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Cosmetic ingredient dictionary

Ethanolamine in cosmetics: what it is and what it does

Ethanolamine is a cosmetic ingredient that keeps the product's acidity steady. The EU allows it only with limits or conditions. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 105 products, most often hair care.

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What does Ethanolamine do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, Ethanolamine keeps the product's acidity steady. The EU’s CosIng database lists this job for it: buffering.

buffering

What other names and numbers does Ethanolamine have?

CAS number
141-43-5
EC number
205-483-3
CosIng reference
33796

Is Ethanolamine restricted in the EU?

Yes, it has limits. The EU allows it only with limits or conditions of use, such as a maximum amount or a warning on the label (Annex III of Regulation 1223/2009, entry 61).

The annex entry sets the exact limits, the products it may be used in and any warning the label must carry.

Which products contain Ethanolamine?

Open Beauty Facts finds Ethanolamine in the ingredient lists of 105 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often hair care and hair dyes.

  • Hair care20
  • Hair dyes20

Products with it, by country of sale: Norway 43 · France 21 · Australia 14 · Turkey 7.

Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where Ethanolamine turns up, not how much of the market it is.

On these listsRestricted in the EU

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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
  3. EU Regulation 1223/2009 on cosmetic products (the annexes)

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