Film forming
Forms a continuous film on skin, hair or nails after application.
Official definition
Produces, upon application, a continuous film on skin, hair or nails.Decision 2006/257/EC, inventory of cosmetic ingredients (definitions of functions).
Decision 2006/257/EC, inventory of cosmetic ingredients (definitions of functions), English version, consulté le 22 octobre 2026.
Definitions cited for information: the inventory decision was repealed on 8 May 2020. It does not establish an authorisation.
1,038 ingredients, 23,354 products
Products containing these ingredients
Calculated from recorded compositions; each product counted once. One specific category per product; denominator: all products listing this function.
| Category | Products | % |
|---|---|---|
| shampoos | 450 | 1.9 % |
| shower gels | 336 | 1.4 % |
| sunscreen | 253 | 1.1 % |
| toothpastes | 212 | 0.9 % |
| anti-dandruff shampoos | 106 | 0.5 % |
| toothpaste | 100 | 0.4 % |
| fr:crèmes douche | 94 | 0.4 % |
| hand creams | 82 | 0.4 % |
Open Beauty Facts, export des produits cosmétiques, consulté le 23 octobre 2026.
Données « Open Beauty Facts et ses contributeurs », sous licence ODbL 1.0 (opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/1-0) ; table dérivée diffusée sous la même licence.
In plain words
1,038 ingredients in the database declare the function “Film forming” in CosIngThe European Commission's database of cosmetic ingredients.. These are EU glossary names; an ingredient can declare several roles.
23,354 products in the database list at least one of these ingredients, each counted once. This count does not establish the role or effectiveness of the finished product.
Ingredients subject to a prohibition or conditions of use under the Cosmetics Regulation: 6. A declared role is not an authorisation: check the conditions for the ingredient and its intended use.
Ingredients declaring this function
Most frequent in the products of the database first.
| Ingredient | Regulatory status |
|---|---|
| CARBOXYMETHYL HYDROXYETHYLCELLULOSE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| CHITOSAN GLYCOLATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| CHITOSAN LACTATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| CHITOSAN PCA | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| COPAL | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| COPERNICIA CERIFERA WAX EXTRACT | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| DIMETHICONE PEG-8 POLYACRYLATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| DIVINYLDIMETHICONE/DIMETHICONE CROSSPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| GLYCERYLAMIDOETHYL METHACRYLATE/STEARYL METHACRYLATE COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| GLYCINE SOJA PEPTIDE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| HEMA MALEATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| HYDROGENATED OLIVE OIL CETYL ESTERS | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ISOBUTYLPHENOXY EPOXY RESIN | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENYL BISOXYHYDROXYPROPYL METHACRYLATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| METHYL METHACRYLATE/PEG/PPG-4/3 METHACRYLATE CROSSPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| MYROXYLON BALSAMUM RESIN | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| MYROXYLON PEREIRAE RESIN | Prohibited as a fragrance ingredient (Annex II) Allowed with restrictions (Annex III) Annex III, entry 154: maximum concentration: 0.4% |
| PEG-CROSSPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| POLYACRYLAMIDOMETHYLPROPANE SULFONIC ACID | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| POLYACRYLATE-14 | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| POLYMETHACRYLAMIDOPROPYLTRIMONIUM CHLORIDE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| POLYOXYMETHYLENE MELAMINE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| POLYQUATERNIUM-5 | Cited as an example in a rule, no rule of its own (Annex III) |
| POTASSIUM CARBOMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| PPG-17/IPDI/DMPA COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ROSIN ACRYLATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| VA/VINYL BUTYL BENZOATE/CROTONATES COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| 2-HYDROXYETHYL ACRYLATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ACRYLAMIDE/SODIUM ACRYLOYLDIMETHYLTAURATE/ACRYLIC ACID COPOLYMER | Cited as an example in a rule, no rule of its own (Annex III) |
