Cosmetic ingredient dictionary
Arginine in cosmetics: what it is and what it does
Arginine is a cosmetic ingredient that keeps the skin in good condition. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 367 products, most often hair care.
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What does Arginine do in a product?
In a cosmetic product, Arginine keeps the skin in good condition, makes hair easier to comb, softer or shinier and hides an unwanted smell or taste. The EU’s CosIng database lists these jobs for it: skin conditioning, hair conditioning, masking and antistatic.
What other names and numbers does Arginine have?
- CAS number
- 74-79-3, 7200-25-1
- EC number
- 200-811-1, 230-571-3
- CosIng reference
- 74314
Which products contain Arginine?
Open Beauty Facts finds Arginine in the ingredient lists of 367 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often hair care, shampoos and sunscreen.
Products with it, by country of sale: France 76 · United States 49 · Germany 46 · Australia 21.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where Arginine 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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