Product Application
Cosmetics & personal care
Ethanol is widely used in wide range of cosmetics and beauty products in Personal Care & Hygiene industry
- Denatured rectified spirit is mainly used as an antifoaming agent in the cosmetic industry. It reduces and retards the formation of foam.
- Ethanol is used in the personal hygiene industry in products such as mouthwash due to its anti-fungal property. It acts as a solvent to help solubilize the ingredients and as carrying agent for delivering the active ingredients such as menthol, eucalyptol and thymol penetrate plaque.
- After Shaves is an alcohol based liquid (splash), lotion, gel, or paste. It contains denatured alcohol which acts as an antiseptic agent to prevent infection of cuts.
- It acts as an astringent to help clean skin, in lotions as a preservative and to help ensure that lotion ingredients do not separate, and in hairsprays to help the spray adhere to hair.
- Rubbing denatured alcohol can be used as an alternative to aftershave, especially for people with very sensitive skin
- Because ethanol is effective in killing microorganisms like bacteria, fungi and viruses, it is a common ingredient in many hand sanitizers.