Cosmetic ingredient dictionary
Hydroxyethylpiperazine Ethane Sulfonic Acid in cosmetics: what it is and what it does
Hydroxyethylpiperazine Ethane Sulfonic Acid is a cosmetic ingredient that keeps the product's acidity steady. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 39 products, most often face makeup.
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What does Hydroxyethylpiperazine Ethane Sulfonic Acid do in a product?
In a cosmetic product, Hydroxyethylpiperazine Ethane Sulfonic Acid keeps the product's acidity steady. The EU’s CosIng database lists this job for it: buffering.
What other names and numbers does Hydroxyethylpiperazine Ethane Sulfonic Acid have?
- CAS number
- 7365-45-9
- EC number
- 230-907-9
- CosIng reference
- 56812
Which products contain Hydroxyethylpiperazine Ethane Sulfonic Acid?
Open Beauty Facts finds Hydroxyethylpiperazine Ethane Sulfonic Acid in the ingredient lists of 39 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often face makeup, makeup and anti-ageing face care.
Products with it, by country of sale: France 11 · Netherlands 10 · United States 4 · United Kingdom 3.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where Hydroxyethylpiperazine Ethane Sulfonic Acid 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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