Cosmetic ingredient dictionary

Isoamyl Laurate in cosmetics: what it is and what it does

Isoamyl Laurate is a cosmetic ingredient that softens and smooths the skin. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 64 products, most often sunscreen.

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What does Isoamyl Laurate do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, Isoamyl Laurate 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 Isoamyl Laurate have?

CAS number
6309-51-9
EC number
228-626-1
CosIng reference
34597

Which products contain Isoamyl Laurate?

Open Beauty Facts finds Isoamyl Laurate in the ingredient lists of 64 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often sunscreen, body care and hair care.

  • Sunscreen8
  • Body care3
  • Hair care2
  • Makeup2

Products with it, by country of sale: Germany 18 · United States 15 · France 13 · Morocco 4.

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