Cosmetic ingredient dictionary
Stearalkonium Hectorite in cosmetics: what it is and what it does
Stearalkonium Hectorite is a cosmetic ingredient that makes the product thicker or thinner. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 96 products, most often nail polishes.
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What does Stearalkonium Hectorite do in a product?
In a cosmetic product, Stearalkonium Hectorite makes the product thicker or thinner and turns a liquid into a gel. The EU’s CosIng database lists these jobs for it: viscosity controlling and gel forming.
What other names and numbers does Stearalkonium Hectorite have?
- CAS number
- 71011-26-2, 94891-33-5, 12691-60-0
- EC number
- 275-126-4, 305-633-9
- CosIng reference
- 38239
Which products contain Stearalkonium Hectorite?
Open Beauty Facts finds Stearalkonium Hectorite in the ingredient lists of 96 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often nail polishes, nail makeup and makeup.
Products with it, by country of sale: France 48 · Türkiye 12 · Turkey 11 · United States 10.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where Stearalkonium Hectorite 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’.
- European Commission: CosIng cosmetic ingredient database (functions, description, EU annex entry)
- Open Beauty Facts: product database, 77,506 products, read 13 October 2026, ODbL
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