Cosmetic ingredient dictionary

Lysine in cosmetics: what it is and what it does

Lysine is a cosmetic ingredient that keeps the skin in good condition. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 30 products, most often body care.

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What does Lysine do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, Lysine keeps the skin in good condition, makes hair easier to comb, softer or shinier and reduces static, so hair stays flat. The EU’s CosIng database lists these jobs for it: skin conditioning, hair conditioning and antistatic.

skin conditioninghair conditioningantistatic

What other names and numbers does Lysine have?

CAS number
56-87-1
EC number
200-294-2
CosIng reference
35064

Which products contain Lysine?

Open Beauty Facts finds Lysine in the ingredient lists of 30 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often body care, hand creams and body creams.

  • Body care3
  • Hand creams2
  • Body creams1

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 6 · Spain 5 · France 4 · Germany 3.

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