Cosmetic ingredient dictionary

Triphenyl Phosphate in cosmetics: what it is and what it does

Triphenyl Phosphate is a cosmetic ingredient that keeps a film flexible. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 9 products, most often nail polishes.

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What does Triphenyl Phosphate do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, Triphenyl Phosphate keeps a film flexible. The EU’s CosIng database lists this job for it: plasticiser.

plasticiser

What other names and numbers does Triphenyl Phosphate have?

CAS number
115-86-6
EC number
204-112-2
CosIng reference
59879

Which products contain Triphenyl Phosphate?

Open Beauty Facts finds Triphenyl Phosphate in the ingredient lists of 9 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often nail polishes, nail makeup and top coat.

  • Nail polishes3
  • Nail makeup2
  • Top coat1

Products with it, by country of sale: Australia 6 · Germany 6 · France 1 · Canada 1.

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