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INCI ingredient

Nylon 6/12

Also listed as: Nylon-6/12

Nylon 6/12 appears on 2 ingredient lists in our database, most often in eye creams.

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

Nylon 6/12 appears on 2 ingredient lists in our database, most often in eye creams.

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: absorbent, bulking, opacifying

Products with Nylon 6/12

in 2 products

Showing 2 of 2 products with this ingredient, most scanned first.

In the EU ingredient database

Functions listed by CosIng
  • absorbent
  • bulking
  • opacifying
  • absorbent: Taking up water- and/or oil-soluble (dissolved or finely dispersed) substances.
  • bulking: Non-reactive (chemically inert), solid ingredients that dilute other solids and/or increase the volume of cosmetic products.
  • opacifying: Reducing transparency or translucency of cosmetics.

CAS 25191-04-2

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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