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Cosmetic ingredient dictionary

Hexylene Glycol in cosmetics: what it is and what it does

Hexylene Glycol is a cosmetic ingredient that lets oil and water mix, so the product can wash dirt away. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 361 products, most often shampoos.

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What does Hexylene Glycol do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, Hexylene Glycol lets oil and water mix, so the product can wash dirt away, keeps oil and water mixed, and keeps the skin in good condition. The EU’s CosIng database lists these jobs for it: surfactant, emulsifying, skin conditioning, solvent and perfuming.

surfactantemulsifyingskin conditioningsolventperfuming

What other names and numbers does Hexylene Glycol have?

CAS number
107-41-5
EC number
203-489-0
CosIng reference
34283

Which products contain Hexylene Glycol?

Open Beauty Facts finds Hexylene Glycol in the ingredient lists of 361 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often shampoos, hair care and shower gels.

  • Shampoos103
  • Hair care63
  • Shower gels13
  • Anti-dandruff shampoos12

Products with it, by country of sale: France 134 · United States 59 · Norway 27 · United Kingdom 22.

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

On these listsSurfactants and cleansersEmulsifiers

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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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