Viscosity controlling
1,221 ingredients, 31,274 products
Official definition
Increases or decreases the viscosity of cosmetics.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Definitions cited for information: the inventory decision was repealed on 8 May 2020.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
1,221 ingredients in the database declare the function “Viscosity controlling” in CosIngThe European Commission's database of cosmetic ingredients.. These are EU glossary names; an ingredient can declare several roles.
31,274 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: 29. 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 |
|---|---|
| POLYGLYCERYL-2 ISOSTEARATE/DIMER DILINOLEATE COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| POTASSIUM SULFATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ROSIN | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| SODIUM CARBOXYMETHYL STARCH | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| SYNTHETIC JAPAN WAX | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| TRIISONONANOIN | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ACACIA SENEGAL GUM EXTRACT | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ACRYLATES/STEARYL METHACRYLATE COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ACRYLIC ACID/VP CROSSPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ADIPIC ACID/NEOPENTYL GLYCOL CROSSPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ALUMINUM DIMYRISTATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| C20-24 ALKYL DIMETHICONE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| C30-45 ALKYL METHICONE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| CALCIUM STEARATE | Colorant allowed under conditions (Annex IV) |
| CAPRYL/CAPRAMIDOPROPYL BETAINE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| COCAMIDE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| DIPENTAERYTHRITYL PENTAISONONANOATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| MAGNESIUM PALMITATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| PEG-23M | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| SODIUM HYDROSULFITE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ACRYLATES CROSSPOLYMER-3 | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| BIS-VINYL DIMETHICONE/DIMETHICONE COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| C12-13 ALCOHOLS | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| DI-C20-40 ALKYL DIMER DILINOLEATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| HYDROGENATED STYRENE/METHYLSTYRENE/INDENE COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ISOCETYL ALCOHOL | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| JOJOBA ALCOHOL | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| NYLON-611/DIMETHICONE COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| PALMITAMIDE MEA | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| PEG-180M | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| POLYAMIDE-8 | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| POLYGLYCERYL-3 TETRASTEARATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| POLYISOPRENE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| SOLUM FULLONUM | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| SORBITOL/SEBACIC ACID COPOLYMER BEHENATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| TRILAURIN | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| TRISTEARIN | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| UNDECYL ALCOHOL | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ZINC LAURATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ACRYLATES/CETETH-20 ITACONATE COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| C30-38 OLEFIN/ISOPROPYL MALEATE/MA COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| CETYL BABASSUATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| COCAMIDE METHYL MEA | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| DIMETHICONE/DIVINYLDIMETHICONE/SILSESQUIOXANE CROSSPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| DIMETHYLIMIDAZOLIDINONE RICE STARCH | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| HYDROXYPROPYL STARCH | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| LAURAMIDE DEA | Cited as an example in a rule, no rule of its own (Annex III) |
| NYLON-6 | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| POLYVINYL LAURATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| SHELLAC | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| TRIPALMITIN | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ALLYL METHACRYLATES CROSSPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| AMMONIUM ACRYLOYLDIMETHYLTAURATE/VINYL FORMAMIDE COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ASCORBYL METHYLSILANOL PECTINATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ASTRAGALUS GUMMIFER GUM | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| C12-15 ALCOHOLS | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| CETEARETH-22 | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| CHOLESTERYL STEARATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| GLYCERETH-7 | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| HYDROGENATED POLY(C6-20 OLEFIN) | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| HYDROGENATED RAPESEED ALCOHOL | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| HYDROGENATED SUNFLOWER SEED OIL | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| HYDROXYETHYL ETHYLCELLULOSE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| METHYL PERFLUOROBUTYL