Ingredient · INCI listed
Stearic Acid
A fatty acid that thickens and stabilizes creams while softening the skin — both a texture builder and a mild emollient.
Data summary
Products containing
9
Most common in
4 products
body cares
Typical pairing
Glycerin
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In the catalog
Stearic Acid by the numbers.
We've catalogued 9 products that use stearic acid, most often in body cares (4 products) but also across cleansers and moisturizers. Formulations carrying it score 75/100 on average (well above the catalog norm); the strongest is The Ordinary Natural Moisturizing Factors + PhytoCeramides at 86/100.
Of those, 2 products score 80 or higher in our analysis. It co-occurs most with Glycerin (5 shared formulas) and Sodium Lauroyl Isethionate (3 shared formulas). The median price of a stearic acid product here is $9.
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