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INCI ingredient

Polyethylene Terephthalate

Polyethylene Terephthalate appears on 38 ingredient lists in our database, most often in lip makeups.

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 Terephthalate appears on 38 ingredient lists in our database, most often in lip makeups.

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: film forming

Products with Polyethylene Terephthalate

in 38 products

Showing 24 of 38 products with this ingredient, most scanned first.

In the EU ingredient database

Functions listed by CosIng
  • film forming
  • film forming: Producing (upon application) a continuous film on the skin, hair or nails.

CAS 25038-59-9

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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