allergens are the EU Annex III names Bravoora’s label checker reads; the product counts are Open Beauty Facts’.

  1. European Commission: CosIng cosmetic ingredient database (functions, description, EU annex entry)
  2. Open Beauty Facts: product database, 77,506 products, read 13 October 2026, ODbL

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