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INCI ingredient

Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose

Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose appears on 131 ingredient lists in our database, most often in hair dyes.

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

Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose appears on 131 ingredient lists in our database, most often in hair dyes.

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: antistatic, binding, emulsion stabilising, film forming, surfactant - cleansing, viscosity controlling

Products with Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose

in 131 products

Showing 24 of 131 products with this ingredient, most scanned first.

In the EU ingredient database

Functions listed by CosIng
  • antistatic
  • binding
  • emulsion stabilising
  • film forming
  • surfactant - cleansing
  • viscosity controlling
  • antistatic: Preventing and/or reducing static electricity by neutralising electrical charge on surfaces.
  • binding: Providing adhesive properties during and after compression in cosmetic tablets and/or cakes.
  • 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.

CAS 9004-65-3

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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