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Cosmetic ingredient dictionary

Polyglycerin-6 in cosmetics: what it is and what it does

Polyglycerin-6 is a cosmetic ingredient that holds water in the skin or the product. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 7 products, most often facial creams.

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What does Polyglycerin-6 do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, Polyglycerin-6 holds water in the skin or the product. The EU’s CosIng database lists this job for it: humectant.

humectant

What other names and numbers does Polyglycerin-6 have?

CAS number
36675-34-0
EC number
253-154-8
CosIng reference
58370

Which products contain Polyglycerin-6?

Open Beauty Facts finds Polyglycerin-6 in the ingredient lists of 7 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often facial creams, night creams and face serums.

  • Facial creams1
  • Night creams1
  • Face serums1
  • Skincare1

Products with it, by country of sale: Australia 2 · Austria 1 · Colombia 1 · United States 1.

Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where Polyglycerin-6 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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