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Cosmetic ingredient dictionary

Jojoba Esters in cosmetics: what it is and what it does

Jojoba Esters is a cosmetic ingredient that softens and smooths the skin. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 129 products, most often face care.

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What does Jojoba Esters do in a product?

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

emollientmoisturisingskin conditioningsoothing

What is Jojoba Esters?

Jojoba Esters is a complex mixture of esters produced by the transesterification/interesterification of Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Oil (q.v.), Hydrogenated Jojoba Oil (q.v.), or a mixture of the two.

CosIng reference
34778

Which products contain Jojoba Esters?

Open Beauty Facts finds Jojoba Esters in the ingredient lists of 129 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often face care, facial creams and sunscreen.

  • Face care10
  • Facial creams8
  • Sunscreen6

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 44 · France 33 · Australia 11 · Canada 6.

Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where Jojoba Esters turns up, not how much of the market it is.

On these listsEmollientsHumectants

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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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