{"id":40587,"date":"2025-12-03T14:09:51","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T13:09:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beautydecoded.com\/ingredient\/benzyl-glycol\/"},"modified":"2025-12-03T14:09:51","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T13:09:51","slug":"benzyl-glycol","status":"publish","type":"ingredient","link":"https:\/\/www.beautydecoded.com\/en\/ingredient\/benzyl-glycol\/","title":{"rendered":"BENZYL GLYCOL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Ingredient type: <\/strong>SOLVENT<\/p>\n<p>\u2728 Role: Benzyl glycol is primarily used as a preservative that helps protect cosmetic products from microbial growth, thereby extending their shelf life. It also has moisturizing properties and can improve the texture of formulas.<\/p>\n<p>  Ingredient type: Water-soluble<\/p>\n<p> \u200d\u2695\ufe0f Safety: Yes, this ingredient is considered safe for cosmetic use according to current European and US regulations.<\/p>\n<p>\u2728 Vegan: Yes, benzyl glycol is synthetic and therefore compatible with vegan formulations.<\/p>\n<p>\u2728 Note: Although well tolerated by most skin types, it may cause irritation in very sensitive skin in rare cases. It is often used in combination with other preservatives to enhance their effectiveness.<\/p>\n<p>  Found in: It is commonly found in moisturizers, lotions, hair care products, and some makeup products.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Comedogenic rating:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":""},"class_list":["post-40587","ingredient","type-ingredient","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"taxonomy_info":[],"featured_image_src_large":false,"author_info":[],"comment_info":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beautydecoded.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ingredient\/40587","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beautydecoded.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ingredient"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beautydecoded.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ingredient"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beautydecoded.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}