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C10-30 Cholesterol/Lanosterol Esters in cosmetics: what it is and what it does

C10-30 Cholesterol/Lanosterol Esters is a cosmetic ingredient that keeps oil and water mixed. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 12 products, most often face care.

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What does C10-30 Cholesterol/Lanosterol Esters do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, C10-30 Cholesterol/Lanosterol Esters keeps oil and water mixed, keeps the skin in good condition, and makes the product thicker or thinner. The EU’s CosIng database lists these jobs for it: emulsifying, skin conditioning and viscosity controlling.

emulsifyingskin conditioningviscosity controlling

What other names and numbers does C10-30 Cholesterol/Lanosterol Esters have?

CosIng reference
74615

Which products contain C10-30 Cholesterol/Lanosterol Esters?

Open Beauty Facts finds C10-30 Cholesterol/Lanosterol Esters in the ingredient lists of 12 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often face care and lip balms.

  • Face care4
  • Lip balms4

Products with it, by country of sale: Turkey 5 · United States 3 · Australia 2 · France 1.

Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where C10-30 Cholesterol/Lanosterol Esters turns up, not how much of the market it is.

On these listsEmulsifiers

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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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