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INCI ingredient

Acrylates Crosspolymer-4

Acrylates Crosspolymer-4 appears on 16 ingredient lists in our database, most often in shampoos.

What it triggers

  • Vegan originYesno animal source
  • FragranceNonot a perfume ingredient
  • ParabenNonot a preservative of this family
  • SulfateNonot a sulfate surfactant
  • SiliconeNonot a silicone
  • AlcoholNonot a drying alcohol

What it does

Acrylates Crosspolymer-4 appears on 16 ingredient lists in our database, most often in shampoos.

It does not belong to any of the six groups we check, so it never changes a verdict.

We have not written the plain-language note for this ingredient yet; the facts above come straight from how it is classified.

Functions: emulsion stabilising, film forming, surfactant - cleansing, viscosity controlling

In the EU ingredient database

Functions listed by CosIng
  • emulsion stabilising
  • film forming
  • surfactant - cleansing
  • viscosity controlling
  • emulsion stabilising: Helping the process of emulsification and improving emulsion stability and shelf-life.
  • film forming: Producing (upon application) a continuous film on the skin, hair or nails.
  • surfactant - cleansing: Wetting body surfaces, emulsifying or solubilizing oils, and suspending soil (generally, such ingredients contribute to the foaming and lathering properties of cleansing products).
  • viscosity controlling: Increasing or decreasing the viscosity (thickness) of cosmetics.
EU regulation

Not on a restricted-substances annex. Listed as an allowed cosmetic ingredient.

Source: CosIng, European Commission. Informative, no legal value; the regulation text is the reference.

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