Cosmetic ingredient dictionary
Hectorite in cosmetics: what it is and what it does
Hectorite is a cosmetic ingredient that makes the product thicker or thinner. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 39 products, most often deodorants.
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What does Hectorite do in a product?
In a cosmetic product, Hectorite makes the product thicker or thinner, absorbs water or oil and adds volume to a powder. The EU’s CosIng database lists these jobs for it: viscosity controlling, absorbent and bulking.
What other names and numbers does Hectorite have?
- CAS number
- 12173-47-6
- EC number
- 235-340-0
- CosIng reference
- 34228
Which products contain Hectorite?
Open Beauty Facts finds Hectorite in the ingredient lists of 39 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often deodorants, sunscreen and face care.
Products with it, by country of sale: France 16 · United States 6 · Germany 4 · Spain 3.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where Hectorite 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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