Decyloleate ●
TL;DR. This ingredient is a lightweight emollient and spreading agent that gives creams, lotions, oils, and makeup a smooth, non-greasy slip. It also helps disperse oil-soluble pigments, UV filters, and fragrance materials in anhydrous or emulsion systems.
What does Decyloleate do in a cosmetic formula?
This ingredient is a lightweight emollient and spreading agent that gives creams, lotions, oils, and makeup a smooth, non-greasy slip. It also helps disperse oil-soluble pigments, UV filters, and fragrance materials in anhydrous or emulsion systems.
Is Decyloleate clean?
It is generally well tolerated, with low sensitization potential and little restricted-list friction in clean beauty programs. Quality depends on controlling residual reactants and oxidation products typical of unsaturated fatty esters.
Is Decyloleate sustainable?
This material can be made from plant-derived fatty feedstocks or synthetic fatty alcohol streams, and it is expected to biodegrade more readily than many silicone or petroleum-derived film formers. If the feedstock is palm-linked, traceable sourcing is the main sustainability question.
Is Decyloleate COSMOS-approved?
It can be permitted under COSMOS-natural and COSMOS-organic when made from allowed natural-source fatty feedstocks using accepted esterification chemistry. Its Green Chemistry fit is strongest when the feedstocks are renewable, the process uses efficient catalysts, and the final ester remains readily biodegradable.
How does Decyloleate work chemically?
The molecule is a long-chain, nonionic, lipophilic fatty ester with one unsaturated bond, giving it fluidity and a dry emollient feel. Typical use levels are about 1 to 10 percent in emulsions and higher in oil-based products, and it is broadly stable at cosmetic pH but benefits from antioxidants because the unsaturated site can slowly oxidize.
Last updated 2026-05-16