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PEG-2 Stearate in cosmetics: what it is and what it does

PEG-2 Stearate is a cosmetic ingredient that keeps oil and water mixed. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 9 products, most often shaving.

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What does PEG-2 Stearate do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, PEG-2 Stearate keeps oil and water mixed, and makes a clear product cloudy. The EU’s CosIng database lists these jobs for it: emulsifying and opacifying.

emulsifyingopacifying

What other names and numbers does PEG-2 Stearate have?

CAS number
106-11-6
EC number
203-363-5
CosIng reference
77937

Which products contain PEG-2 Stearate?

Open Beauty Facts finds PEG-2 Stearate in the ingredient lists of 9 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often shaving and aftershaves.

  • Shaving1
  • Aftershaves1

Products with it, by country of sale: France 3 · Spain 2 · Belgium 1 · Bolivia 1.

Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where PEG-2 Stearate turns up, not how much of the market it is.

On these listsEmulsifiers

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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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