Cosmetic ingredient dictionary
Niacin in cosmetics: what it is and what it does
Niacin is a cosmetic ingredient that reduces static, so hair stays flat. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 17 products, most often shampoos.
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What does Niacin do in a product?
In a cosmetic product, Niacin reduces static, so hair stays flat and makes the surface smooth. The EU’s CosIng database lists these jobs for it: antistatic and smoothing.
What other names and numbers does Niacin have?
- CAS number
- 59-67-6
- EC number
- 200-441-0
- CosIng reference
- 35498
Which products contain Niacin?
Open Beauty Facts finds Niacin in the ingredient lists of 17 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often shampoos.
Products with it, by country of sale: United States 6 · United Kingdom 2 · France 1 · Portugal 1.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where Niacin 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’.
- European Commission: CosIng cosmetic ingredient database (functions, description, EU annex entry)
- Open Beauty Facts: product database, 77,506 products, read 13 October 2026, ODbL
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