Myristic Acid Powder Soap Ingredients

Specification of Myristic Acid Powder Soap Ingredients

What Is It?

Myristic Acid is a fatty acid that occurs naturally in some foods. Purified Myristic Acid occurs as a hard, white or faintly yellow, glossy crystalline solid, or as a white or yellow-white powder. Salts of Myristic Acid  and esters of Myristic Acid  may also be used in cosmetics and personal care products. Myristic Acid and its salts and esters may be used in eye makeup, soaps and detergents, hair care products, nail care products, shaving products and other skin care products.

Why is it used in cosmetics and personal care products?

The following functions have been reported for Myristic Acid and its salts and esters.

• • Anticaking agent
  • Binder 
  • Emulsion stabilizer
  • Film former
  • Hair conditioning agent
  • Opacifying agent
  • Slip modifier
  • Skin-Conditioning Agent - Emollien
  • Skin-conditioning agent - occlusive
  • Surfactant - cleansing agent
  • Surfactant - emulsifying agent
  • Viscosity increasing agent