lsoamyl Laurate ●
TL;DR. This ingredient is a lightweight emollient and skin-conditioning ester that improves slip, spreadability, and a dry, silky afterfeel in creams, lotions, sunscreens, and hair products.
What does lsoamyl Laurate do in a cosmetic formula?
This ingredient is a lightweight emollient and skin-conditioning ester that improves slip, spreadability, and a dry, silky afterfeel in creams, lotions, sunscreens, and hair products.
Is lsoamyl Laurate clean?
It is generally well tolerated and has little clean-standard friction, with low expected irritation and no major restricted-list profile. Quality depends on good control of residual alcohols and fatty acid feedstocks, but this is a routine formulation and supplier-specification issue.
Is lsoamyl Laurate sustainable?
This material is commonly made from renewable plant-derived fatty acid and fermentation or plant-derived alcohol feedstocks. It is readily biodegradable, though the fatty acid source may involve coconut or palm-kernel supply chains that benefit from traceability.
Is lsoamyl Laurate COSMOS-approved?
It is generally compatible with COSMOS-natural and COSMOS-organic formulations when made from approved natural-origin feedstocks using allowed esterification chemistry. From a Green Chemistry view, it scores well on renewable carbon, biodegradability, and solvent-free or low-solvent manufacturing routes.
How does lsoamyl Laurate work chemically?
The molecule is a branched aliphatic ester combining a C5 alcohol fragment with a C12 fatty-acid fragment, which gives low viscosity, good spreading, and a less greasy feel than many heavier oils. Typical use levels are often about 1 to 20%, and it is broadly stable in anhydrous systems and emulsions but can hydrolyze under strongly acidic or alkaline conditions.
Last updated 2026-05-13