ETHER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| PEG-150/DECYL ALCOHOL/SMDI COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| PENTAERYTHRITYL TETRASTEARATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| PHYTOSTERYL ISOSTEARYL DIMER DILINOLEATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| POLYACRYLATE-33 | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| PROPYLENE GLYCOL DIPELARGONATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| SILICA DIMETHICONE SILYLATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| SPIRULINA MAXIMA POWDER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| STEARETH-10 ALLYL ETHER/ACRYLATES COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| STEAROXYMETHICONE/DIMETHICONE COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| TRIETHYLENE GLYCOL HYDROGENATED ROSINATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| TRILINOLEIN | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| TRITICUM VULGARE KERNEL FLOUR | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ACRYLATES/STEARETH-20 ITACONATE COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ADIPIC ACID/FUMARIC ACID/TRICYCLODECANE DIMETHANOL COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| C12-18 ACID TRIGLYCERIDE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| CALCIUM PHOSPHATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| CETEARYL DIMETHICONE/VINYL DIMETHICONE CROSSPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| CROSCARMELLOSE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ELAEIS GUINEENSIS BUTTER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| HYDROGENATED PEANUT OIL | Allowed with restrictions (Annex III) |
| HYDROGENATED SWEET ALMOND OIL | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| LAURYL METHACRYLATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| METHOXY PEG-22/DODECYL GLYCOL COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| NYLON-66 | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| OXIDIZED POLYETHYLENE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| PEG-240/HDI COPOLYMER BIS-DECYLTETRADECETH-20 ETHER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| PENTAERYTHRITYL TETRABEHENATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| PHTHALIC ANHYDRIDE/GLYCERIN/GLYCIDYL DECANOATE COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| PROPYLENE GLYCOL DICAPRYLATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ROSA MULTIFLORA FLOWER CERA | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| SODIUM ACRYLIC ACID/MA COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| SODIUM SESAMESEEDATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| SODIUM TOCOPHERYL PHOSPHATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| TRIARACHIDIN | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| TRILINOLENIN | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ACRYLATES/VINYL NEODECANOATE CROSSPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ACRYLIC ACID/ACRYLAMIDOMETHYL PROPANE SULFONIC ACID COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| AMMONIUM XYLENESULFONATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ARACHIDYL BEHENATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| C8-9 ISOPARAFFIN | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| CARBOXYMETHYL HYDROXYETHYLCELLULOSE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| COCO/OLEAMIDOPROPYL BETAINE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| DISODIUM FLAVINE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| DISTEARETH-100 IPDI | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| DM HYDANTOIN | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ETHYLENE DISTEARAMIDE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| GHATTI GUM | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| GLYCERETH-20 | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| GLYCOL DILAURATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| HYDROGENATED POLYBUTENE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| HYDROGENATED ROSIN | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| HYDROLYZED GUAR | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| HYDROXYPROPYL METHYLCELLULOSE STEAROXY ETHER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| LAURYL PHENYLISOPROPYL METHICONE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| METHYL PERFLUOROISOBUTYL ETHER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| MYRICA PUBESCENS FRUIT CERA | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| OLEAMIDE DEA | Cited as an example in a rule, no rule of its own (Annex III) |
| PEG-12 DIMETHICONE CROSSPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| PEG-160M | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| PEG-20M | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| PEG-9M | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| POLY(C20-28 OLEFIN) | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| POLYCYCLOPENTADIENE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| POLYETHER-1 | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| POLYGLYCERYL-3 STEARATE/SEBACATE CROSSPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| POTASSIUM RAPESEEDATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| PROPYLENE GLYCOL ALGINATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| PYRUS MALUS FIBER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| SHEA BUTTER GLYCERIDES | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| SODIUM ARACHIDATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| SODIUM AVOCADOATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| STEARAMIDE MEA | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| STERCULIA URENS GUM | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| UNDECYLENAMIDE DEA | Cited as an example in a rule, no rule of its own (Annex III) |
