This entry shows data from the EU CosIng database. An editorial description has not been written and reviewed yet.
Functions
- Fragrance
- Imparting an odour or taste. Creating a perceivable pleasant smell and/or masking a bad smell.
- Solvent
- Dissolving other components of cosmetics. Solvents are usually liquids (aqueous and nonaqueous).
- Viscosity controlling
- Increasing or decreasing the viscosity (thickness) of cosmetics.
EU regulation
EU · Annex III, entry 188Ethylene glycol monobutyl ether (EGBE)
- Product type
- a) Solvent in oxidative hair dye products b) Solvent in non-oxidative hair dye products
- Maximum concentration
- a) 4.0% b) 2.0%
- As of
- 3 November 2026 · (EC) 2013/344