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Cosmetic ingredient dictionary

Stearyl Stearate in cosmetics: what it is and what it does

Stearyl Stearate is a cosmetic ingredient that softens and smooths the skin. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 16 products, most often hair care.

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What does Stearyl Stearate do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, Stearyl Stearate softens and smooths the skin, keeps the skin in good condition, and makes the product thicker or thinner. The EU’s CosIng database lists these jobs for it: emollient, skin conditioning and viscosity controlling.

emollientskin conditioningviscosity controlling

What other names and numbers does Stearyl Stearate have?

CAS number
2778-96-3
EC number
220-476-5
CosIng reference
38341

Which products contain Stearyl Stearate?

Open Beauty Facts finds Stearyl Stearate in the ingredient lists of 16 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often hair care, deodorants and face makeup.

  • Hair care2
  • Deodorants2
  • Face makeup1

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 4 · France 3 · Germany 2 · Argentina 1.

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