Isopropyl Shea Butterate ●
TL;DR. This ingredient functions as a lightweight emollient and skin-conditioning ester, adding slip, spreadability, and a less greasy feel than many richer plant butters.
What does Isopropyl Shea Butterate do in a cosmetic formula?
This ingredient functions as a lightweight emollient and skin-conditioning ester, adding slip, spreadability, and a less greasy feel than many richer plant butters.
Is Isopropyl Shea Butterate clean?
This ingredient is generally viewed as low-irritation, with little allergen concern and no broad clean-standard restricted-list profile. The main caveats are chemical modification, possible petro-derived alcohol input, and the need for normal residual-solvent and impurity controls.
Is Isopropyl Shea Butterate sustainable?
It is based partly on it-derived fatty acids, so its sourcing quality depends on traceable it supply chains and fair labor practices. The ester is expected to be biodegradable, although the alcohol component may be fossil-derived depending on supplier.
Is Isopropyl Shea Butterate COSMOS-approved?
It can fit COSMOS-natural when made from allowed it-derived fatty acids and an approved alcohol through permitted esterification, but it is not inherently COSMOS-organic. From a Green Chemistry view, it benefits from renewable lipid content and biodegradability, with weaker alignment when the alcohol feedstock is fossil-derived.
How does Isopropyl Shea Butterate work chemically?
The molecule is a mixture of secondary alkyl esters made from the fatty-acid fraction of a triglyceride-rich plant butter, giving lower viscosity and faster spread than the native butter. It is commonly used around 1 to 10% in emulsions and higher in anhydrous systems, with good stability at normal cosmetic pH and potential ester hydrolysis under strongly acidic or alkaline conditions.
Last updated 2026-05-14