What is Ceteareth-20 Powder?

Ceteareth-20 is a kind of fatty alcohol made from a combination of Cetearyl Alcohol and ethylene oxide.

It is commonly used in many skincare and haircare products. Ceteareth 20 Powder is available in pellets of whistle color powder & is odorless and can be mixed with natural as well as synthetic oils.

It acts as an emulsifier in skin care products formation. In skincare products, generally, oil is added to the water-based formula, Ceteareth-20 Powder is used in this mixture of oil, water, and skincare product and helps in binding the water and oil together and gives stability to the product. Ceteareth 20 is can be mixed with a wide variety of oils and is soluble in water due to its high stability.

Ceteareth-20 Powder Uses

Ceteareth-20 Powder is generally used as a surfactant and an emulsifier in various cosmetics and skincare products, including facial moisturizers, anti-aging treatments, conditioners, cleansers, sunscreens, exfoliants, and acne treatments.It also decreases viscosity effectively which make it suitable to be use in solution used to prepare personal care product and lotions.

It has excellent cleansing properties  which make it one of essential ingredients in skin and hari cleansing applications

Ceteareth-20 Powder has various uses some are as follow:

1. Skin Cleanser

It high effective surfactant properties helps it to attracts the oil, dirt, and grime accumulated on your skin and helps wash them away making it high efficient ingredient to be use in skin cleanser products.

      2     Moisturizer

It excellent emulsifying property enable it to attract and bind oil and water together which when use in formulation of moisturizer make best world moisturizer for skin. 

         3.   Anti-inflammatory

Ceteareth 20 is very effective in treating redness, inflammation, and skin conditions like eczema, cold sores, and rosacea due to Antiflammatry properties. It helps in relieving skin problem conditions like psoriasis, hives, and rashes.

        4     Shower Gels

Ceteareth 20 increases the viscosity of a liquid formulationvwhich helps for gel-forming thickeners.  Due to its viscosity rudicing property it helps in the preparation of facial serums and shower gels. 

Is Ceteareth-20 Safe?

The expert concluded that the ceteareth ingredients were safe as used in cosmetic products after various researches and test.Since ceteareth  are the polyethylene glycol ethers of cetearyl alcohol, theExpert Panel recommends avoiding use of ceteareth ingredients on damaged skin.