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Cosmetic ingredient dictionary

Myreth-3 Myristate in cosmetics: what it is and what it does

Myreth-3 Myristate is a cosmetic ingredient that softens and smooths the skin. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 7 products, most often facial creams.

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What does Myreth-3 Myristate do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, Myreth-3 Myristate softens and smooths the skin, lets oil and water mix, so the product can wash dirt away, and keeps the skin in good condition. The EU’s CosIng database lists these jobs for it: emollient, surfactant and skin conditioning.

emollientsurfactantskin conditioning

What other names and numbers does Myreth-3 Myristate have?

CAS number
59686-68-9
CosIng reference
35420

Which products contain Myreth-3 Myristate?

Open Beauty Facts finds Myreth-3 Myristate in the ingredient lists of 7 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often facial creams, body creams and body milks.

  • Facial creams2
  • Body creams1
  • Body milks1
  • Body care1
  • Hand creams1

Products with it, by country of sale: France 6 · United States 1.

Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where Myreth-3 Myristate turns up, not how much of the market it is.

On these listsSurfactants and cleansersEmollients

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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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