Product Short Description: ISO-PROPYL ALCOHOL AR IPA Product Description: Isopropyl alcohol is mixed with water for use as a rubbing-alcohol antiseptic. It is also used in aftershave lotions, hand lotions, and other cosmetics. In industry it is used as an inexpensive solvent for cosmetics, drugs, shellacs, and gums, as well as for denaturing ethanol (ethyl alcohol) For years, doctors and parents sponged rubbing alcohol onto kids' skin to treat fevers.