| ACRYLATES/DIACETONEACRYLAMIDE COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ACRYLATES/STEARYL ACRYLATE/ETHYLAMINE OXIDE METHACRYLATE COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ACRYLATES/VA COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ACRYLONITRILE/BUTADIENE/STYRENE COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ADIPIC ACID/ISOPHTHALIC ACID/NEOPENTYL GLYCOL/TRIMETHYLOLPROPANE COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ALGAE EXOPOLYSACCHARIDES | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ALPHA-GLUCAN HYDROXYPROPYLTRIMONIUM CHLORIDE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| AMMONIUM ACRYLATES/ACRYLONITROGENS COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| AMMONIUM ACRYLATES/METHYLSTYRENE/STYRENE COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| AMP-ACRYLATES/DIACETONEACRYLAMIDE COPOLYMER | Cited as an example in a rule, no rule of its own (Annex III) |
| ASTRAGALUS GUMMIFER ROOT EXTRACT | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| BEHENYL METHACRYLATE/T-BUTYL METHACRYLATE COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| BEHENYL/OLEYL BEHENATE/OLEATE ESTERS | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| BIS-HEMA POLY(1,4-BUTANEDIOL)-9/IPDI COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| BIS-HYDROXYPROPYL DIMETHICONE/SMDI COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| BIS-VINYLDIMETHICONE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| CANDELILLA CERA HYDROCARBONS | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| CARBOXYMETHYL CHITOSAN | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| CELLULOSE ACETATE PHTHALATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| DIMETHICONOL/SILICA CROSSPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ETHYLENE/SODIUM ACRYLATE COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| EUPHORBIA CERIFERA WAX EXTRACT | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| FORMALDEHYDE/MELAMINE/TOSYLAMIDE COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| GLYCOL ROSINATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| HYDROXYETHYL/METHOXYETHYL ACRYLATE/BUTYL ACRYLATE COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| IPDI/DI-C12-13 ALKYL TARTRATE/BIS-HYDROXYETHOXYPROPYL DIMETHICONE COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ISOBUTYL METHACRYLATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ISOBUTYLENE/ETHYLMALEIMIDE/HYDROXYETHYLMALEIMIDE COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ISOBUTYLMETHACRYLATE/TRIFLUOROETHYLMETHACRYLATE/BIS-HYDROXYPROPYL DIMETHICONE ACRYLATE COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| LACTOBACILLUS/RICE FERMENT FILTRATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| MALEIC ANHYDRIDE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| PEG-150/STEARYL ALCOHOL/SMDI COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| POLYACRYLATE-15 | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| POLYACRYLATE-17 | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| POLYAMIDE-1 | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| POLYETHYLOXAZOLINE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| POLYQUATERNIUM-4/HYDROXYPROPYL STARCH COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| POLYQUATERNIUM-43 | Cited as an example in a rule, no rule of its own (Annex III) |
| POLYURETHANE-4 | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| sr-(SPIDER POLYPEPTIDE-1 OLIGOPEPTIDE-178) | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| STYRENE/ACRYLATES/ACRYLONITRILE COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| TRIFLUOROPROPYLDIMETHYLSILOXY/TRIMETHYLSILOXY SILSESQUIOXANE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| TRIMETHYLOLPROPANE TRIACRYLATE | Prohibited in cosmetics (Annex II) |
| UNDECYLCRYLENE DIMETHICONE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| 1,4-BUTANEDIOL DIMETHACRYLATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| 4,4'-ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL/EPICHLOROHYDRIN COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ACACIA CATECHU GUM | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ACETOACETOXYETHOXY METHACRYLATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ACETYL CYCLODEXTRIN | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ACETYL TRIETHYLHEXYL CITRATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ACETYLENEDIUREA/FORMALDEHYDE/TOSYLAMIDE CROSSPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ACRYLAMIDE/ETHALKONIUM CHLORIDE ACRYLATE COPOLYMER | Cited as an example in a rule, no rule of its own (Annex III) |
