This entry shows data from the EU CosIng database. An editorial description has not been written and reviewed yet.

Functions

Surfactant – foam boosting
Increasing foaming capacity and/or stabilize foams in general.
Hair conditioning
Enhancing the appearance and feel of hair. Leaving the hair easy to comb, supple, soft and shiny and/or imparting volume, lightness, gloss, texture, etc.
Viscosity controlling
Increasing or decreasing the viscosity (thickness) of cosmetics.
Surfactant – solubilizing
Helping another component (solute) to dissolve in a medium in which it is not normally soluble.

EU regulation

This ingredient is not listed in the annexes of Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 in the CosIng data.

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