Cosmetic ingredient dictionary

Etocrylene in cosmetics: what it is and what it does

Etocrylene is a cosmetic ingredient that protects the product from UV light. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 18 products, most often nail polishes.

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What does Etocrylene do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, Etocrylene protects the product from UV light. The EU’s CosIng database lists this job for it: UV absorber.

UV absorber

What other names and numbers does Etocrylene have?

CAS number
5232-99-5
EC number
226-029-0
CosIng reference
33901

Which products contain Etocrylene?

Open Beauty Facts finds Etocrylene in the ingredient lists of 18 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often nail polishes, nail makeup and top coat.

  • Nail polishes6
  • Nail makeup5
  • Top coat3
  • Makeup3

Products with it, by country of sale: Germany 7 · Australia 6 · France 5 · Turkey 3.

Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where Etocrylene 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’.

  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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