Cosmetic ingredient dictionary

Styrene in cosmetics: what it is and what it does

Styrene is a cosmetic ingredient that adds scent. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 20 products, most often bath and shower.

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What does Styrene do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, Styrene adds scent. The EU’s CosIng database lists this job for it: perfuming.

perfuming

What other names and numbers does Styrene have?

CAS number
100-42-5
EC number
202-851-5
CosIng reference
41112

Which products contain Styrene?

Open Beauty Facts finds Styrene in the ingredient lists of 20 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often bath and shower, shower gels and eye makeup.

  • Bath and shower7
  • Shower gels4
  • Eye makeup3
  • Soaps3

Products with it, by country of sale: France 9 · Germany 3 · Netherlands 2 · United Kingdom 1.

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

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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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