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Cosmetic ingredient dictionary

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

Hexyldecyl Laurate is a cosmetic ingredient that softens and smooths the skin. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 20 products, most often body care.

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What does Hexyldecyl Laurate do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, Hexyldecyl 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 Hexyldecyl Laurate have?

CosIng reference
56437

Which products contain Hexyldecyl Laurate?

Open Beauty Facts finds Hexyldecyl Laurate in the ingredient lists of 20 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often body care, hand creams and anti-ageing face care.

  • Body care1
  • Hand creams1
  • Anti-ageing face care1
  • Anti-wrinkle creams1

Products with it, by country of sale: France 9 · Germany 5 · Canada 2 · Philippines 1.

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