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Cosmetic ingredient dictionary

Quaternium-87 in cosmetics: what it is and what it does

Quaternium-87 is a cosmetic ingredient that lets oil and water mix, so the product can wash dirt away. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 31 products, most often hair care.

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What does Quaternium-87 do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, Quaternium-87 lets oil and water mix, so the product can wash dirt away, cleans the skin, hair or teeth, and makes hair easier to comb, softer or shinier. The EU’s CosIng database lists these jobs for it: surfactant, cleansing and hair conditioning.

surfactantcleansinghair conditioning

What other names and numbers does Quaternium-87 have?

CAS number
92201-88-2
EC number
931-745-8
CosIng reference
58937

Which products contain Quaternium-87?

Open Beauty Facts finds Quaternium-87 in the ingredient lists of 31 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often hair care, hair conditioners and hair dyes.

  • Hair care11
  • Hair conditioners4
  • Hair dyes4
  • Hair masks2
  • Shampoos1

Products with it, by country of sale: France 12 · Germany 7 · Australia 4 · United States 2.

Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where Quaternium-87 turns up, not how much of the market it is.

On these listsSurfactants and cleansers

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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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