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Cosmetic ingredient dictionary

Laureth-8 in cosmetics: what it is and what it does

Laureth-8 is a cosmetic ingredient that lets oil and water mix, so the product can wash dirt away. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 5 products, most often shampoos.

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What does Laureth-8 do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, Laureth-8 lets oil and water mix, so the product can wash dirt away, and keeps oil and water mixed. The EU’s CosIng database lists these jobs for it: surfactant and emulsifying.

surfactantemulsifying

What other names and numbers does Laureth-8 have?

CAS number
9002-92-0, 3055-98-9
CosIng reference
76966

Which products contain Laureth-8?

Open Beauty Facts finds Laureth-8 in the ingredient lists of 5 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often shampoos, hair care and shampoos for colored hair.

  • Shampoos4
  • Hair care3
  • Shampoos for colored hair1

Products with it, by country of sale: France 4 · Australia 1 · Germany 1.

Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where Laureth-8 turns up, not how much of the market it is.

On these listsSurfactants and cleansersEmulsifiers

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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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