| 7-DEHYDROCHOLESTEROL | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ACACIA FARNESIANA FLOWER/STEM EXTRACT | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ACRYLATES/VA COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| AMMONIUM ACRYLOYLDIMETHYLTAURATE/STEARETH-8 METHACRYLATE COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| APHANOTHECE SACRUM POLYSACCHARIDE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| AVENA SATIVA STARCH | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| BEHENOXY PEG-10 DIMETHICONE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| BIS-BUTYLDIMETHICONE POLYGLYCERYL-3 | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| BUTOXYDIGLYCOL | Allowed with restrictions (Annex III) Annex III, entry 187: products: Solvent in hair dye products; maximum concentration: 9% |
| C10-11 ISOPARAFFIN | Prohibited above an impurity threshold (Annex II) |
| CAESALPINIA SPINOSA GUM/AMMONIUM AMPS CROSSPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| CAMELLIA SINENSIS LEAF WAX | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| CANDELILLA CERA HYDROCARBONS | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| CARBOMER/PAPAIN CROSSPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| CETYL LAURATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| CHOLESTERYL HYDROXYSTEARATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| COPAL | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| DECYLTETRADECANOL | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| DEODORIZED KEROSENE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| DIMER DILINOLEYL DIISOSTEARATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| DIMETHYL LAURAMINE OLEATE | Cited as an example in a rule, no rule of its own (Annex III) |
| DIMETHYLACRYLAMIDE/SODIUM ACRYLOYLDIMETHYLTAURATE CROSSPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| DIPENTAERYTHRITYL HEXAHYDROXYSTEARATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| DIPHENYL DIMETHICONE/VINYL DIPHENYL DIMETHICONE/SILSESQUIOXANE CROSSPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| DIVINYLDIMETHICONE/DIMETHICONE CROSSPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ETHYL METHACRYLATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ETHYL METHYLPHENYLGLYCIDATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ETHYLENE DIOLEAMIDE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| EUGLENA GRACILIS POLYSACCHARIDE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| HYDROGENATED GRAPESEED OIL | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| HYDROGENATED METHYL ABIETATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| HYDROGENATED RICE BRAN WAX | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| HYDROGENATED SOY GLYCERIDES | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| HYDROGENATED TALLOW | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| HYDROGENATED TETRADECENYL/METHYLPENTADECENE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| HYDROLYZED ALBUMEN | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| HYDROXYSTEARIC/LINOLENIC/LINOLEIC POLYGLYCERIDES | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| LANETH-15 | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| LANETH-40 | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| LANETH-5 | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| LAURYL/MYRISTYL WHEAT BRAN/STRAW GLYCOSIDES | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| MACROCYSTIS PYRIFERA | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| METHYL HYDROXYETHYLCELLULOSE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| METHYLSTYRENE/VINYLTOLUENE COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| MONTAN CERA | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| MYRICA CERIFERA FRUIT WAX | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| PEG-10 DIMETHICONE CROSSPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| PEG-150/STEARYL ALCOHOL/SMDI COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| PEG-800 | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| PENTASODIUM ETHYLENEDIAMINE TETRAMETHYLENE PHOSPHONATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| PHASEOLUS ANGULARIS SEED POWDER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| PHASEOLUS RADIATUS SEED POWDER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| POLYACRYLATE-3 | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| POLYURETHANE-39 | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| POTASSIUM ALGINATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| POTASSIUM CARBOMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| PPG-2 COCAMIDE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| PROPYLENE GLYCOL BUTYL ETHER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| QUATERNIUM-18 BENTONITE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| QUATERNIUM-18 HECTORITE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| SEPIOLITE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| SODIUM MAGNESIUM FLUOROSILICATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| SODIUM POLYGAMMA-GLUTAMATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| SODIUM ROSINATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| SOYAMIDE DEA | Cited as an example in a rule, no rule of its own (Annex III) |
