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EC / List no.: 277-288-1
CAS no.: 73138-39-3
Butylene Glycol Cocoate is a multifunctional ingredient that brings benefit to many categories of cosmetic products.
For makeups and powders, Butylene Glycol Cocoate is pigment wetting, dispersing, and improves color payout.
For sun care, Butylene Glycol Cocoate is a solubilizer for organic and mineral sun filters and boosts SPF.
For skin care, Butylene Glycol Cocoate acts as an emollient.
Product certified RSPO Mass Balance.
BUTYLENE GLYCOL COCOATE is classified as :
Emulsifying
Emulsion stabilising
Viscosity controlling
emulsion stabilizer, viscosity increasing agent - nonaqueous, emulsifying, emulsion stabilising, and viscosity controlling
Description
Coconut oil fatty acids, 2-hydroxybutyl ester
The functions of the cosmetic ingredient
EMULSION STABILISING : helping the process of emulsification and improving emulsion stability and shelf-life.
SURFACTANT - EMULSIFYING : helping suspensions or dispersions of liquids in a second liquid by reducing the surface tension of the substances to be emulsified.
VISCOSITY CONTROLLING : increasing or decreasing the viscosity (thickness) of cosmetics.
What Is Butylene Glycol Cocoate?
Coconut Oil, also called Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil, is a pale-yellow, semisolid, edible oil. Coconut Acid is a mixture of fatty acids derived from Coconut Oil.
Other ingredients made from Coconut Oil and/or Coconut Acid that may be used in cosmetics and personal care products include: Hydrogenated Coconut Oil, Hydrogenated Coconut Acid, Coconut Alcohol, Butylene Glycol Cocoate, Caprylic/Capric/Coco Glycerides, Cocoglycerides, Coconut Oil Decyl Esters, Decyl Cocoate, Ethylhexyl Cocoate, Isodecyl Cocoate, Lauryl Cocoate, Methyl Cocoate, Octyldodecyl Cocoate, Pentaerythrityl Cocoate, Tridecyl Cocoate, Magnesium Cocoate, Potassium Cocoate, Sodium Cocoate, Ammonium Cocomonoglyceride Sulfate, Sodium Cocomonoglyceride Sulfate, Hydrogenated Coco-Glycerides, Potassium Hydrogenated Cocoate and Sodium Hydrogenated Cocoate.
Among these ingredients made from Coconut Oil and/or its fatty acids, Coconut Oil is the most frequently used in the formulation of cosmetic and personal care products.
Coconut Oil can be found in many categories of cosmetic and personal care products including bath products, eye makeup, hair care products, shaving creams, suntan products, skin care products and lipsticks.
Why is Butylene Glycol Cocoate used in cosmetics and personal care products?
When used in cosmetics and personal care products, Coconut Oil and Coconut Acid, and the ingredients derived from Coconut Oil and Coconut Acid have the following functions.
Anticaking agents - Magnesium Cocoate
Emulsion stabilizers - Coconut Alcohol, Butylene Glycol Cocoate
Hair conditioning agents - Cocus Nucifera (Coconut) Oil,
Opacifying agents - Hydrogenated Coconut Acid
Skin-conditioning agents - emollient - Caprylic/Capric/Coco Glycerides, Cocoglycerides, Ethylhexyl Cocoate, Isodecyl Cocoate, Lauryl Cocoate, Methyl Cocoate, Octyldodecyl Cocoate, Hydrogenated Coco-Glycerides
Skin-conditioning agents - miscellaneous - Cocus Nucifera (Coconut) Oil, Pentaerythrityl Cocoate
Skin-conditioning agents - occlusive - Cocus Nucifera (Coconut) Oil, Hydrogenated Coconut Oil, Coconut Oil Decyl Esters, Decyl Cocoate, Lauryl Cocoate, Tridecyl Cocoate
Slip modifiers - Magnesium Cocoate
Surfactants - cleansing agents - Coconut Acid, Hydrogenated Coconut Acid, Potassium Cocoate, Sodium Cocoate, Ammonium Cocomonoglyceride Sulfate, Sodium Cocomonoglyceride Sulfate, Potassium Hydrogenated Cocoate, Sodium Hydrogenated Cocoate
Surfactants - emulsifying agents - Potassium Cocoate, Sodium Cocoate
Surfactants - foam boosters - Coconut Alcohol
Viscosity increasing agents - aqueous - Coconut Alcohol Viscosity increasing agents - nonaqueous - Coconut Alcohol, Butylene Glycol Cocoate, Magnesium Cocoate
Origins
Plant
Synthetic
CosIng functions
Emulsion Stabilising Agent
Viscosity Controlling Agent
Emulsifying Agent
Emulsion Stabilizer, Viscosity Controlling
INCI name: BUTYLENE GLYCOL COCOATE
Classification: Glycol
Its functions (INCI)
Emulsifying agent: Promotes the formation of intimate mixtures between immiscible liquids by modifying the interfacial tension (water and oil)
Emulsion stabilizer: Promotes the emulsification process and improves the stability and shelf life of the emulsion
Viscosity control agent: Increase or decrease the viscosity of cosmetics
Cosmetic Functions
Emulsion stabilising
Emulsifier
Viscosity control
Description
Butylene Glycol Cocoate can be bad for dry skin.
