This entry shows data from the EU CosIng database. An editorial description has not been written and reviewed yet.
Functions
- Absorbent
- Taking up water- and/or oil-soluble (dissolved or finely dispersed) substances.
- Binding
- Providing adhesive properties during and after compression in cosmetic tablets and/or cakes.
- Emulsion stabilising
- Helping the process of emulsification and improving emulsion stability and shelf-life.
- Opacifying
- Reducing transparency or translucency of cosmetics.
- Exfoliating
- Initiating and/or accelerating removal of the layers of dead skin cells from the skin surface.
EU regulation
This ingredient is not listed in the annexes of Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 in the CosIng data.