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Cosmetic ingredient dictionary

Methyl Gluceth-20 in cosmetics: what it is and what it does

Methyl Gluceth-20 is a cosmetic ingredient that holds water in the skin or the product. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 38 products, most often hair gels.

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What does Methyl Gluceth-20 do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, Methyl Gluceth-20 holds water in the skin or the product and moisturises the skin. The EU’s CosIng database lists these jobs for it: humectant and moisturising.

humectantmoisturising

What other names and numbers does Methyl Gluceth-20 have?

CAS number
68239-42-9
CosIng reference
35291

Which products contain Methyl Gluceth-20?

Open Beauty Facts finds Methyl Gluceth-20 in the ingredient lists of 38 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often hair gels, face makeup and cc creams.

  • Hair gels2
  • Face makeup2
  • Cc creams2
  • Face care2

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 15 · France 11 · Brazil 3 · India 2.

Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where Methyl Gluceth-20 turns up, not how much of the market it is.

On these listsHumectants

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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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