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Isocetyl Stearoyl Stearate in cosmetics: what it is and what it does

Isocetyl Stearoyl Stearate is a cosmetic ingredient that softens and smooths the skin. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 5 products, most often face makeup.

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What does Isocetyl Stearoyl Stearate do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, Isocetyl Stearoyl Stearate 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 Isocetyl Stearoyl Stearate have?

CAS number
97338-28-8
EC number
306-621-6
CosIng reference
34630

Which products contain Isocetyl Stearoyl Stearate?

Open Beauty Facts finds Isocetyl Stearoyl Stearate in the ingredient lists of 5 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often face makeup and blush.

  • Face makeup1
  • Blush1

Products with it, by country of sale: France 1 · Spain 1 · United States 1 · Brazil 1.

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