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Cosmetic ingredient dictionary

Ethyl Acetate in cosmetics: what it is and what it does

Ethyl Acetate is a cosmetic ingredient that dissolves other ingredients. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 160 products, most often nail polishes.

By Bravoora teamUpdated Sources checked 2 sourcesHow we check

What does Ethyl Acetate do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, Ethyl Acetate dissolves other ingredients and adds scent. The EU’s CosIng database lists these jobs for it: solvent and perfuming.

solventperfuming

What other names and numbers does Ethyl Acetate have?

CAS number
141-78-6
EC number
205-500-4
CosIng reference
33805

Which products contain Ethyl Acetate?

Open Beauty Facts finds Ethyl Acetate in the ingredient lists of 160 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often nail polishes, nail makeup and breathable nail polishes.

  • Nail polishes68
  • Nail makeup49
  • Breathable nail polishes49
  • Makeup15
  • Cleansers11

Products with it, by country of sale: Turkey 65 · France 35 · Germany 20 · Türkiye 16.

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