| ACRYLAMIDE/ETHYLTRIMONIUM CHLORIDE ACRYLATE/ETHALKONIUM CHLORIDE ACRYLATE COPOLYMER | Cited as an example in a rule, no rule of its own (Annex III) |
| ACRYLAMIDES COPOLYMER | Cited as an example in a rule, no rule of its own (Annex III) |
| ACRYLAMIDES/DMAPA ACRYLATES/METHOXY PEG METHACRYLATE COPOLYMER | Cited as an example in a rule, no rule of its own (Annex III) |
| ACRYLATES/ACETOACETOXYETHYL METHACRYLATE COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ACRYLATES/BEHENETH-25 METHACRYLATE/STEARETH-30 METHACRYLATE COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ACRYLATES/BEHENYL METHACRYLATE/DIMETHICONE METHACRYLATE COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ACRYLATES/C5-8 ALKYL ACRYLATE COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ACRYLATES/DIETHYLAMINOETHYL METHACRYLATE/ETHYLHEXYL ACRYLATE COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ACRYLATES/DIMETHICONE METHACRYLATE COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ACRYLATES/DIMETHICONOL ACRYLATE COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ACRYLATES/ETHYLHEXYL ACRYLATE/GLYCIDYL METHACRYLATE CROSSPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ACRYLATES/ETHYLHEXYL ACRYLATE/HEMA COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ACRYLATES/ETHYLHEXYL ACRYLATE/HEMA/STYRENE COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ACRYLATES/ETHYLHEXYL ACRYLATE/STYRENE COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ACRYLATES/HYDROXYETHYL ACRYLATE/LAURYL ACRYLATE COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ACRYLATES/HYDROXYETHYL ACRYLATE/METHOXYETHYL ACRYLATE COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ACRYLATES/LAURYL ACRYLATE/STEARYL ACRYLATE/ETHYLAMINE OXIDE METHACRYLATE COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ACRYLATES/LAURYL METHACRYLATE COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ACRYLATES/LAURYL METHACRYLATE/T-BUTYLACRYLAMIDE COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ACRYLATES/LAURYL METHACRYLATE/TRIDECYL METHACRYLATE CROSSPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ACRYLATES/METHOXY PEG-23 METHACRYLATE COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ACRYLATES/METHOXY PEG-23 METHACRYLATE/PERFLUOROOCTYL ETHYL ACRYLATE COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ACRYLATES/PEG-4 DIMETHACRYLATE CROSSPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ACRYLATES/PROPYL TRIMETHICONE METHACRYLATE COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ACRYLATES/STEARETH-50 ACRYLATE COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ACRYLATES/TDI/TRIMETHYLOLPROPANE COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ACRYLATES/TRIFLUOROPROPYLMETHACRYLATE/POLYTRIMETHYL SILOXYMETHACRYLATE COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ACRYLATES/TRIS(TRIMETHYLSILOXY)SILYLPROPYL METHACRYLATE COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ACRYLATES/VA CROSSPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ACRYLATES/VP COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ACRYLATES/VP/DIMETHYLAMINOETHYL METHACRYLATE/DIACETONE ACRYLAMIDE/HYDROXYPROPYL ACRYLATE COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ACRYLIC ACID/ACRYLONITROGENS COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ACRYLIC ACID/HYDROXYETHYLACRYLAMIDE COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ACRYLIC ACID/ISOBORNYL METHACRYLATE/ISOBUTYL METHACRYLATE COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ACRYLIC ACID/ISOPROPYLACRYLAMIDE/MIBK ACRYLAMIDE CROSSPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ACRYLIC ACID/STEARYL ACRYLATE COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ACRYLONITRILE/GLYCOL DIMETHACRYLATE CROSSPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ACRYLOYLOXYETHYL PHOSPHATES | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ADAMANTANYLCARBOXAMIDO TRIFLUOROMETHYLBENZONITRILE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ADIPIC ACID/CHDM/MA/NEOPENTYL GLYCOL/TRIMELLITIC ANHYDRIDE COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ADIPIC ACID/DIETHYLENETRIAMINE COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ADIPIC