Characteristics
- INCI
- Benzyl Alcohol
- CAS
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100-51-6
This is the substance number in the Chemical Abstracts Service registry. The CAS number uniquely identifies a substance regardless of language, trade name, or synonyms.
- EC
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202-859-9
This is the substance number in the European chemical identification system (EC number), used in European regulatory databases including ECHA/CosIng.
- IUPAC
- Benzyl Alcohol
- Functions
- perfuming, preservative, solvent, viscosity controlling
- EU Restr.
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III/45 and V/34
EU regulatory status: restricted use. The ingredient is permitted in EU cosmetics but its use and labelling are regulated.
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Для кого подходит
Description
It's one of those things that help your cosmetics not to go wrong too soon, aka a preservative. It can be naturally found in fruits and teas but can also be made synthetically.
No matter the origin, in small amounts (up to 1%) it’s a nice, gentle preservative. Has to be combined with some other nice preservatives, like potassium sorbate to be broad spectrum enough.
In high amounts, it can be a skin irritant, but don’t worry, it’s never used in high amounts.
Found in products (19 754 total)
Наиболее часто встречается в продукции L'Oreal (423 продуктов)
