Cosmetic ingredient dictionary

Quaternium-95 in cosmetics: what it is and what it does

Quaternium-95 is a cosmetic ingredient that makes hair easier to comb, softer or shinier. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 9 products, most often hair care.

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What does Quaternium-95 do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, Quaternium-95 makes hair easier to comb, softer or shinier and protects the product from UV light. The EU’s CosIng database lists these jobs for it: hair conditioning and UV absorber.

hair conditioningUV absorber

What other names and numbers does Quaternium-95 have?

CAS number
1030827-59-8
CosIng reference
86717

Which products contain Quaternium-95?

Open Beauty Facts finds Quaternium-95 in the ingredient lists of 9 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often hair care, shampoos and hair conditioners.

  • Hair care3
  • Shampoos2
  • Hair conditioners1

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 4 · France 3 · Norway 2 · Canada 1.

Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where Quaternium-95 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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