Cosmetic ingredient dictionary

Diisostearyl Malate in cosmetics: what it is and what it does

Diisostearyl Malate is a cosmetic ingredient that softens and smooths the skin. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 88 products, most often tinted lip balms.

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What does Diisostearyl Malate do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, Diisostearyl Malate softens and smooths the skin, lets oil and water mix, so the product can wash dirt away, and keeps the skin in good condition. The EU’s CosIng database lists these jobs for it: emollient, surfactant and skin conditioning.

emollientsurfactantskin conditioning

What other names and numbers does Diisostearyl Malate have?

CAS number
67763-18-2, 81230-05-9
EC number
267-041-6
CosIng reference
75620

Which products contain Diisostearyl Malate?

Open Beauty Facts finds Diisostearyl Malate in the ingredient lists of 88 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often tinted lip balms, makeup and lip balms.

  • Tinted lip balms11
  • Makeup7
  • Lip balms7
  • Lip glosses7

Products with it, by country of sale: Türkiye 18 · France 12 · Norway 11 · Singapore 10.

Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where Diisostearyl Malate 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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