Cosmetic ingredient dictionary

Bis-Ethylhexyl Hydroxydimethoxy Benzylmalonate in cosmetics: what it is and what it does

Bis-Ethylhexyl Hydroxydimethoxy Benzylmalonate is a cosmetic ingredient that stops the product reacting with oxygen and going off. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 12 products, most often anti-wrinkle creams.

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What does Bis-Ethylhexyl Hydroxydimethoxy Benzylmalonate do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, Bis-Ethylhexyl Hydroxydimethoxy Benzylmalonate stops the product reacting with oxygen and going off, keeps the skin in good condition, and protects the skin from outside harm. The EU’s CosIng database lists these jobs for it: antioxidant, skin conditioning and skin protecting.

antioxidantskin conditioningskin protecting

What other names and numbers does Bis-Ethylhexyl Hydroxydimethoxy Benzylmalonate have?

CAS number
872182-46-2
CosIng reference
85246

Which products contain Bis-Ethylhexyl Hydroxydimethoxy Benzylmalonate?

Open Beauty Facts finds Bis-Ethylhexyl Hydroxydimethoxy Benzylmalonate in the ingredient lists of 12 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often anti-wrinkle creams, sunscreen and day creams.

  • Anti-wrinkle creams4
  • Sunscreen4
  • Day creams3
  • Night creams1
  • Anti-ageing face care1

Products with it, by country of sale: France 6 · Poland 2 · Switzerland 2 · Austria 1.

Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where Bis-Ethylhexyl Hydroxydimethoxy Benzylmalonate 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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