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INCI ingredient

Polyethylene

Also listed as: Polyéthylène), Polyéthylène

Polyethylene appears on 159 ingredient lists in our database, most often in lip balms.

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

Polyethylene appears on 159 ingredient lists in our database, most often in lip balms.

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: abrasive, film forming, viscosity controlling

Products with Polyethylene

in 159 products

Showing 24 of 159 products with this ingredient, most scanned first.

In the EU ingredient database

Functions listed by CosIng
  • abrasive
  • film forming
  • viscosity controlling
  • abrasive: Removing unwanted tissue or foreign materials from various body surfaces, including mechanical tooth cleaning and/or gloss improvement.
  • film forming: Producing (upon application) a continuous film on the skin, hair or nails.
  • viscosity controlling: Increasing or decreasing the viscosity (thickness) of cosmetics.

CAS 9002-88-4

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.

Classification from the INCI name; product lists from Open Beauty Facts.Report a mistake