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Definitions cited for information: the inventory decision was repealed on 8 May 2020.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 |
|---|---|
| POLYURETHANE-9 | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| POLYVINYL CHLORIDE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| POLYVINYL IMIDAZOLINIUM ACETATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| POLYVINYL ISOBUTYL ETHER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| POLYVINYL METHYL ETHER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| POLYVINYL STEARYL ETHER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| POLYVINYLACETAL DIETHYLAMINOACETATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| POTASSIUM ACETATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| POTASSIUM ACRYLATES/ACRYLAMIDE COPOLYMER | Cited as an example in a rule, no rule of its own (Annex III) |
| POTASSIUM ACRYLATES/C10-30 ALKYL ACRYLATE CROSSPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| POTASSIUM ACRYLATES/ETHYLHEXYL ACRYLATE COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| POTASSIUM BUTYL ESTER OF PVM/MA COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| POTASSIUM CARRAGEENAN | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| POTASSIUM SHELLAC | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| PPG-20 TOCOPHERETH-50 | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| PPG-26/DIMER DILINOLEATE COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| PPG-26/HDI COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| PPG-26/TDI COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| PPG-4 OLETH-10 DIMETHICONE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| PPG-5 METHACRYLATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| PPG-7/SUCCINIC ACID COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| PPG-8 PENTAERYTHRITYL TETRA(CHLOROTHIOXANTHONE OXYACETATE) | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| PROPANEDIOL ROSINATES | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| PROPYL METHACRYLATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| PROPYLENE GLYCOL DIRICINOLEATE/IPDI COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| PROPYLENE GLYCOL DIUNDECANOATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| PROPYLTRIMONIUMCHLORIDE ACRYLAMIDE/DIMETHYLACRYLAMIDE COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII RESIN | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| PVP MONTMORILLONITE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| PVP/DECENE COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| PVP/VA/ITACONIC ACID COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| PVP/VA/VINYL PROPIONATE COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| RICINOLEOYL EPOXY RESIN | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ROSIN GLYCERIDES | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| ROSIN HYDROLYZED COLLAGEN | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| RUBBER LATEX CROSSPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| SEC-BUTYL METHACRYLATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| SERUM ALBUMIN | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| SHELLAC CERA | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| SILKWORM DECAPEPTIDE-1 | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| SILKWORM OLIGOPEPTIDE-2 | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| SILKWORM OLIGOPEPTIDE-3 | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| SILKWORM OLIGOPEPTIDE-4 | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| SILVER CARP EXTRACT | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| SODIUM ACRYLATE/ACRYLONITROGENS COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| SODIUM ACRYLATE/HYDROXYETHYL ACRYLAMIDE COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| SODIUM ACRYLATE/VINYL ALCOHOL COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| SODIUM ACRYLATE/VINYLACETAMIDE COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| SODIUM ACRYLATES/ETHYLHEXYL ACRYLATE COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| SODIUM BUTYL ESTER OF PVM/MA COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| SODIUM C4-12 OLEFIN/MALEIC ACID COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| SODIUM CAPROOYL HYALURONATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| SODIUM CARBOXYMETHYL CHITIN | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| SODIUM DVB/ACRYLATES COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| SODIUM ETHYL ESTER OF PVM/MA COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| SODIUM GELLAN/POLYITACONATE COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| SODIUM HYDROXYPROPYL OXIDIZED STARCH SUCCINATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| SODIUM ISOOCTYLENE/MA COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| SODIUM MA/DIISOBUTYLENE COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| SODIUM MA/VINYL ALCOHOL COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| SODIUM OXIDIZED STARCH ACETATE/SUCCINATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| SODIUM PG-PROPYLDIMETHICONE THIOSULFATE COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| SODIUM POLYGLUTAMATE CROSSPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| SODIUM POLYQUATERNIUM CROSSPOLYMER-1 | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| SODIUM PVM/MA/DECADIENE CROSSPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| SODIUM STYRENE/ACRYLATES/DIVINYLBENZENE COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| SODIUM STYRENE/ACRYLATES/ETHYLHEXYL ACRYLATE/LAURYL ACRYLATE COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| SODIUM STYRENE/ACRYLATES/PEG-10 DIMALEATE COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| SODIUM TAURIDE ACRYLATES/ACRYLIC ACID/ACRYLONITROGENS COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| sr-(ESCHERICHIA COLI EXTRACT/sh-POLYPEPTIDE-138 sh-POLYPEPTIDE-50 LEUCYL sh-POLYPEPTIDE-50 ARGININE) | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| sr-(POLYPEPTIDE-165 OLIGOPEPTIDE-178) | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| sr-(POLYPEPTIDE-166 OLIGOPEPTIDE-178) | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| sr-(POLYPEPTIDE-167 OLIGOPEPTIDE-178) | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| sr-(POLYPEPTIDE-168 OLIGOPEPTIDE-178) | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| sr-(POLYPEPTIDE-169 OLIGOPEPTIDE-178) | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| STARCH DIETHYLAMINOETHYL ETHER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| STARCH/ACRYLATES/ACRYLAMIDE COPOLYMER | Cited as an example in a rule, no rule of its own (Annex III) |
