It’s a white, waxy mixture of cetyl alcohol and stearyl alcohol, both fatty alcohols. They’re found in animals and plants, like coconut and palm oil. They can also be made in a laboratory.

Their Gentle Skin Cleanser contains eight ingredients (in this order): water, cetyl alcohol, propylene glycol, sodium lauryl sulfate, stearyl alcohol, methylparaben, propylparaben, butylparaben ...

The market for cetyl stearyl alcohol is expected to attain a CAGR of 3.6% during the forecast period (2018-2023) owing to the growing utilization of fatty alcohols in cosmetics and personal care ...

Cetaphil probably has the best PR of any facial soap. Beauty magazines gush over it as a no-frills $8 must-have. Dermatologists love to recommend it as a mild and non-irritating facial cleanser ...