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Cosmetic ingredient dictionary

Cetyl Ethylhexanoate in cosmetics: what it is and what it does

Cetyl Ethylhexanoate is a cosmetic ingredient that softens and smooths the skin. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 58 products, most often lip makeup.

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What does Cetyl Ethylhexanoate do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, Cetyl Ethylhexanoate softens and smooths the skin. The EU’s CosIng database lists this job for it: emollient.

emollient

What other names and numbers does Cetyl Ethylhexanoate have?

CAS number
59130-69-7
EC number
261-619-1
CosIng reference
32603

Which products contain Cetyl Ethylhexanoate?

Open Beauty Facts finds Cetyl Ethylhexanoate in the ingredient lists of 58 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often lip makeup, makeup and hair care.

  • Lip makeup3
  • Makeup3
  • Hair care2
  • Facial creams2

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 22 · France 7 · Germany 7 · Türkiye 6.

Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where Cetyl Ethylhexanoate 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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