A mild anionic surfactant.
What it is
Disodium laureth sulfosuccinate is a sulfosuccinate surfactant often used to make cleansers milder and to support foam.
Where it is used
Found in shampoos, baby washes and facial cleansers.
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.
Functions
- Cleansing
- Helping to keep the body surface clean.
- Foaming
- Traping numerous small bubbles of air or other gas within a small volume of liquid by modifying the surface tension of the liquid.
- Surfactant – foam boosting
- Increasing foaming capacity and/or stabilize foams in general.
- Surfactant – hydrotrope
- Enhancing the water solubility of another surfactant.
- 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).
EU regulation
This ingredient is not listed in the annexes of Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 in the CosIng data.
Products with this ingredient (157)
- Tattoo Liner Ink Pen · Maybelline
- Hyper Easy · Maybelline
- High Intensity Precision Liner · ArtDeco
- Deep Black Liquid Liner · ArtDeco
- Flow Master Pen Eyeliner – no. 04 BAF · Pierre René
- Flow Master Pen Eyeliner – no. 03 LAPIS LAZULI · Pierre René
- Flow Master Pen Eyeliner – no. 02 SWEET PLUM · Pierre René
- Flow Master Pen Eyeliner – no. 01 TOBACCO · Pierre René
- One Move Liquid Eyeliner · Inglot
- ALL EYES NEED Eye Makeup Set · Inglot
- Wodoodporny precyzyjny eyeliner, czarny · Eveline Cosmetics
- Eyeliner z pędzelkiem, brązowy · Eveline Cosmetics