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Cosmetic ingredient dictionary

Hydrogenated Poly(C6-14 Olefin) in cosmetics: what it is and what it does

Hydrogenated Poly(C6-14 Olefin) is a cosmetic ingredient that softens and smooths the skin. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 17 products, most often lip tint.

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What does Hydrogenated Poly(C6-14 Olefin) do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, Hydrogenated Poly(C6-14 Olefin) softens and smooths the skin, keeps the skin in good condition, and makes the product thicker or thinner. The EU’s CosIng database lists these jobs for it: emollient, skin conditioning and viscosity controlling.

emollientskin conditioningviscosity controlling

What other names and numbers does Hydrogenated Poly(C6-14 Olefin) have?

CosIng reference
84382

Which products contain Hydrogenated Poly(C6-14 Olefin)?

Open Beauty Facts finds Hydrogenated Poly(C6-14 Olefin) in the ingredient lists of 17 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often lip tint, body care and body creams.

  • Lip tint2
  • Body care1
  • Body creams1

Products with it, by country of sale: Australia 4 · Singapore 4 · United States 3 · Turkey 2.

Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where Hydrogenated Poly(C6-14 Olefin) 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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