Depilatory
45 ingredients, 120 products
Official definition
Removes unwanted body hair.Decision 2006/257/EC, inventory of cosmetic ingredients (definitions of functions).
Definitions cited for information: the inventory decision was repealed on 8 May 2020. It does not establish an authorisation.
In plain words
45 ingredients in the database declare the function “Depilatory” in CosIngThe European Commission's database of cosmetic ingredients.. These are EU glossary names; an ingredient can declare several roles.
120 products in the database list at least one of these ingredients, each counted once. This count does not establish the role or effectiveness of the finished product.
Ingredients subject to a prohibition or conditions of use under the Cosmetics Regulation: 1. A declared role is not an authorisation: check the conditions for the ingredient and its intended use.
Ingredients declaring this function
Most frequent in the products of the database first.
| Ingredient | Regulatory status |
|---|---|
| THIOGLYCERIN | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| POTASSIUM THIOGLYCOLATE | Cited as an example in a rule, no rule of its own (Annex III) |
| COLOPHONIUM | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| THIOLACTIC ACID | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| HYDROGENATED POLYCYCLOPENTADIENE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| THIOGLYCOLIC ACID | Allowed with restrictions (Annex III) Annex III, entry 2a: products: (a) Hair products (b) Depilatories (c) Hair rinse-off products (d) Products intended for eyelash waving; maximum concentration: (a) (i) 8% (ii) 11% (b) 5% (c) 2% (d) 11% The abovementioned percentages are calculated as thioglycollic acid |
| AMMONIUM THIOLACTATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| CALCIUM THIOGLYCOLATE | Cited as an example in a rule, no rule of its own (Annex III) |
| HYDROGENATED POLYDICYCLOPENTADIENE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| AMMONIUM THIOGLYCOLATE | Cited as an example in a rule, no rule of its own (Annex III) |
| C5-6 OLEFIN/STYRENE COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| STYRENE/METHYLSTYRENE COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| BACILLUS/LACTOBACILLUS/HONEYSUCKLE FLOWER/(BIOTA ORIENTALIS/ECLIPTA PROSTRATA/MENTHA ARVENSIS/MORUS ALBA/PERILLA FRUTESCENS LEAF)/(ECKLONIA CAVA/HOUTTUYNIA CORDATA LEAF/STEM)/CITRUS JAPONICA PEEL/POLYGONUM MULTIFLORUM ROOT/SOYBEAN EXTRACT FERMENT | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| BACILLUS/LACTOBACILLUS/MONASCUS/RICE BRAN EXTRACT/SOYBEAN EXTRACT FERMENT FILTRATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| BARIUM SULFIDE | Cited as an example in a rule, no rule of its own (Annex III) |
| C4-6 OLEFIN/STYRENE COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| CALCIUM SULFIDE | Cited as an example in a rule, no rule of its own (Annex III) |
| CALCIUM THIOGLYCOLATE HYDROXIDE | Cited as an example in a rule, no rule of its own (Annex III) |
| DICYCLOPENTADIENE/ISOPENTENE/ISOPRENE COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| DICYCLOPENTADIENE/ISOPENTENE/ISOPRENE/STYRENE COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| DIETHYLENE GLYCOL ROSINATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| DIETHYLENE GLYCOL/TRIETHYLENE GLYCOL ROSINATES | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| DIMETHYLAMINOPROPYLAMINO HYPOCRELLIN B | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ETHANOLAMINE THIOGLYCOLATE | Cited as an example in a rule, no rule of its own (Annex III) |
| ETHYL THIOGLYCOLATE | Cited as an example in a rule, no rule of its own (Annex III) |
| GLYCERYL/PENTAERYTHRITYL/ROSIN/TRIETHYLENE GLYCOL ESTERS | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| HYDROGENATED DICYCLOPENTADIENE/ISOPENTENE/ISOPRENE COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| HYDROGENATED DICYCLOPENTADIENE/ISOPENTENE/ISOPRENE/STYRENE COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| LITHIUM SULFIDE | Cited as an example in a rule, no rule of its own (Annex III) |
| MAGNESIUM SULFIDE | Cited as an example in a rule, no rule of its own (Annex III) |
| MAGNESIUM THIOGLYCOLATE | Cited as an example in a rule, no rule of its own (Annex III) |
| MEL POWDER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| MERCAPTOPROPIONIC ACID | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| PHENOL/STYRENE/METHYLSTYRENE COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| PINEAPPLE FRUIT EXTRACT BETA-GLUCAN | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| POLYTERPENE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| POTASSIUM SULFIDE | Cited as an example in a rule, no rule of its own (Annex III) |
| PROPANEDIOL ROSINATES | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ROSIN GLYCERIDES | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ROSIN/FORMALDEHYDE COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| SODIUM SULFIDE | Cited as an example in a rule, no rule of its own (Annex III) |
| SODIUM THIOGLYCOLATE | Cited as an example in a rule, no rule of its own (Annex III) |
| STRONTIUM SULFIDE | Cited as an example in a rule, no rule of its own (Annex III) |
| STRONTIUM THIOGLYCOLATE | Cited as an example in a rule, no rule of its own (Annex III) |
| ZINC SULFIDE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
Ingredients subject to rules
- THIOGLYCOLIC ACID : Allowed with restrictions (Annex III)
Annex III, entry 2a: products: (a) Hair products (b) Depilatories (c) Hair rinse-off products (d) Products intended for eyelash waving; maximum concentration: (a) (i) 8% (ii) 11% (b) 5% (c) 2% (d) 11% The abovementioned percentages are calculated as thioglycollic acid