Cosmetic ingredient dictionary
C13-15 Alkane in cosmetics: what it is and what it does
C13-15 Alkane is a cosmetic ingredient that dissolves other ingredients. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 22 products, most often liquid blushes.
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What does C13-15 Alkane do in a product?
In a cosmetic product, C13-15 Alkane dissolves other ingredients. The EU’s CosIng database lists this job for it: solvent.
What is C13-15 Alkane?
C13-15 Alkane is a mixture of alkanes with 13 to 15 carbon atoms in the alkyl chain.
- CAS number
- 64742-46-7
- EC number
- 265-148-2, 934-954-2
- CosIng reference
- 54884
Which products contain C13-15 Alkane?
Open Beauty Facts finds C13-15 Alkane in the ingredient lists of 22 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often liquid blushes, makeup and face makeup.
Products with it, by country of sale: Türkiye 4 · United Kingdom 3 · France 3 · Turkey 3.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where C13-15 Alkane 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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