Cosmetic ingredient dictionary

Tropolone in cosmetics: what it is and what it does

Tropolone is a cosmetic ingredient that keeps the skin in good condition. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 27 products, most often volumizing mascaras.

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What does Tropolone do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, Tropolone keeps the skin in good condition. The EU’s CosIng database lists this job for it: skin conditioning.

skin conditioning

What other names and numbers does Tropolone have?

CAS number
533-75-5
EC number
208-577-2
CosIng reference
81363

Which products contain Tropolone?

Open Beauty Facts finds Tropolone in the ingredient lists of 27 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often volumizing mascaras, body care and body milks.

  • Volumizing mascaras3
  • Body care2
  • Body milks1

Products with it, by country of sale: France 12 · Türkiye 3 · Germany 2 · Norway 2.

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