Cosmetic ingredient dictionary

Hexyl Laurate in cosmetics: what it is and what it does

Hexyl Laurate is a cosmetic ingredient that softens and smooths the skin. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 71 products, most often concealers.

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What does Hexyl Laurate do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, Hexyl Laurate softens and smooths the skin, and keeps the skin in good condition. The EU’s CosIng database lists these jobs for it: emollient and skin conditioning.

emollientskin conditioning

What other names and numbers does Hexyl Laurate have?

CAS number
34316-64-8
EC number
251-932-1
CosIng reference
34269

Which products contain Hexyl Laurate?

Open Beauty Facts finds Hexyl Laurate in the ingredient lists of 71 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often concealers, face makeup and makeup.

  • Concealers25
  • Face makeup12
  • Makeup10
  • Bb creams2

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 32 · France 10 · Netherlands 10 · Spain 5.

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

On these listsEmollients

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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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