ACID/DILINOLEIC ACID/HEXYLENE GLYCOL COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ADIPIC ACID/DIMETHYLAMINOHYDROXYPROPYL DIETHYLENETRIAMINE COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ADIPIC ACID/EPOXYPROPYL DIETHYLENETRIAMINE COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ADIPIC ACID/NEOPENTYL GLYCOL COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ADIPIC ACID/PPG-10 COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| AGARICUS BLAZEI/SOY FLOUR/SUCROSE FERMENT EXTRACT | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| AMINOETHYLACRYLATE PHOSPHATE/ACRYLATES COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| AMINOETHYLPROPANEDIOL-ACRYLATES/ACRYLAMIDE COPOLYMER | Cited as an example in a rule, no rule of its own (Annex III) |
| AMINOETHYLPROPANEDIOL-AMPD-ACRYLATES/DIACETONEACRYLAMIDE COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| AMINOPROPYL/METHYL POLYSILSESQUIOXANE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| AMMONIUM ACRYLATES/ETHYLHEXYL ACRYLATE COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| AMMONIUM ALGINATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| AMMONIUM STYRENE/ACRYLATES/ETHYLHEXYL ACRYLATE/LAURYL ACRYLATE COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| AMMONIUM VA/ACRYLATES COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| AMMONIUM VA/CROTONIC ACID COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| AMODIMETHICONE/POLYCAPRYLYLSILSESQUIOXANE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| AMP-ACRYLATES/DIMETHYLAMINOETHYLMETHACRYLATE COPOLYMER | Cited as an example in a rule, no rule of its own (Annex III) |
| AMP-ACRYLATES/ETHYLHEXYL ACRYLATE COPOLYMER | Cited as an example in a rule, no rule of its own (Annex III) |
| AMPD-ACRYLATES/DIACETONEACRYLAMIDE COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ARABINOXYLAN | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| BEHENYL METHACRYLATE/ETHYLAMINE OXIDE METHACRYLATE COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| BEHENYL METHACRYLATE/PERFLUOROOCTYLETHYL METHACRYLATE COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| BEHENYL OLIVATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| BEHENYL/ISOSTEARYL BEESWAX | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| BENZOGUANAMINE/FORMALDEHYDE/MELAMINE CROSSPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| BENZOIC ACID/PHTHALIC ANHYDRIDE/PENTAERYTHRITOL/NEOPENTYL GLYCOL/PALMITIC ACID COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| BENZOYL ISOPROPANOL | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| BETA-GLUCAN/CHITOSAN | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| BETA-SITOSTERYL (OCTADECENE/MA) COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| BETULA PENDULA WOOD EXTRACT | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| BIS-(HEA POLYCAPROLACTONE) PEG-2/PPG-3/IPDI COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| BIS-(METHOXY PEG-9 CARBAMOYL) POLY-SMDI | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| BIS-(PENTAERYTHRITYL TRIACRYLATE) PENTAERYTHRITYL DIACRYLATE/IPDI COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| BIS-ADAMANTANYL PEG-2300 DICARBOXAMIDE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| BIS-ADAMANTYL PEG-800 DICARBOXAMIDE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| BIS-AMINOPROPYL DIMETHICONE/IPDI COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| BIS-C16-18 ALKYL GLYCERYL UNDECYL DIMETHICONE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| BIS-DECYLTETRADECANYL IPDI/PEG-795 COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| BIS-DICAPROLACTONE ETHOXYACRYLATE IPDI | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| BIS-ETHYLHEXYL AZELATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| BIS-HEMA IPDI | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| BIS-HEMA IPDI/PEG-4 COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| BIS-HEMA POLY(1,4-BUTANEDIOL ADIPATE)/IPDI COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| BIS-HPA/PENTAERYTHRITOL TRIACRYLATE PPG-12/IPDI COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| BIS-HPA/PENTAERYTHRITYL TRIACRYLATE DICYCLOHEXYLMETHANE DICARBAMATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| BIS-HPMA POLY(1,4-BUTANEDIOL ADIPATE)/IPDI COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| BIS-HPMA POLY(1,4-BUTANEDIOL-14/NEOPENTYL