Dehydrated Alcohol ●
TL;DR. This ingredient is a fast-evaporating solvent and carrier that helps dissolve fragrance materials, extracts, resins, and some actives. It can also give formulas a quick-dry feel and temporary degreasing effect on skin or hair.
What does Dehydrated Alcohol do in a cosmetic formula?
This ingredient is a fast-evaporating solvent and carrier that helps dissolve fragrance materials, extracts, resins, and some actives. It can also give formulas a quick-dry feel and temporary degreasing effect on skin or hair.
Is Dehydrated Alcohol clean?
Clean-beauty frameworks generally accept this ingredient, especially when it is cosmetic-grade and not paired with problematic denaturants. The main caveat is comfort, since higher levels can feel drying or stinging on sensitive or compromised skin.
Is Dehydrated Alcohol sustainable?
This material can be made by fermentation of plant sugars or by petrochemical routes, so sourcing matters. It is readily biodegradable and does not raise major persistence concerns, though it is a volatile organic compound and large-scale crop feedstocks can carry land, water, and agricultural inputs.
Is Dehydrated Alcohol COSMOS-approved?
It is permitted under COSMOS-natural and COSMOS-organic when it comes from allowed natural-origin sources and meets standard requirements. Its best Green Chemistry fit is fermentation-based production, ready biodegradability, and usefulness as a comparatively simple solvent.
How does Dehydrated Alcohol work chemically?
The molecule is small, polar, highly volatile, and fully miscible with water, which makes it useful for fast-drying aqueous and hydroalcoholic systems. Use levels vary widely, from a few percent in toners or fragrances to much higher levels in quick-dry formats, and it can thin formulas, boost penetration of some solutes, and destabilize certain polymers or emulsions if not formulated around it.
Last updated 2026-05-15