Now to the good stuff... Alcohol.

Alcohol and phenols are common in household products, used in perfumes and flavourings dissolving fats and oils. Alcohol alone refers to ethanol, found in wine, beer, and distilled spirits.
Products not licensed for drinking, ethanol occurs in the form of denatured or specially denatured.( rendered unfit for drinking by adding a bittering agent, denatonium benzoate)
Stearyl Alcohol is a nonionic surfactant used as a hair coating in shampoos and conditioners and as an emollient, emulsifier, and thickener in creams and lotions.
Cetyl Alcohol is also a nonionic surfactant used in shampoos and conditioners and is an emollient, emulsifier, and thickener in creams and lotions.