Cosmetic ingredient densities

See how much 63 skincare and cosmetic ingredients weigh per millilitre. Each figure comes from a published source we checked. Pick one to turn millilitres into grams, or grams into millilitres.

Ingredient	INCI name	Density	At
1,2-Hexanediol	1,2-HEXANEDIOL	0.949976 g/ml	20 °C
Ascorbic acid	ASCORBIC ACID	1.65 g/ml	25 °C
Ascorbyl glucoside	ASCORBYL GLUCOSIDE	1.58996 g/ml	20 °C
Azelaic acid	AZELAIC ACID	1.225 g/ml	25 °C
Bakuchiol	BAKUCHIOL	0.9691 g/ml	20 °C
Benzoic acid	BENZOIC ACID	1.321 g/ml	20 °C
Benzyl alcohol	BENZYL ALCOHOL	1.045 g/ml	20 °C
Butylated hydroxytoluene	BHT	1.047974 g/ml	20 °C
Butylene glycol	BUTYLENE GLYCOL	1.0035 g/ml	20 °C
C12-15 alkyl benzoate	C12-15 ALKYL BENZOATE	0.9298 g/ml	20 °C
Camellia oil	CAMELLIA JAPONICA SEED OIL	0.909307 g/ml	25 °C
Caprylic/capric triglyceride	CAPRYLIC/CAPRIC TRIGLYCERIDE	0.947 g/ml	20 °C
Carnauba wax	COPERNICIA CERIFERA CERA	0.994214 g/ml	20 °C
Castor oil	RICINUS COMMUNIS SEED OIL	0.956168 g/ml	25 °C
Cetiol C 5		0.859 g/ml	20 °C
Cetiol RLF		0.8595 g/ml	20 °C
Cetyl ethylhexanoate	CETYL ETHYLHEXANOATE	0.854 g/ml	20 °C
Citric acid	CITRIC ACID	1.665 g/ml	20 °C
Cyclopentasiloxane	CYCLOPENTASILOXANE	0.9593 g/ml	20 °C
Decyl oleate	DECYL OLEATE	0.864 g/ml	20 °C
Dehydroacetic acid	DEHYDROACETIC ACID	1.447964 g/ml	20 °C
Dicaprylyl carbonate	DICAPRYLYL CARBONATE	0.890578 g/ml	20 °C
Dimethicone 10 cSt	DIMETHICONE	0.93 g/ml	25 °C
Dimethicone 50 cSt	DIMETHICONE	0.96 g/ml	25 °C
Dimethicone 100 cSt	DIMETHICONE	0.96 g/ml	25 °C
Dimethicone 350 cSt	DIMETHICONE	0.97 g/ml	25 °C
Dimethicone 1000 cSt	DIMETHICONE	0.97 g/ml	25 °C
Dipropylene glycol	DIPROPYLENE GLYCOL	1.019975 g/ml	20 °C
Ectoin	ECTOIN	1.568 g/ml	20 °C
Ethanol	ALCOHOL	0.78933 g/ml	20 °C
Ethylhexyl palmitate	ETHYLHEXYL PALMITATE	0.858 g/ml	20 °C
Glycerin	GLYCERIN	1.2611 g/ml	20 °C
Glycolic acid	GLYCOLIC ACID	1.469963 g/ml	20 °C
Hexylene glycol	HEXYLENE GLYCOL	0.922977 g/ml	20 °C
Isoamyl laurate	ISOAMYL LAURATE	0.853 g/ml	20 °C
Isopropyl myristate	ISOPROPYL MYRISTATE	0.8532 g/ml	20 °C
Isopropyl palmitate	ISOPROPYL PALMITATE	0.854 g/ml	20 °C
Magnesium sulfate	MAGNESIUM SULFATE	2.65 g/ml	20 °C
Methylparaben	METHYLPARABEN	1.38 g/ml	20 °C
Methylpropanediol	METHYLPROPANEDIOL	1.015 g/ml	25 °C
Niacinamide	NIACINAMIDE	1.4 g/ml	25 °C
Olive oil	OLEA EUROPAEA FRUIT OIL	0.911363 g/ml	20 °C
Pentylene glycol	PENTYLENE GLYCOL	0.97 g/ml	20 °C
Phenoxyethanol	PHENOXYETHANOL	1.107411 g/ml	20 °C
Polysorbate 80	POLYSORBATE 80	1.098028 g/ml	20 °C
Potassium hydroxide	POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE	2.044 g/ml	20 °C
Propanediol	PROPANEDIOL	1.059674 g/ml	20 °C
Propylene glycol	PROPYLENE GLYCOL	1.0361 g/ml	20 °C
Propylparaben	PROPYLPARABEN	1.287 g/ml	20 °C
Retinyl palmitate	RETINYL PALMITATE	0.9211 g/ml	20 °C
Sesame oil	SESAMUM INDICUM SEED OIL	0.914791 g/ml	25 °C
Sodium benzoate	SODIUM BENZOATE	1.5 g/ml	20 °C
Sodium chloride	SODIUM CHLORIDE	2.163 g/ml	20 °C
Sodium hydroxide	SODIUM HYDROXIDE	2.13 g/ml	25 °C
Sodium PCA	SODIUM PCA	1.57 g/ml	20 °C
Sorbic acid	SORBIC ACID	1.202 g/ml	20 °C
Sorbitol	SORBITOL	1.489 g/ml	20 °C
Squalane	SQUALANE	0.8227 g/ml	20 °C
Stearic acid	STEARIC ACID	0.9408 g/ml	20 °C
Tetrahexyldecyl ascorbate	TETRAHEXYLDECYL ASCORBATE	0.937 g/ml	20 °C
Tocopheryl acetate	TOCOPHERYL ACETATE	0.977276 g/ml	20 °C
Triethanolamine	TRIETHANOLAMINE	1.124172 g/ml	20 °C
Urea	UREA	1.322967 g/ml	20 °C

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INCI names include data from the European Commission's CosIng database (© European Union, CC BY 4.0). Source: European Chemicals Agency, https://chem.echa.europa.eu.

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