Table 5: Indicative categories and chemical ingredients of cosmetic

products
(based on frame formulations)

Category of chemicals Sample ingredients

Anionic surfactants sodium laureth sulfate, sodium/ammonium/TEA lauryl sulfates

ethoxylated sorbitan esters, cocamide MIPA, ceteth-20, ethoxylated fatty
Amphoteric surfactants
alcohols
fatty acid polyglycolethers, fatty alkanolamides, sodium
Non-ionic surfactants
dodecylbenzenesulfonate
Cationic surfactants and
polyquaternium-7, polyquaternium-24, distearyldimonium chloride
polymers
Foam boosting agents cocamide MIPA, linoleamide DEA
silicone derivatives, cysteine derivatives, cellulose derivatives, fatty acid
Hair conditioning agents
esters
sodium carbonate, sodium bicarbonate, sodium sesquicarbonate, sodium
Bath salts
chloride
vegetable and mineral e.g. liquid paraffin, waxes and fatty alcohols,
Oils
including lanolin and lanolin derivatives, zea mays
Humectants glycerin, propylene glycol, PEG
glyceryl stearate, PEG stearate, sorbitan sequioleate & stearate, ethers of
Emulsifying agents
oleyl alcohol
Silicones dimethicone, cyclomethicone
Viscosity controlling agents carbomer, cellulose-ethers
Emollients isopropyl myristate, fatty alcohols
Abrasives polyethylene
Additional ingredients vitamins, antioxidants, plant extracts
Fragrances Essential oils
UV filters Zinc oxide, TiO2
Preservatives, antimicrobials Benzyl Benzoate Methylchloroisothiazolinone, Methylisothiazolinone
ethyl acetate, butyl acetate, toluene, diacetone, ethanol, isopropanol, PPG-
Solvents
2 butyl ether
nitrocellulose, acrylates copolymer, phthalic anhydride/butyl benzoic
Resins, polymers
acid/propylene glycol copolymer
Plasticisers dibutyl phthalate, triethyl citrate