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What is Sorbitan Sesquioleate?

Surfactant, emulsifying

Sorbitan Sesquioleate 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.

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 is a fungal-acne trigger, one of the ingredients people with fungal acne avoid.
Marked this way on 72 products.
This ingredient is on pore-clogging ingredient lists, which matters most for skin that breaks out easily.
Marked this way on 11 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?

5 of the 2320 products we've checked feature this as a key ingredient. Products that disclose a concentration or list it near the top of the ingredient list come first.

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  • Product photo of Dive-In Low Molecular Hyaluronic Acid Cleansing Oil

    Torriden

    Dive-In Low Molecular Hyaluronic Acid Cleansing Oil

    Key: Sorbitan Sesquioleate (#6 on the ingredient list), Ethylhexyl Palmitate, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride

    Brand storeOfficial (Korean)
    4 claims, summarized
    Don't count on:
    better hydration · less shine
    See each claim

    claims, checked

    • Low molecular weight oil removes makeup and impurities inside pores.overstated
    • It contains 8D complex low molecular weight hyaluronic acid, keeping the skin moist after cleansing.overstated
    • Light and moist pore deep cleansingoverstated
    • It adsorbs excess oil and leaves moisture.no supporting source found
  • Product photo of Pore Barrier Cleansing Balm

    skinnlab

    Pore Barrier Cleansing Balm

    Key: Sorbitan Sesquioleate (#6 on the ingredient list), Cetyl Ethylhexanoate, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride

    Official (Korean)
    3 claims checked

    claims, checked

    • Dispense an appropriate amount of cleansing balm onto dry skin, cleanse as if massaging gently, then finish by washing clean with lukewarm water.backed by evidence
    • Pore impurities out without irritationoverstated
    • Pore Barrierno supporting source found

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