Cosmetic ingredient dictionary
C20-40 Alkyl Stearate in cosmetics: what it is and what it does
C20-40 Alkyl Stearate is a cosmetic ingredient that keeps the skin in good condition. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 24 products, most often lip balms.
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What does C20-40 Alkyl Stearate do in a product?
In a cosmetic product, C20-40 Alkyl Stearate keeps the skin in good condition and makes the product thicker or thinner. The EU’s CosIng database lists these jobs for it: skin conditioning and viscosity controlling.
What is C20-40 Alkyl Stearate?
C20-40 Alkyl Stearate is the ester of C20-40 alcohols and stearic acid.
- CosIng reference
- 54912
Which products contain C20-40 Alkyl Stearate?
Open Beauty Facts finds C20-40 Alkyl Stearate in the ingredient lists of 24 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often lip balms, face care and lip makeup.
Products with it, by country of sale: France 7 · Turkey 7 · Morocco 2 · United States 2.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where C20-40 Alkyl Stearate 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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