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is stearyl alcohol an unsafe ingredient in skincare products?

April 26, 2017alcohol beauty ingredient products skin skincare stearyl unsafe

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is stearyl alcohol an unsafe ingredient in skincare products?

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Stearyl alcohol is fatty alcohol used as an emollient and to help keep other ingredients intact in a formulation. See fatty alcohol. And Fatty alcohol is made from fatty acids; fatty alcohols are used in cosmetics as thickening agents and emollients. They are not drying or irritating forms of alcohol. Bottom Line: Stearyl alcohol or Cetyl alcohol are standard, benign, waxlike cosmetic thickening agents and are completely nonirritating and safe to use.