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PPG-3 Benzyl Ether Myristate in cosmetics: what it is and what it does

PPG-3 Benzyl Ether Myristate is a cosmetic ingredient that softens and smooths the skin. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 23 products, most often hair care.

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What does PPG-3 Benzyl Ether Myristate do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, PPG-3 Benzyl Ether Myristate softens and smooths the skin, dissolves other ingredients, and keeps a film flexible. The EU’s CosIng database lists these jobs for it: emollient, solvent, plasticiser and UV absorber.

emollientsolventplasticiserUV absorber

What other names and numbers does PPG-3 Benzyl Ether Myristate have?

CAS number
642443-86-5
CosIng reference
59613

Which products contain PPG-3 Benzyl Ether Myristate?

Open Beauty Facts finds PPG-3 Benzyl Ether Myristate in the ingredient lists of 23 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often hair care, hair conditioners and hair dyes.

  • Hair care3
  • Hair conditioners3
  • Hair dyes1
  • Shampoo and conditioners1

Products with it, by country of sale: France 6 · United States 6 · Australia 4 · Spain 2.

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

On these listsEmollients

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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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