Cosmetic ingredient dictionary
Biotin in cosmetics: what it is and what it does
Biotin is a cosmetic ingredient that keeps the skin in good condition. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 181 products, most often hair care.
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What does Biotin do in a product?
In a cosmetic product, Biotin keeps the skin in good condition, makes hair easier to comb, softer or shinier, and helps control oily skin and scalp. The EU’s CosIng database lists these jobs for it: skin conditioning, hair conditioning and antiseborrhoeic.
What other names and numbers does Biotin have?
- CAS number
- 58-85-5
- EC number
- 200-399-3
- CosIng reference
- 32188
Which products contain Biotin?
Open Beauty Facts finds Biotin in the ingredient lists of 181 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often hair care, shampoos and hair conditioners.
Products with it, by country of sale: United States 42 · Australia 24 · Germany 19 · Turkey 19.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where Biotin 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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