| STEARYL STEAROYL STEARATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| TETRADECENE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| VINYL DIMETHICONE/LAURYL DIMETHICONE CROSSPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| 1,2,6-HEXANETRIOL | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| 1,2-BUTANEDIOL | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ABIETYL ALCOHOL | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ABYSSINIAN/MEADOWFOAMAMIDOPROPYL HYDROXYSULTAINE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ACACIA FARNESIANA GUM | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ACACIA SENEGAL FLOWER/STEM EXTRACT | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ACETYL CYCLODEXTRIN | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ACRYLAMIDE/ETHALKONIUM CHLORIDE ACRYLATE COPOLYMER | Cited as an example in a rule, no rule of its own (Annex III) |
| ACRYLAMIDE/ETHYLTRIMONIUM CHLORIDE ACRYLATE/ETHALKONIUM CHLORIDE ACRYLATE COPOLYMER | Cited as an example in a rule, no rule of its own (Annex III) |
| ACRYLAMIDES COPOLYMER | Cited as an example in a rule, no rule of its own (Annex III) |
| ACRYLATES/C10-30 ALKYL METHACRYLATE COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ACRYLATES/C5-8 ALKYL ACRYLATE COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ACRYLATES/CETETH-20 METHACRYLATE COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ACRYLATES/DIACETONEACRYLAMIDE COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ACRYLATES/LAURETH-25 METHACRYLATE COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ACRYLATES/METHOXY PEG-15 METHACRYLATE COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ACRYLATES/PALMETH-25 ITACONATE COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ACRYLATES/STEARETH-50 ACRYLATE COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ACRYLIC ACID/ACRYLONITROGENS COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ACRYLIC ACID/C12-22 ALKYL ACRYLATE COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ACRYLIC ACID/ISOPROPYLACRYLAMIDE/MIBK ACRYLAMIDE CROSSPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ACRYLIC ACID/LAURYL METHACRYLATE/ISODECYL METHACRYLATE CROSSPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ACRYLIC ACID/POLYVINYL ALCOHOL ACRYLATE CROSSPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ADIPIC ACID/PPG-10 COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| AGAROSE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ALMONDAMIDE DEA | Cited as an example in a rule, no rule of its own (Annex III) |
| ALMONDAMIDOPROPYL BETAINE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ALUMINUM BEHENATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ALUMINUM BENZOATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ALUMINUM CAPRYLATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ALUMINUM DIBENZOATE/STEARATE HYDROXIDE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ALUMINUM DILINOLEATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ALUMINUM DISTEARATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ALUMINUM ISOSTEARATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ALUMINUM ISOSTEARATES/LAURATES/PALMITATES | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ALUMINUM ISOSTEARATES/LAURATES/STEARATES | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ALUMINUM ISOSTEARATES/MYRISTATES | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ALUMINUM ISOSTEARATES/PALMITATES | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ALUMINUM ISOSTEARATES/STEARATES | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ALUMINUM ISOSTEARYL GLYCERYL PHOSPHATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ALUMINUM LANOLATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ALUMINUM METHIONATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ALUMINUM MYRISTATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ALUMINUM MYRISTATES/PALMITATES | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ALUMINUM TRISTEARATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| AMMONIUM ACRYLATES/ACRYLONITROGENS COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| AMMONIUM ACRYLOYL DIMETHYLTAURATE/CARBOXYETHYL ACRYLATE CROSSPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| AMMONIUM ALGINATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| AMMONIUM PHOSPHATIDYL RAPESEEDATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| AMMONIUM THIOCYANATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| APRICOTAMIDE DEA | Cited as an example in a rule, no rule of its own (Annex III) |
| APRICOTAMIDOPROPYL BETAINE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ARACHIDYL GLYCOL | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ARACHIS HYPOGAEA FLOUR | Allowed with restrictions (Annex III) |
| ASTRAGALUS GUMMIFER ROOT EXTRACT | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ATTAPULGITE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| AVOCADAMIDE DEA | Cited as an example in a rule, no rule of its own (Annex III) |
| AVOCADAMIDE DIPA | Cited as an example in a rule, no rule of its own (Annex III) |
| AVOCADAMIDOPROPYL BETAINE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| AZELAMIDE MEA | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| BABASSUAMIDE DEA | Cited as an example in a rule, no rule of its own (Annex III) |
| BABASSUAMIDE MEA | Cited as an example in a rule, no rule of its own (Annex III) |
