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Sodium Lauroyl Isethionate in cosmetics: what it is and what it does

Sodium Lauroyl Isethionate is a cosmetic ingredient that lets oil and water mix, so the product can wash dirt away. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 115 products, most often shower gels.

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What does Sodium Lauroyl Isethionate do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, Sodium Lauroyl Isethionate lets oil and water mix, so the product can wash dirt away, cleans the skin, hair or teeth, and keeps the skin in good condition. The EU’s CosIng database lists these jobs for it: surfactant, cleansing, skin conditioning, hair conditioning, antistatic and foaming.

surfactantcleansingskin conditioninghair conditioningantistaticfoaming

What other names and numbers does Sodium Lauroyl Isethionate have?

CAS number
7381-01-3
EC number
230-949-8
CosIng reference
37937

Which products contain Sodium Lauroyl Isethionate?

Open Beauty Facts finds Sodium Lauroyl Isethionate in the ingredient lists of 115 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often shower gels, bath and shower and soaps.

  • Shower gels17
  • Bath and shower15
  • Soaps6
  • Body washes6

Products with it, by country of sale: France 44 · United States 30 · Netherlands 12 · United Kingdom 5.

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