| STARMERELLA BOMBICOLA/SUNFLOWER SEED OIL FERMENT OIL | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| STEARAMIDOPROPYL DIMETHICONE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| STEAROYL EPOXY RESIN | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| STEARYL HDI/PEG-50 COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| STEARYL METHACRYLATE/PERFLUOROOCTYLETHYL METHACRYLATE COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| STEARYL POLYLACTATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| STEARYLVINYL ETHER/MA COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| STYRENE/ACRYLATES COPOLYMER/POLYURETHANE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| STYRENE/ACRYLATES/ETHYLHEXYL ACRYLATE/LAURYL ACRYLATE COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| STYRENE/ALLYL BENZOATE COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| STYRENE/DVB CROSSPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| STYRENE/MA COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| STYRENE/METHACRYLAMIDE/ACRYLATES COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| STYRENE/METHYLSTYRENE/INDENE COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| STYRENE/VA COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| SUCROSE BENZOATE/SUCROSE ACETATE ISOBUTYRATE COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| SUCROSE BENZOATE/SUCROSE ACETATE ISOBUTYRATE/BUTYL BENZYL PHTHALATE COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| SUCROSE BENZOATE/SUCROSE ACETATE ISOBUTYRATE/BUTYL BENZYL PHTHALATE/METHYL METHACRYLATE COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| SUCROSE OLIVATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| SULFONATED KERATIN | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| T-BUTYL METHACRYLATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| TEA-ACRYLATES/ACRYLONITROGENS COPOLYMER | Cited as an example in a rule, no rule of its own (Annex III) |
| TEA-ACRYLATES/ETHYLHEXYL ACRYLATE COPOLYMER | Cited as an example in a rule, no rule of its own (Annex III) |
| TEA-DIRICINOLEATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| TEA-DIRICINOLEATE/IPDI COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| TEREPHTHALIC ACID/ISOPHTHALIC ACID/SODIUM ISOPHTHALIC ACID SULFONATE/GLYCOL COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| TETRA-(HEA SUCCINYL HYDROXYPROPYLMETHACRYLATE) PENTAERYTHRITYL TETRAMERCAPTOPROPIONATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| TETRADECYLOCTADECYL BEHENATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| TETRADECYLOCTADECYL MYRISTATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| TETRADECYLOCTADECYL STEARATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| TETRAHYDROFURFURYL METHACRYLATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| TIPA-ACRYLATES/ETHYLHEXYL ACRYLATE COPOLYMER | Cited as an example in a rule, no rule of its own (Annex III) |
| TITANIUM ISOSTEARATES | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| TRIACONTENE/VP COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| TRIBUTYLCRESYLBUTANE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| TRICETYL PHOSPHATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| TRIETHOXYSILYLPROPYL ACETYL HYDROXYPROLINATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| TRIFLUOROETHYL METHACRYLATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| TRIMETHYLOL PROPANE CYCLOHEXENE DICARBOXYLATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| TRIMETHYLPENTANEDIOL/ISOPHTHALIC ACID/TRIMELLITIC ANHYDRIDE COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| TRIMETHYLSILOXY POLYPHENYLSILSESQUIOXANE SILICATE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| TRIMETHYLSILOXYSILYLCARBAMOYL PULLULAN | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| TRIMETHYLSILYL CELLULOSE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| TRIMETHYLSILYL PULLULAN | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| TRIS(ACETIMINOACETOXYETHOXY METHACRYLATE) PPG-6 TRIMETHYLOLPROPANE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| TRITICUM AESTIVUM PEPTIDE | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| TROMETHAMINE ACRYLATES/ACRYLONITROGENS COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| VA/CROTONATES/METHACRYLOXYBENZOPHENONE-1 COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| VA/CROTONATES/VINYL PROPIONATE COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| VA/CROTONIC ACID/PEG-20M COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| VA/DBM COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| VA/ISOBUTYL MALEATE/VINYL NEODECANOATE COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| VA/VINYL CHLORIDE COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| VINYL ALCOHOL/VINYLFORMAMIDE COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| VINYL CHLORIDE/VINYL LAURATE COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| VINYLAMINE/VINYL ALCOHOL COPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| VINYLDIMETHYL/TRIMETHYLSILOXYSILICATE STEARYL DIMETHICONE CROSSPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| VINYLDIMETHYL/TRIMETHYLSILOXYSILICATE/DIMETHICONE CROSSPOLYMER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| VP/DIMETHICONYLACRYLATE/POLYCARBAMYL POLYGLYCOL ESTER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| VP/DIMETHYLAMINOETHYLMETHACRYLATE/POLYCARBAMYL POLYGLYCOL ESTER | No specific rule in the Cosmetics Regulation |
| WELAN GUM | 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).