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Cosmetic ingredient dictionary

Nitrocellulose in cosmetics: what it is and what it does

Nitrocellulose is a cosmetic ingredient that leaves a thin film on skin, hair or nails. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 139 products, most often nail polishes.

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What does Nitrocellulose do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, Nitrocellulose leaves a thin film on skin, hair or nails. The EU’s CosIng database lists this job for it: film forming.

film forming

What other names and numbers does Nitrocellulose have?

CAS number
9004-70-0
CosIng reference
35506

Which products contain Nitrocellulose?

Open Beauty Facts finds Nitrocellulose in the ingredient lists of 139 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often nail polishes, breathable nail polishes and nail makeup.

  • Nail polishes66
  • Breathable nail polishes49
  • Nail makeup47
  • Makeup15

Products with it, by country of sale: Turkey 65 · France 25 · Türkiye 16 · Germany 15.

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