Triethanolamine 99%Triethanolamine (also known as TEA, Trolamine or TEOA) serves as a pH balancer in many different cosmetic products - ranging from hand sanitiser, cleansing creams and milks, skin lotions, eye gels, moisturizers, shampoos, shaving foams etc. TEA is a fairly strong base: a 1% solution has a pH of approximately 10, whereas the pH of skin is below pH 7, more or less 5.5-6.0. Cleansing milk/cream emulsions based on TEA are particularly good at removing makeup.
TEA is also commonly used to neutralise gels thickened with carbomer.
TEA is also found in hair shampoos, soaps, shaving creams etc.
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