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Cosmetic ingredient dictionary

Propylene Glycol Dicaprylate in cosmetics: what it is and what it does

Propylene Glycol Dicaprylate is a cosmetic ingredient that softens and smooths the skin. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 6 products, most often hair care.

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What does Propylene Glycol Dicaprylate do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, Propylene Glycol Dicaprylate softens and smooths the skin, and makes the product thicker or thinner. The EU’s CosIng database lists these jobs for it: emollient and viscosity controlling.

emollientviscosity controlling

What other names and numbers does Propylene Glycol Dicaprylate have?

CAS number
7384-98-7
EC number
230-962-9
CosIng reference
37281

Which products contain Propylene Glycol Dicaprylate?

Open Beauty Facts finds Propylene Glycol Dicaprylate in the ingredient lists of 6 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often hair care, facial creams and day and night creams.

  • Hair care1
  • Facial creams1
  • Day and night creams1
  • Sunscreen1

Products with it, by country of sale: France 3 · Chile 1 · Argentina 1 · Bolivia 1.

Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where Propylene Glycol Dicaprylate 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’.

  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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