Behentrimonium Chloride
Severity 3/10Editorialhair conditioner
Is Behentrimonium Chloride safe?
Behentrimonium Chloride carries only minor concerns (irritation) at typical cosmetic levels.
In plain language
The standard hair-detangling conditioner quat — fine in rinse-off use, mildly irritating to eyes and broken skin.
A Caredermis plain-language explanation to help you read the label — not a regulator statement. The sourced facts are the classifications and status shown on this page.
Documented concerns
Concerns marked Editorialare Caredermis' own dermatological review; the rest are drawn from official data — see the cited sources ↓
Irritation
Editorial3/10Quaternary conditioner; can irritate scalp/eyes and is restricted to defined concentrations.
Official regulatory status
Pulled directly from official regulatory datasets and expert reviews — not our own judgement.
Guidance by skin profile
Caredermis editorial guidance based on the concerns above — checked against the official records on every build, but not itself a regulator statement.
- Sensitive skinNo specific concern
- Oily & acne-proneNo specific concern
- Dry skinNo specific concern
- PregnancyNo specific concern
- Babies & kidsNo specific concern
- Eczema-proneNo specific concern
Sources
Each authority below is shown only because our ingested copy of its data lists Behentrimonium Chloride — not because we asserted it. Follow a link to verify the classification or regulation directly.
CIR conclusion from the Cosmetic Ingredient Review (CIR) Quick Reference Table — cir-safety.org (snapshot in data/sources/)(point-in-time snapshot; CIR's live record may have been updated since).
See our methodology for how these map to concern levels. Informational only — not medical advice.
Products in our library containing Behentrimonium Chloride
- ColorsilkBeautiful Color - 32 Acajou foncé
- LabellLait corps sous la douche
- Corinne de FarmeCrème 3 en 1: masque, après-shampooing, crème de soins sans rinçage
- l-orealUltrax doux masque reconstituant
- L'Oréalconditionner
- OlaplexNo. 8 Bond Intense Moisture Mask
- Art naturalsMasque d'Huile d'Argan, Après-Shampoing
- ClairolNice 'n Easy Root Touch-Up Permanent Hair Color, 4R Dark Auburn
- MatrixMoisture Me Rich Total Results Shampoo
- Le Petit OlivierMasque nourrissant aux huiles d'olive, karité, argan
- VitanovaExtra Color Masque
- InellLait corps sous la douche
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