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Cosmetic ingredient dictionary

Isopropyl Myristate in cosmetics: what it is and what it does

Isopropyl Myristate is a cosmetic ingredient that softens and smooths the skin. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 563 products, most often deodorants.

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What does Isopropyl Myristate do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, Isopropyl Myristate softens and smooths the skin, adds scent, and hides an unwanted smell or taste. The EU’s CosIng database lists these jobs for it: emollient, perfuming, masking and binding.

emollientperfumingmaskingbinding

What other names and numbers does Isopropyl Myristate have?

CAS number
110-27-0
EC number
203-751-4
CosIng reference
34699

Which products contain Isopropyl Myristate?

Open Beauty Facts finds Isopropyl Myristate in the ingredient lists of 563 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often deodorants, hair care and body care.

  • Deodorants60
  • Hair care29
  • Body care22

Products with it, by country of sale: France 149 · Germany 73 · United States 60 · Australia 44.

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

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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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