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INCI names / Cetearyl alcohol

Cetearyl alcohol INCI name

The INCI name for cetearyl alcohol is Cetearyl Alcohol. The tools list it by that name in every product, soap included, at the weight you enter.

In lotions, balms and other cosmeticsCetearyl Alcohol
In cold-process soapCetearyl Alcohol, as added
On a US labelCetearyl Alcohol
In Great Britain and Northern IrelandThe same name as the EU. Northern Ireland uses the EU glossary cited below; Great Britain still uses the glossary it kept from the EU, where the name has another entry number.
What it is used for (CosIng)skin conditioning (emollient), surfactant (emulsifying), emulsion stabilising, surfactant (foam boosting), opacifying, surfactant (cleansing), viscosity controlling
Also entered ascetostearyl alcohol

Glossary citation: Cetearyl Alcohol #5875 (Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/1175 on EUR-Lex).

In the soap or skincare tool, put it on its own line with its weight, for example "cetearyl alcohol, 5", and the tool prints the name for the region you choose.

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Transcribed from the EU glossary of common ingredient names (Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/1175) and checked against it; the US names are the ones FDA's substance registry (GSRS) records, and the uses are those CosIng, the Commission's cosmetic ingredient database, lists. A labelling reference.