How we scored it
Dimer dilinoleyl dimer dilinoleate (vegetable dimer acid and dimer diol) capped with phytosterol, behenyl and isostearyl alcohol: every fragment is plant or oleochemical. 1.00.
What counts. ISO 16128-2 scores the atoms that remain in the final ingredient. Reagents, solvents, catalysts and protecting groups used during manufacture leave no mass behind and are not counted.
Where it comes from
Vegetable-oil dimer acid is partly reduced to dimer diol, esterified into an oligomeric polyester and end-capped with phytosterol, behenyl and isostearyl alcohols. Fatty alcohols are assumed oleochemical; some Ziegler or Guerbet grades exist, so add a supplier note.
In plain English
A soft, waxy emollient and thickener based on plant sterols and dimerised vegetable fatty acids. It adds cushion and slip to lipsticks, balms and creams and helps hold pigments and oils together.
CosIng definition: Bis-Behenyl/Isostearyl/Phytosteryl Dimer Dilinoleyl Dimer Dilinoleate is Dimer Dilinoleyl Dimer Dilinoleate end-capped with a mixture of Phytosterol, Behenyl Alcohol and Isostearyl Alcohol
References
- 1ISO 16128-1:2016 and ISO 16128-2:2017 — Guidelines on technical definitions and criteria for natural and organic cosmetic ingredients and products. ISO, Geneva.
- 2BIS-BEHENYL/ISOSTEARYL/PHYTOSTERYL DIMER DILINOLEYL DIMER DILINOLEATE. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3BIS-BEHENYL/ISOSTEARYL/PHYTOSTERYL DIMER DILINOLEYL DIMER DILINOLEATE. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=BIS-BEHENYL/ISOSTEARYL/PHYTOSTERYL%20DIMER%20DILINOLEYL%20DIMER%20DILINOLEATE