Fatty acid amides made from borage seed oil, listed as a skin-conditioning ingredient.
What it is
Borage seed oil aminopropanediol amides are the product obtained by reacting borage seed oil, from Borago officinalis, with aminopropanediol, which gives amides of the fatty acids of the oil. CosIng lists them as a skin-conditioning ingredient.
Where it is used
Appears on the ingredient lists of a small number of products.
Limits of interpretation
The INCI list shows which ingredients are present, not how much of each. Above 1%, ingredients are listed in descending order of weight; below 1% the order is free.
The INCI name refers to a mixture of amides with different fatty acid chains, not a single compound.
Functions
- Skin conditioning
- Maintaining the skin in good condition.
EU regulation
This ingredient is not listed in the annexes of Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 in the CosIng data.