Cosmetic ingredient dictionary
Diacetone Alcohol in cosmetics: what it is and what it does
Diacetone Alcohol is a cosmetic ingredient that dissolves other ingredients. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 79 products, most often nail polishes.
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What does Diacetone Alcohol do in a product?
In a cosmetic product, Diacetone Alcohol dissolves other ingredients and hides an unwanted smell or taste. The EU’s CosIng database lists these jobs for it: solvent and masking.
What other names and numbers does Diacetone Alcohol have?
- CAS number
- 123-42-2
- EC number
- 204-626-7
- CosIng reference
- 75628
Which products contain Diacetone Alcohol?
Open Beauty Facts finds Diacetone Alcohol in the ingredient lists of 79 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often nail polishes, breathable nail polishes and nail makeup.
Products with it, by country of sale: Turkey 55 · Germany 8 · Australia 7 · Türkiye 5.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where Diacetone Alcohol 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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