Aluminum Dimyristate ●
TL;DR. This ingredient primarily acts as a texture and structure modifier, helping thicken oils, improve slip, bind pressed powders, and keep pigments or powders evenly dispersed.
What does Aluminum Dimyristate do in a cosmetic formula?
This ingredient primarily acts as a texture and structure modifier, helping thicken oils, improve slip, bind pressed powders, and keep pigments or powders evenly dispersed.
Is Aluminum Dimyristate clean?
This ingredient is generally viewed as a low-sensitization texture aid, not a primary preservative or active antiperspirant. Clean programs may scrutinize it because it is an it-containing compound and can carry fatty-feedstock traceability questions, but it is not a common restricted-list flashpoint at normal cosmetic use.
Is Aluminum Dimyristate sustainable?
This material combines a mined metal source with fatty chains commonly sourced from coconut or palm-kernel supply. The fatty portion is expected to break down more readily than silicone or fluorinated materials, while the metal portion is elemental and does not biodegrade, so sourcing and wastewater handling matter.
Is Aluminum Dimyristate COSMOS-approved?
It can fit COSMOS-natural when made from permitted mineral and fatty-acid feedstocks through allowed neutralization or saponification chemistry, but it is not an organic-content contributor. Its Green Chemistry profile is mixed: simple chemistry and potentially renewable fatty inputs, balanced by mined metal sourcing and only partial biodegradation of the final salt.
How does Aluminum Dimyristate work chemically?
The molecule is a hydrophobic metal carboxylate, with saturated C14 fatty chains coordinated to a trivalent it center, which gives powders slip and oils gel structure. It is insoluble in water, disperses in oils or powders, and is typically used at low single-digit levels, with higher levels possible in anhydrous sticks and pressed powders.
Last updated 2026-05-13