Cosmetic ingredient dictionary

Isoeicosane in cosmetics: what it is and what it does

Isoeicosane is a cosmetic ingredient that softens and smooths the skin. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 6 products, most often face makeup.

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What does Isoeicosane do in a product?

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

emollientskin conditioningsolvent

What other names and numbers does Isoeicosane have?

CAS number
93685-79-1
EC number
297-627-7
CosIng reference
34652

Which products contain Isoeicosane?

Open Beauty Facts finds Isoeicosane in the ingredient lists of 6 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often face makeup, bb creams and face care.

  • Face makeup2
  • Bb creams2
  • Face care1

Products with it, by country of sale: France 3 · Spain 1 · Australia 1 · Canada 1.

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