| BACILLUS/CLADOSIPHON OKAMURANUS/SOYBEAN FERMENT FILTRATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| BEHENAMIDE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| BEHENAMIDOPROPYL DIMETHYLAMINE BEHENATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| BEHENYL BETAINE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| BEHENYL METHACRYLATE/PERFLUOROOCTYLETHYL METHACRYLATE COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| BEHENYL OLIVATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| BENZALKONIUM MONTMORILLONITE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| BENZALKONIUM SEPIOLITE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| BENZYLIDENE SORBITOL | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| BETULA PENDULA WOOD EXTRACT | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| BIOTITE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| BIS-(C1-8 ALKYL LAUROYL LYSINE DECYLCARBOXAMIDE) DIMETHICONE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| BIS-ADAMANTYL PEG-800 DICARBOXAMIDE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| BIS-ARACHIDYL PEG-400/SMDI COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| BIS-BEHENYL/PHYTOSTERYL DIMER DILINOLEATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| BIS-C16-20 ISOALKOXY TMHDI/PEG-90 COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| BIS-C24-28 HYDROXYALKYL OLIVOYL GLUTAMATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| BIS-DECYLTETRADECANYL IPDI/PEG-795 COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| BIS-DECYLTETRADECETH-20/BEHENETH-20 PEG-240/HDI COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| BIS-DIOCTADECYLAMIDE DIMER DILINOLEIC ACID/ETHYLENEDIAMINE COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| BIS-HYDROXYLAURYL DIMETHICONE/IPDI COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| BIS-ISOSTEARYL 1,4-BUTANEDIOL/HDI/HYDROGENATED DIMER DILINOLEYL ALCOHOL COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| BIS-ISOSTEARYL DIMER DILINOLEYL DIMER DILINOLEATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| BIS-LAURYLDIMONIUMHYDROXYETHYL BROMIDE (PEG-220/SMDI COPOLYMER) | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| BIS-METHOXY PEG-13 PEG-438/PPG-110 SMDI COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| BIS-METHOXY PEG-13 PEG-502/PPG-57/SMDI COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| BIS-STEARYL IPDI/PEG-795 COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| BIS-STEARYL PEG/PPG-8/6 SMDI/PEG-400 COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| BIS-VINYLDIMETHICONE/BIS-ISOBUTYL PPG-20 CROSSPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| BIS-VINYLDIMETHICONE/PEG-10 DIMETHICONE CROSSPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| BIS-VINYLDIMETHICONE/PPG-20 CROSSPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| BISPOLYETHYLENE DIMETHICONE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
Ingredients subject to rules
- BENZYL ALCOHOL : Allowed with restrictions (Annex III)
Preservative allowed under conditions (Annex V)
Annex III, entry 45: products: (a) Solvent (b) Fragrance/ aromatic compositions/ their raw materials
Annex V, entry 34: maximum concentration: 1.0% - ALUMINUM HYDROXIDE : Colorant allowed under conditions (Annex IV)
- ZINC STEARATE : Colorant allowed under conditions (Annex IV)
- BENTONITE : Colorant allowed under conditions (Annex IV)
- ALUMINUM STEARATE : Colorant allowed under conditions (Annex IV)
- SODIUM STYRENE/ACRYLATES COPOLYMER : Prohibited in nano form (Annex II)
- CITRUS LIMON PEEL POWDER : Prohibited, except natural content of essential oils (Annex II)
- CALCIUM STEARATE : Colorant allowed under conditions (Annex IV)
- HYDROGENATED PEANUT OIL : Allowed with restrictions (Annex III)
- BUTOXYDIGLYCOL : Allowed with restrictions (Annex III)
Annex III, entry 187: products: Solvent in hair dye products; maximum concentration: 9% - C10-11 ISOPARAFFIN : Prohibited above an impurity threshold (Annex II)
- ARACHIS HYPOGAEA FLOUR : Allowed with restrictions (Annex III)
- BUTOXYETHANOL : Allowed with restrictions (Annex III)
Annex III, entry 188: products: a) Solvent in oxidative hair dye products b) Solvent in non-oxidative hair dye products; maximum concentration: a) 4.0% b) 2.0% - C10-11 ISOALKANE (FORMERLY C10-11 ISOPARAFFIN) : Prohibited above an impurity threshold (Annex II)
- C7-8 ISOALKANE (FORMERLY C7-8 ISOPARAFFIN) : Prohibited above an impurity threshold (Annex II)
- C8-9 ISOALKANE (FORMERLY C8-9 ISOPARAFFIN) : Prohibited above an impurity threshold (Annex II)
- CALCIUM UNDECYLENATE : Preservative allowed under conditions (Annex V)
Annex V, entry 18: maximum concentration: 0.2% (as acid) - DEA-LINOLEATE : Prohibited in cosmetics (Annex II)
- DIALLYLOXYNEOHEXYL ZIRCONIUM TRIDECANOATE : Prohibited, with exceptions (Annex II)
- DIETHYLENE GLYCOL : Prohibited in cosmetics (Annex II)
Allowed with restrictions (Annex III)
Annex III, entry 186: products: As traces in ingredients; maximum concentration: 0.1% - ETHOXYETHANOL : Prohibited in cosmetics (Annex II)
- HEXANE : Prohibited in cosmetics (Annex II)
- HYDROABIETYL ALCOHOL : Prohibited as a fragrance ingredient (Annex II)
- METHOXYDIGLYCOL : Prohibited in cosmetics (Annex II)
- METHOXYETHANOL : Prohibited in cosmetics (Annex II)
- METHOXYETHANOL ACETATE : Prohibited in cosmetics (Annex II)
- PEANUTAMIDE MEA : Allowed with restrictions (Annex III)
- PEANUTAMIDE MIPA : Allowed with restrictions (Annex III)
- SODIUM PEANUTATE : Allowed with restrictions (Annex III)