A potassium soap of stearic acid used as a cleansing agent and emulsifier.
What it is
Potassium stearate is the potassium salt of stearic acid, a fatty acid soap. CosIng lists it as a cleansing agent and an emulsifying and cleansing surfactant.
Where it is used
Found in shaving creams and foams, cleansing creams, soaps and some creams and lotions.
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.
It can also form in the product from stearic acid and potassium hydroxide, so it is not always added as such.
Functions
- Cleansing
- Helping to keep the body surface clean.
- Surfactant – emulsifying
- Helping suspensions or dispersions of liquids in a second liquid by reducing the surface tension of the substances to be emulsified.
- 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 (11)
- Charlotte's Life-changing Lip Mask: Hydrating Pink Lip Mask · Charlotte Tilbury
- Revive, Replump + Beautify Lip Kit: Lip Liner And Lip Mask · Charlotte Tilbury
- BLONDME Bond Enforcing Premium Lightener 9+ 450 g · Schwarzkopf Professional
- Tula bright start · Tula
- Crema de afeitar - Piel sensible · Henkel
- Bio Melos Sanddorn · Speick Naturkosmetik
- Stick à raser/Shave Stick Classic (with Palm Extract) · Palmolive
- Rasiercreme · Weleda
- Palette Salon Colors 8.5 · Henkel
- Palette Salon Colors 4.89 · Henkel
- Coloration crème soin à l'huile d'argan Châtain caramel 660 · Henkel