Cosmetic ingredient dictionary

Trihydroxystearin in cosmetics: what it is and what it does

Trihydroxystearin is a cosmetic ingredient that keeps the skin in good condition. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 105 products, most often concealers.

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What does Trihydroxystearin do in a product?

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

skin conditioningviscosity controlling

What other names and numbers does Trihydroxystearin have?

CAS number
139-44-6
EC number
205-364-6
CosIng reference
38718

Which products contain Trihydroxystearin?

Open Beauty Facts finds Trihydroxystearin in the ingredient lists of 105 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often concealers, makeup and shampoos.

  • Concealers25
  • Makeup7
  • Shampoos7
  • Hair care6

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 33 · Australia 22 · Norway 13 · France 10.

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