Cosmetic ingredient dictionary
Boron Nitride in cosmetics: what it is and what it does
Boron Nitride is a cosmetic ingredient that keeps the skin in good condition. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 65 products, most often makeup.
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What does Boron Nitride do in a product?
In a cosmetic product, Boron Nitride keeps the skin in good condition, absorbs water or oil and makes a clear product cloudy. The EU’s CosIng database lists these jobs for it: skin conditioning, absorbent and opacifying.
What other names and numbers does Boron Nitride have?
- CAS number
- 10043-11-5
- EC number
- 233-136-6
- CosIng reference
- 32211
Which products contain Boron Nitride?
Open Beauty Facts finds Boron Nitride in the ingredient lists of 65 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often makeup and liquid blushes.
Products with it, by country of sale: Australia 12 · Germany 11 · Türkiye 11 · France 10.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where Boron Nitride turns up, not how much of the market it is.
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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’.
- European Commission: CosIng cosmetic ingredient database (functions, description, EU annex entry)
- Open Beauty Facts: product database, 77,506 products, read 13 October 2026, ODbL
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