Aluminum Distearate ●
TL;DR. This ingredient primarily acts as an oil-phase thickener and stabilizer, helping structure anhydrous formulas, pigments, sticks, and emulsions. It can also improve slip and reduce separation in mineral and plant oil systems.
What does Aluminum Distearate do in a cosmetic formula?
This ingredient primarily acts as an oil-phase thickener and stabilizer, helping structure anhydrous formulas, pigments, sticks, and emulsions. It can also improve slip and reduce separation in mineral and plant oil systems.
Is Aluminum Distearate clean?
From a clean-beauty perspective, it is generally a low-sensitization material, but it can create some standards friction because it contains it and may be made from palm-derived fatty acids. It is not the same type of it compound used as an antiperspirant active, and dermal absorption is expected to be low.
Is Aluminum Distearate sustainable?
This material is made from a mineral-derived it source combined with a fatty acid that may come from palm, animal, or other vegetable feedstocks. The fatty-acid portion is expected to break down more readily than many synthetic film-formers, while the mineral component remains as an inorganic residue.
Is Aluminum Distearate COSMOS-approved?
It has partial COSMOS and Green Chemistry alignment, with acceptability depending on the source of the fatty acid and whether the manufacturing route fits permitted chemical-processing rules. It scores better when the fatty acid is renewable and traceable, but less strongly on fully renewable sourcing because of the inorganic it component.
How does Aluminum Distearate work chemically?
The molecule is a hydrophobic metal soap, with long C18 fatty chains coordinated to an it center, which gives it strong oil-gelling and pigment-wetting behavior. It is water-insoluble, more useful in anhydrous or oil-rich systems, and is typically used at low single-digit percentages depending on the desired viscosity and structure.
Last updated 2026-05-14