GLYCOL)/IPDI COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| BIS-HPMA POLY(BUTYLENE/HEXAMETHYLENE CARBONATE)/IPDI COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| BIS-HPMA POLY(CAPROLACTONE DIOL)/IPDI COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| BIS-HPMA POLY(CAPROLACTONE HEXANEDIOL)/IPDI COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| BIS-HPMA POLY(CAPROLACTONE/1,4-BUTANEDIOL)/IPDI COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| BIS-HPMA POLY(CAPROLACTONE/NEOPENTYL GLYCOL)/IPDI COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| BIS-HPMA POLY(DIGLYCOL ADIPATE)/IPDI COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| BIS-HPMA POLY(DIGLYCOL/GLYCOL ADIPATE)/IPDI COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| BIS-HPMA POLY(DIMETHYLCYCLOHEXANE/HEXANE CARBONATE)/IPDI COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| BIS-HPMA POLY(GLYCOL/TMP ADIPATE)/IPDI COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| BIS-HPMA POLY(HEXAMETHYLENE/PENTYLENE CARBONATE)/IPDI COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| BIS-HPMA POLY(METHYLPENTANEDIOL ADIPATE)/IPDI COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| BIS-HPMA POLY(PROPYLENE GLYCOL ADIPATE)/IPDI COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| BIS-HYDROGEN DIMETHICONE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| BIS-HYDROGENATED TALLOW AMINE DILINOLEIC ACID/ETHYLENEDIAMINE COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| BIS-HYDROXYETHOXYPROPYL DIMETHICONE/GLYCOL/HDI COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| BIS-HYDROXYETHOXYPROPYL DIMETHICONE/IPDI/SORBITAN STEARATE COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| BIS-HYDROXYETHOXYPROPYL DIMETHICONE/PEG-2 SOYAMINE/IPDI COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| BIS-HYDROXYLAURYL DIMETHICONE/IPDI COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| BIS-ISOBUTYL PEG-24/PPG-7/DIMETHICONE COPOLYMER | Cited as an example in a rule, no rule of its own (Annex III) |
| BIS-OCTYLDODECYL AZELATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| BIS-PPG-15 DIMETHICONE IPDI COPOLYMER C30-50 ALKYLCARBAMATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| BIS-PPG-15 DIMETHICONE/IPDI COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| BIS-STEARYL IPDI/PEG-795 COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| BIS-TRIMETHOXYSILYLETHYL TETRAMETHYLDISILOXYETHYL DIMETHICONE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| BIS-VINYLDIMETHICONE/PEG-10 DIMETHICONE CROSSPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| BORNANEDIONE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| BUTADIENE/ACRYLONITRILE COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| BUTENE/PROPYLENE COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| BUTOXY CHITOSAN | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| BUTYL ACRYLATE/C6-14 PERFLUOROALKYLETHYL ACRYLATE/MERCAPTOPROPYL DIMETHICONE COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| BUTYL ACRYLATE/ETHYLHEXYL METHACRYLATE COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| BUTYL ACRYLATE/ETHYLTRIMONIUM CHLORIDE METHACRYLATE/STYRENE COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| BUTYL ACRYLATE/GLYCOL DIMETHACRYLATE CROSSPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| BUTYL ACRYLATE/HYDROXYETHYL METHACRYLATE COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| BUTYL ACRYLATE/ISOBORNYL METHACRYLATE COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| BUTYL ACRYLATE/ISOPROPYLACRYLAMIDE/PEG-18 DIMETHACRYLATE CROSSPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| BUTYL ACRYLATE/STYRENE COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| BUTYL BENZOIC ACID/PHTHALIC ANHYDRIDE/TRIMETHYLOLETHANE COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| BUTYL DIMETHICONE ACRYLATE/CYCLOHEXYLMETHACRYLATE/ETHYLHEXYL ACRYLATE COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| BUTYL DIMETHICONE PROPYL METHACRYLATE/METHYL METHACRYLATE/VA COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| BUTYL ESTER OF ETHYLENE/MA COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| BUTYL METHACRYLATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| BUTYL METHACRYLATE/DMAPA ACRYLATES/VINYLACETAMIDE CROSSPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| BUTYL METHACRYLATE/HEMA/METHACRYLOYLOXYETHYL PHOSPHORYLCHOLINE COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| BUTYL PHTHALYL BUTYL GLYCOLATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| BUTYLATED POLYOXYMETHYLENE UREA | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| BUTYLCARBAMOETHYL METHACRYLATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| BUTYLENE/ETHYLENE/PROPYLENE COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| BUTYLETHYLPROPANEDIOL DIMER DILINOLEATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| C1-5 ALKYL GALACTOMANNAN | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| C12-14 ALKETH-2 | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| C12-16 ALKYL PEG-2 HYDROXYPROPYL HYDROXYETHYL ETHYLCELLULOSE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| C20-24 OLEFIN/OLEYL ALCOHOL COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| C20-28 ALKYL PERFLUORODECYLETHOXY DIMETHICONE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| C20-40 ALKYL CRYLENE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| C23-43 ACID PENTAERYTHRITOL TETRAESTER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| C26-28 ALKYLDIMETHYLSILYL POLYPROPYLSILSESQUIOXANE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| C30-45 ALKYL DIMETHICONE/POLYCYCLOHEXENE OXIDE CROSSPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| C5-6 ALKANE/CYCLOALKANE/TERPENE COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| C5-6 OLEFIN/C8-10 NAPHTHA OLEFIN COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| C6-14 PERFLUOROALKYLETHYL ACRYLATE/HEMA COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| C8-18 ALKOXY HYDROXYPROPYL XANTHAN GUM CROSSPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| CALCIUM CARBOXYMETHYL CELLULOSE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| CALCIUM CARRAGEENAN | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| CALCIUM CHITOSAN | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| CALCIUM POLYGLUTAMATE CROSSPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| CALCIUM POTASSIUM CARBOMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| CALOPHYLLUM BRASILIENSE SEED OIL | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| CANDELILLA WAX HYDROCARBONS | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| CANNABIDIETH-21 | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| CARBOXYBUTYL CHITOSAN | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| CARBOXYMETHYL CELLULOSE ACETATE BUTYRATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| CARBOXYMETHYL CHITOSAN SUCCINAMIDE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| CARBOXYMETHYL DEXTRAN | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| CARNAUBA ACID WAX | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| CELLULOSE ACETATE PROPIONATE CARBOXYLATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| CETEARYL/OCTYLDODECYL/PROPANEDIOL CITRATE CROSSPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| CHITOSAN ADIPATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| CHITOSAN ASCORBATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| CHITOSAN BEESWAX AMIDE HYDROXYPROPYLTRIMONIUM CHLORIDE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| CHITOSAN FORMATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| CHITOSAN PROPYLSULFONATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| CHITOSAN SALICYLATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| CHRYSOBALANUS ICACO SEED BUTTER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| CITRUS (AURANTIFOLIA/BERGAMIA/LIMON/RETICULATA/SINENSIS) PEEL FIBER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| COCOA BUTTER ETHYL ESTERS | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| COCOYL HYDROLYZED ELASTIN | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| CORN STARCH/ACRYLAMIDE/SODIUM ACRYLATE COPOLYMER | Cited as an example in a rule, no rule of its own (Annex III) |
