Cosmetic ingredient dictionary

Isostearyl Isostearate in cosmetics: what it is and what it does

Isostearyl Isostearate is a cosmetic ingredient that softens and smooths the skin. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 25 products, most often face care.

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What does Isostearyl Isostearate do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, Isostearyl Isostearate softens and smooths the skin, keeps the skin in good condition, and holds a powder or a pressed product together. The EU’s CosIng database lists these jobs for it: emollient, skin conditioning and binding.

emollientskin conditioningbinding

What other names and numbers does Isostearyl Isostearate have?

CAS number
41669-30-1
EC number
255-485-3
CosIng reference
34765

Which products contain Isostearyl Isostearate?

Open Beauty Facts finds Isostearyl Isostearate in the ingredient lists of 25 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often face care, lipsticks and lip makeup.

  • Face care2
  • Lipsticks1
  • Lip makeup1
  • Body care1

Products with it, by country of sale: Norway 6 · France 4 · Belgium 3 · Spain 3.

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