Ingredient
BIS(HYDROXYETHYL)OLEYLAMMONIUM ETHYL BEHENYL PHOSPHATE
Substance information
"Hydroxy..." generally refers to a hydroxy (hydroxyl) group -OH; the functional group of alcohols. This ingredient contains oleyl alcohol (octadec-9-en-1-ol) as alcoholic component. "Ammonium..." refers generally to an ammonium salt. "Ethyl" refers mostly to ethanol (ethyl alcohol) as an alcoholic component or generally a hydrocarbon residue with 2 carbon atoms. This ingredient contains behenyl alcohol (1-docosanol) as alcoholic component. Phosphates are salts or esters of phosphoric acid.
Function(s) of this ingredient in cosmetic products
SKIN CONDITIONING - EMOLLIENT
Softens and smoothens the skin
Origin
synthetic animal/synthetic/plant (Information may exclusively reflect the status at initial entry of this ingredient into the relevant INCI dictionary; technological progress may have added new manufacturing options based on substances of different origin)
Belongs to the following substance groups
Regulating cosmetics
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