Cosmetic ingredient dictionary

Ceteareth-60 Myristyl Glycol in cosmetics: what it is and what it does

Ceteareth-60 Myristyl Glycol is a cosmetic ingredient that lets oil and water mix, so the product can wash dirt away. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 42 products, most often bath and shower.

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What does Ceteareth-60 Myristyl Glycol do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, Ceteareth-60 Myristyl Glycol lets oil and water mix, so the product can wash dirt away, and keeps oil and water mixed. The EU’s CosIng database lists these jobs for it: surfactant and emulsifying.

surfactantemulsifying

What other names and numbers does Ceteareth-60 Myristyl Glycol have?

CAS number
243133-67-7
CosIng reference
32544

Which products contain Ceteareth-60 Myristyl Glycol?

Open Beauty Facts finds Ceteareth-60 Myristyl Glycol in the ingredient lists of 42 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often bath and shower, shampoos and shower gels.

  • Bath and shower19
  • Shampoos9
  • Shower gels8
  • Hair care5
  • Anti-dandruff shampoos2

Products with it, by country of sale: France 36 · Portugal 1 · Italy 1 · Algeria 1.

Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where Ceteareth-60 Myristyl Glycol 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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