Cosmetic ingredient dictionary

Triethylhexanoin in cosmetics: what it is and what it does

Triethylhexanoin is a cosmetic ingredient that keeps the skin in good condition. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 29 products, most often cleansing balm.

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What does Triethylhexanoin do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, Triethylhexanoin keeps the skin in good condition, makes hair easier to comb, softer or shinier and adds scent. The EU’s CosIng database lists these jobs for it: skin conditioning, hair conditioning, perfuming and masking.

skin conditioninghair conditioningperfumingmasking

What other names and numbers does Triethylhexanoin have?

CAS number
7360-38-5
EC number
230-896-0
CosIng reference
80354

Which products contain Triethylhexanoin?

Open Beauty Facts finds Triethylhexanoin in the ingredient lists of 29 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often cleansing balm, facial creams and makeup.

  • Cleansing balm2
  • Facial creams2
  • Makeup1
  • Eye makeup1

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 8 · France 7 · Spain 4 · Morocco 2.

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