Butylene Glycol Cocoate is a rare cosmetic ingredient, with about 0.13% of the products in our database containing it.
Fungal acne is a skin condition that happens when the hair follicles in the skin get invaded by yeast. This invasion can lead to an infection known as malassezia folliculitis.
As a result, small "acne-like" pimples develop, along with burning and skin irritation.
Because both common and fungal acne can occur at the same time, these small bumps are frequently mistaken for true acne.
Except for the fact that fungal acne itches a lot, which isn't a common symptom of regular acne (acne vulgaris).
Due to this confusion in appearance, fungal acne can go misdiagnosed and unresolved for years.
We cover fungal acne in greater details here
Benefits of Butylene Glycol Cocoate in cosmetics
Viscosity Controlling
Viscosity Increasing Agent
Emulsion Stabilising
Emulsifying
Coconut and Butylene Glycol -Naturally-derived.
Excellent solubizlizer with that offers enhanced spreadability without stickiness or greasiness.
Emulsifies and controls viscosity of formulas.//
About Butylene Glycol Cocoate
Helpful information
Butylene Glycol Cocoate is registered under the REACH Regulation and is manufactured in and / or imported to the European Economic Area, at ≥ 10 to < 100 tonnes per annum.
Butylene Glycol Cocoate is used by consumers, by professional workers (widespread uses), in formulation or re-packing, at industrial sites and in manufacturing.
Consumer Uses
Butylene Glycol Cocoate is used in the following products: biocides (e.g. disinfectants, pest control products), perfumes and fragrances, pharmaceuticals and cosmetics and personal care products. Other release to the environment of Butylene Glycol Cocoate is likely to occur from: indoor use as processing aid.
Article service life
ECHA has no public registered data on the routes by which Butylene Glycol Cocoate is most likely to be released to the environment. ECHA has no public registered data indicating whether or into which articles the substance might have been processed.
Widespread uses by professional workers
Butylene Glycol Cocoate is used in the following products: biocides (e.g. disinfectants, pest control products), perfumes and fragrances, pharmaceuticals and cosmetics and personal care products.
ECHA has no public registered data on the types of manufacture using Butylene Glycol Cocoate. Other release to the environment of Butylene Glycol Cocoate is likely to occur from: indoor use as processing aid.
Formulation or re-packing
Butylene Glycol Cocoate is used in the following products: pharmaceuticals, cosmetics and personal care products and perfumes and fragrances.
Release to the environment of Butylene Glycol Cocoate can occur from industrial use: formulation of mixtures.
Uses at industrial sites
Butylene Glycol Cocoate is used in the following products: biocides (e.g. disinfectants, pest control products), perfumes and fragrances, pharmaceuticals and cosmetics and personal care products.
ECHA has no public registered data on the types of manufacture using Butylene Glycol Cocoate. Release to the environment of Butylene Glycol Cocoate can occur from industrial use: of substances in closed systems with minimal release.
Manufacture
Release to the environment of Butylene Glycol Cocoate can occur from industrial use: manufacturing of the substance.
An ester of Butylene Glycol and a fatty acid derived from coconut oil.
Coconut Acid can be used in cosmetics and personal care products including: Hydrogenated Coconut Oil, Hydrogenated Coconut Acid, Coconut Alcohol, Butylene Glycol Cocoate, Caprylic/Capric/Coco Glycerides, Cocoglycerides, Coconut Oil Decyl Esters, Decyl Cocoate, Ethylhexyl Cocoate, Isodecyl Cocoate, Lauryl Cocoate, Methyl Cocoate, Octyldodecyl Cocoate, Pentaerythrityl Cocoate, Tridecyl Cocoate, Magnesium Cocoate, Potassium Cocoate, Sodium Cocoate, Ammonium Cocomonoglyceride Sulfate, Sodium Cocomonoglyceride Sulfate, Hydrogenated Coco-Glycerides, Potassium Hydrogenated Cocoate Sodium Hydrogenated Cocoate.
They are commonly found in bath products, eye makeup, hair care, shaving creams, sunscreens, lipsticks, etc. with their emulsion stabilizing & viscosity increasing effects.
IUPAC NAMES:
Fatty acids, C12-18, esters with 1,3-butanediol
Fatty acids, coco, esters with 1,3-butanediol
Fatty acids, coco, esters with 1,3-butanediol
Fatty acids, coco, esters with 1,3-butanediol, UVCB
SYNONYMS:
Fatty acids, coco, esters with 1,3-butanediol
coconut oil fatty acids, 1,3-butanediol esters
