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Cosmetic ingredient dictionary

Lauramide MEA in cosmetics: what it is and what it does

Lauramide MEA is a cosmetic ingredient that lets oil and water mix, so the product can wash dirt away. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 11 products, most often hair dyes.

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What does Lauramide MEA do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, Lauramide MEA lets oil and water mix, so the product can wash dirt away, makes the product thicker or thinner, and reduces static, so hair stays flat. The EU’s CosIng database lists these jobs for it: surfactant, viscosity controlling, antistatic and foam boosting.

surfactantviscosity controllingantistaticfoam boosting

What other names and numbers does Lauramide MEA have?

CAS number
142-78-9
EC number
205-560-1
CosIng reference
34876

Which products contain Lauramide MEA?

Open Beauty Facts finds Lauramide MEA in the ingredient lists of 11 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often hair dyes, hair care and shampoos.

  • Hair dyes5
  • Hair care3
  • Shampoos1

Products with it, by country of sale: Turkey 4 · France 3 · Canada 1 · Greece 1.

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

On these listsSurfactants and cleansers

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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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