Diethylhexyl Adipate

Ingredient guide

What it is and what it does

About this ingredient: EU CosIng ingredient registry (via Open Beauty Facts taxonomy) ↗

Emollient

Helps soften and smooth the skin surface.

Film forming

Leaves a continuous layer on skin, hair or nails after application.

Plasticiser

Makes another material softer or easier to deform.

Skin conditioning

A broad cosmetic role for maintaining skin condition. It does not identify a particular clinical benefit.

Solvent

Dissolves other ingredients in a formula.

Function definitions: European Commission ingredient function definitions (SCCNFP/0299/00, pages 16 to 20) ↗

Registry functions describe possible formulation roles, not results for a finished product. A dictionary entry is not an approval or a safety assessment.

We have not yet published a checked study for this exact ingredient. This is a gap in our coverage, not a finding that research does not exist or that the ingredient is ineffective.

Ingredient research is not proof that a product containing this ingredient works.

From the wider catalogue. Linked by the ingredient list, without an efficacy ranking.

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Inside the formula

Names and identifiers

INCI name on ingredient lists

DIETHYLHEXYL ADIPATE

CAS registry number

103-23-1

EC number

203-090-1