| CROTONIC ACID/VINYL C8-12 ISOALKYL ESTERS/VA/BIS-VINYLDIMETHICONE CROSSPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| CYCLODEXTRIN CROSSPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| CYCLODEXTRIN HYDROXYPROPYLTRIMONIUM CHLORIDE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| CYCLODEXTRIN LAURATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| CYCLOHEXYL METHACRYLATE/ETHYLHEXYL METHACRYLATE COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| CYCLOVINYLMETHICONE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| DIBENZYLACETAMIDE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| DIBUTYL SEBACATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| DIBUTYLDECYL IPDI | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| DIBUTYLHEXYL IPDI | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| DIBUTYLOCTYL IPDI | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| DICAPROLACTONE ETHOXYACRYLATE HEMA IPDI | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| DICAPRYL ADIPATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| DICAPRYL SUCCINATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| DICETYL ADIPATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| DIDECYLTETRADECYL IPDI | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| DIETHYLENE GLYCOL DIMETHACRYLATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| DIETHYLENE GLYCOL ROSINATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| DIETHYLENE GLYCOL/DIMER DILINOLEIC ACID COPOLYMER | Cited as an example in a rule, no rule of its own (Annex III) |
| DIETHYLENE GLYCOL/TRIETHYLENE GLYCOL ROSINATES | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| DIETHYLENE GLYCOLAMINE/EPICHLOROHYDRIN/PIPERAZINE COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| DIETHYLHEXYL IPDI | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| DIGLYCOL/ISOPHTHALATES/SIP COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| DIHEXYLDECYL IPDI | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| DIHYDROXYETHYL TALLOWAMINE/IPDI COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| DIHYDROXYETHYL TOLUIDINE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| DILINOLEAMIDOPROPYL DIMONIUM DIMER DILINOLEATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| DILINOLEIC ACID/ETHYLENEDIAMINE COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| DILINOLEIC ACID/GLYCOL COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| DILINOLEIC ACID/SEBACIC ACID/PIPERAZINE/ETHYLENEDIAMINE COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| DILINOLEYL ALCOHOL/IPDI COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| DIMER DILINOLEATE/ETHYLENEDIAMINE COPOLYMER ACETATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| DIMETHICONE PEG-3 LAURATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| DIMETHICONE/MERCAPTOPROPYL METHICONE COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| DIMETHICONOL/IPDI COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| DIMETHOXYDIPHENYLSILANE/TRIETHOXYCAPRYLYLSILANE CROSSPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| DIMETHYL PHTHALATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| DIMETHYLACRYLAMIDE/ACRYLIC ACID/POLYSTYRENE ETHYL METHACRYLATE COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| DIMETHYLAMINE/ETHYLENEDIAMINE/EPICHLOROHYDRIN COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| DIMETHYLAMINOBENZAMIDOPROPYL/METHYL POLYSILSESQUIOXANE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| DIMETHYLAMINOETHYL METHACRYLATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| DIOCTYLDECYL IPDI | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| DIOCTYLDODECYL IPDI | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
What the law governs
Annex III may restrict particular substances. Annex III also sets labelling conditions for fragrance allergens; consult the actual ingredient entry.
Cosmetics Regulation 1223/2009, articles 10, 14, 19 and 20.
Ingredients subject to rules
- STYRENE/ACRYLATES COPOLYMER : Prohibited in nano form (Annex II)
- SODIUM STYRENE/ACRYLATES COPOLYMER : Prohibited in nano form (Annex II)
- MYROXYLON PEREIRAE RESIN : Prohibited as a fragrance ingredient (Annex II)
Allowed with restrictions (Annex III)
Annex III, entry 154: maximum concentration: 0.4% - TRIMETHYLOLPROPANE TRIACRYLATE : Prohibited in cosmetics (Annex II)
- METHOXYETHYL ACRYLATE : Prohibited in cosmetics (Annex II)
- METHYL DIETHANOLAMINE : Prohibited in cosmetics (Annex II)
Reading the label
Ingredients are listed by descending weight when added; those at 1% or less may follow in any order. Position alone does not establish function or dose.
Frequently asked questions
Does this function prove that a product is effective or safe?
A function is not a safety conclusion. The finished product requires a safety assessment (article 10), and the ingredient must meet its applicable conditions. Claims require supporting evidence (article 20).