A foam booster and thickener from coconut fatty acids.
What it is
Cocamide MIPA is an amide made from coconut fatty acids and isopropanolamine. It thickens cleansers and stabilises foam.
Where it is used
Shampoos, shower gels and liquid soaps.
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.
See the EU regulation section for the applicable conditions.
Functions
- Surfactant – emulsifying
- Helping suspensions or dispersions of liquids in a second liquid by reducing the surface tension of the substances to be emulsified.
- Emulsion stabilising
- Helping the process of emulsification and improving emulsion stability and shelf-life.
- Surfactant – foam boosting
- Increasing foaming capacity and/or stabilize foams in general.
- Surfactant – cleansing
- Wetting body surfaces, emulsifying or solubilizing oils, and suspending soil (generally, such ingredients contribute to the foaming and lathering properties of cleansing products).
- Viscosity controlling
- Increasing or decreasing the viscosity (thickness) of cosmetics.
EU regulation
This ingredient is not listed in the annexes of Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 in the CosIng data.
Products with this ingredient (111)
- Cherry Almond Softening Shampoo · Aveda
- Island Breeze Shaving Gel · Balea
- Shaving Gel Ultra Sensitive · Balea Men
- Shaving Gel Sensitive · Balea Men
- Shaving Gel Aloe Vera, travel size · Balea
- Organic Fructis Pineapple Hair Food Glowing Lengths Shampoo · L'Oréal
- Shaving Gel Fresh · Balea Men
- Shaving Gel Lemon Lover · Balea
- Shaving Gel Sensitive, Travel Size · Balea Men
- Shaving Gel Pure Cotton · Balea
- Shaving Gel Pure Cotton, travel size · Balea
- Shaving Gel Ultra Sensitive · Balea med