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Cosmetic ingredient dictionary

Hexyldecanol in cosmetics: what it is and what it does

Hexyldecanol is a cosmetic ingredient that softens and smooths the skin. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 31 products, most often anti-wrinkle creams.

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What does Hexyldecanol do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, Hexyldecanol softens and smooths the skin, and keeps the skin in good condition. The EU’s CosIng database lists these jobs for it: emollient and skin conditioning.

emollientskin conditioning

What other names and numbers does Hexyldecanol have?

CAS number
2425-77-6
EC number
219-370-1
CosIng reference
34273

Which products contain Hexyldecanol?

Open Beauty Facts finds Hexyldecanol in the ingredient lists of 31 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often anti-wrinkle creams, anti-ageing face care and night creams.

  • Anti-wrinkle creams3
  • Anti-ageing face care2
  • Night creams1
  • Hair care1

Products with it, by country of sale: France 11 · Germany 5 · United States 4 · Australia 3.

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