Emollients

Emollients by Frequency of Use in Cosmetics in USA

Cited from: D.C. Steinberg, Cosmet. Toiletries 112, No 6, 31 (1997)

Emollient	Frequency of use (1996)
Cetyl alcohol	2860
Dimethicone	1898
Mineral oil, heavy	1847
Mineral oil, light	1695
Carnauba wax	1309
Beeswax, white	1244
Isopropyl myristate	1171
Stearyl alcohol	1129
Cyclomethicone	1056
Castor oil	976
Octyldodecanol	855
Cetearyl alcohol	847
Lanolin	838
Caprylic/Capric triglyceride	774
Candelilla wax	773
Petrolatum, yellow	761
Ozokerite	730
Polyethylene	647
Lanolin oil	646
Isopropyl palmitate	616
Paraffin	590
Squalane	581
Petrolatum, white	549
Octyl palmitate	533
Japan wax	513
Isopropyl lanolate	494
Microcrystalline wax	467
Oleyl alcohol	438
Acetylated lanolin alcohol	411
Hydrogenated vegetable oil	406
Sweet almond oil	399
Ceresin	347
Wheat germ oil	331
Jojoba oil	330
C_12-15 alcohols benzoate	298
Sesame oil	287
Cetearyl octanoate	272
Hydrogenated cottonseed oil	272
Coconut oil	268
Cetyl palmitate	263
Wheat germ glycerides	259
Avocado oil	249
Myristyl myristate	249
Polybutene	241
Corn oil	231
Myristyl lactate	224
Cetyl acetate	218
Cetyl esters wax	217
Trilaurin	216
Hydrogenated castor oil	211
Shea butter	208
Propylene glycol dicaprylate/caprate	202
Synthetic jojoba oil	199
Beeswax, yellow	196
Decyl oleate	187
Acetylated lanolin	183
Hydrogenated polyisobutene	164
Synthetic beeswax	156
Cocoa butter	151
Hydroxylated lanolin	144
Soybean oil	141
Hydrogenated lanolin	133
Mink oil	131
Sunflower oil	131
Safflower oil	128
Stearyl heptanoate	128
Macadamia nut oil	127
Olive oil	124
Diisostearyl malate	121
Hydrogenated tallow	120
Apricot kernel oil	119
Lanolin wax	118
Hazelnut oil	105
Octyl hydroxystearate	104
Isopropyl isostearate	103
Borage oil	101

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