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

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

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What does Magnesium Laureth-8 Sulfate do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, Magnesium Laureth-8 Sulfate lets oil and water mix, so the product can wash dirt away, and cleans the skin, hair or teeth. The EU’s CosIng database lists these jobs for it: surfactant and cleansing.

surfactantcleansing

What other names and numbers does Magnesium Laureth-8 Sulfate have?

CAS number
62755-21-9
CosIng reference
77634

Which products contain Magnesium Laureth-8 Sulfate?

Open Beauty Facts finds Magnesium Laureth-8 Sulfate in the ingredient lists of 8 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often shampoos, shampoos for children and cleansers.

  • Shampoos3
  • Shampoos for children2
  • Cleansers1
  • Eye makeup remover1
  • Shampoo and shower gels1
  • Shower gels1

Products with it, by country of sale: France 5 · Germany 2 · United States 1.

Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where Magnesium Laureth-8 Sulfate 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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