Cosmetic ingredient dictionary

Sphingolipids in cosmetics: what it is and what it does

Sphingolipids is a cosmetic ingredient that softens and smooths the skin. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 15 products, most often body washes.

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What does Sphingolipids do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, Sphingolipids softens and smooths the skin, keeps the skin in good condition, and protects the skin from outside harm. The EU’s CosIng database lists these jobs for it: emollient, skin conditioning and skin protecting.

emollientskin conditioningskin protecting

What other names and numbers does Sphingolipids have?

CAS number
85116-74-1
EC number
285-526-0
CosIng reference
78753

Which products contain Sphingolipids?

Open Beauty Facts finds Sphingolipids in the ingredient lists of 15 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often body washes, shampoos and hair care.

  • Body washes1
  • Shampoos1
  • Hair care1

Products with it, by country of sale: Germany 4 · India 3 · France 1 · Sweden 1.

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