Polyepsilon-lysine
Polyepsilon-lysine appears on 3 ingredient lists in our database, most often in sunscreens.
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
Polyepsilon-lysine appears on 3 ingredient lists in our database, most often in sunscreens.
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: surfactant - emulsifying, hair conditioning, skin conditioning - miscellaneous
Products with Polyepsilon-lysine
in 3 products
Lovéa Nature Crème visage Protection 100% Minérale SPF 50+Lovéa Nature · sunscreen
Biocos Masque visage purifiant Argile verteBiocos · face mask- no photoKativa 90 Giorni Trattamento OndulanteKativa · hair dye
Showing 3 of 3 products with this ingredient, most scanned first.
In the EU ingredient database
- surfactant - emulsifying
- hair conditioning
- skin conditioning - miscellaneous
- surfactant - emulsifying: Helping suspensions or dispersions of liquids in a second liquid by reducing the surface tension of the substances to be emulsified.
- hair conditioning: Enhancing the appearance and feel of hair. Leaving the hair easy to comb, supple, soft and shiny and/or imparting volume, lightness, gloss, texture, etc.
- skin conditioning - miscellaneous: Enhancing the appearance of dry and/or damaged skin by reducing flaking and restoring suppleness.
CAS 28211-04-3
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.