Cosmetic ingredient dictionary
Glycol Distearate in cosmetics: what it is and what it does
Glycol Distearate is a cosmetic ingredient that softens and smooths the skin. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 1,233 products, most often shampoos.
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What does Glycol Distearate do in a product?
In a cosmetic product, Glycol Distearate softens and smooths the skin, keeps oil and water mixed, and keeps the skin in good condition. The EU’s CosIng database lists these jobs for it: emollient, emulsifying, skin conditioning, viscosity controlling and opacifying.
What other names and numbers does Glycol Distearate have?
- CAS number
- 627-83-8
- EC number
- 211-014-3
- CosIng reference
- 34134
Which products contain Glycol Distearate?
Open Beauty Facts finds Glycol Distearate in the ingredient lists of 1,233 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often shampoos, hair care and bath and shower.
Products with it, by country of sale: France 365 · Germany 198 · United States 125 · Norway 81.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where Glycol Distearate 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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