Acts as a fragrance ingredient, humectant, skin conditioning agent, solvent and viscosity decreasing agent in a wide variety of hair and skin care products, makeup, oral care products, nail polish, bath products, and fragrances.

INCI:

Propylene Glycol

Claims:

  • Effective humectant and wetting agent preventing water loss in products and in the skin
  • Increases skin permeability of active ingredients as it penetrates into the outermost skin layers
  • Emollient and lubricant properties
  • Excellent solubilizer of other ingredients
  • Increases spreading of creams

Applications/ Recommended for:

  • Skin care
  • Hair care

Recommended use levels:

1.0 - 20.0 %, depending on the application.

Ingredient information

CAS NUMBERAvailable 
CERTIFICATIONSNot applicable
GRADESCosmetic
SOURCESynthetic
VEGAN STATUSVegan suitable
PALM DERIVATIVES STATUSPalm free