C13-15 Alkane

Dissolves other ingredients.

What it is

A mixture of alkanes, simple oily compounds made only of carbon and hydrogen.

A solvent that helps dissolve other ingredients in the formula.

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Dissolves other ingredientsOfficial EU function: Solvent

Restricted in certain uses · Cosmetics, EU

EU cosmetics law bans it only in some forms or uses (Annex II, entry 875).

A label gives no amounts, so none of this says a product is unsafe.