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What is PEG-60 Hydrogenated Castor Oil?

Surfactant, emulsifying

PEG-60 Hydrogenated Castor Oil is an emulsifier that mixes oil and water into one texture.

This ingredient is listed in CosIng, the EU's cosmetic ingredient database. CosIng lists what it's used for as: Surfactant, emulsifying, Surfactant, cleansing.

CosIng function classes are the EU's standard list of the jobs an ingredient does inside a product, such as moisturizing, emulsifying, or preserving.

Anything to watch out for?

Some products' ingredient lists mark this ingredient as below. If a mark's reason fits your skin, it is the ingredient to weigh in those products.

This ingredient is on pore-clogging ingredient lists, which matters most for skin that breaks out easily.
Marked this way on 4 products.

Each mark comes from matching the product's full ingredient list against lists for fragrance, labeled fragrance allergens, drying alcohols, essential oils, fungal acne, pore clogging, and pregnancy caution.

Which products feature it?

One of the 2320 products we've checked features this as a key ingredient.

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  • Product photo of Makeup Retouching Booster Pad

    celimax

    Makeup Retouching Booster Pad

    Key: PEG-60 Hydrogenated Castor Oil (#8 on the ingredient list), Hyaluronic Acid, Biosaccharide Gum-4

    Official (Korean)
    8 claims, summarized
    Don't count on:
    better hydration · calmer skin · a smoother skin texture
    See each claim

    claims, checked

    • Each sheet is individually wrapped so it is hygienic, and you can lightly carry as many as you need.backed by evidence
    • We made a portable cleansing pad that cleanly removes messy makeup and even contains moisturising ingredients.partly backed
    • #ImpurityRemoval #PortableEraserPad #MoistureHydrationpartly backed
    • The embossed front side removes clumped makeup, and the soft back side lets the boosting ingredients absorb.partly backed
    • The Makeup Retouching Pad and the Eraser Pad differ in their full ingredient composition. The Makeup Retouching Pad was developed with a texture more suitable for makeup retouching, with ingredients for makeup cleansing, impurity removal and moisture hydration.partly backed
    • Micellar particles pull in and remove impurities and oil like a magnet and then supply moisture to the skin, helping with effective and gentle cleansing.overstated
    • Hyaluronic acid makes the skin moist, and glacier water cleanly tidies the skin to create a skin condition good for makeup.overstated
    • Effective for impurity removal, flake care, skin texture tidying, moisture soothingoverstated