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INCI ingredient

Polyquaternium-22

Polyquaternium-22 appears on 54 ingredient lists in our database, most often in shampoos.

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

Polyquaternium-22 appears on 54 ingredient lists in our database, most often in shampoos.

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, film forming

Products with Polyquaternium-22

in 54 products

Showing 24 of 54 products with this ingredient, most scanned first.

In the EU ingredient database

Functions listed by CosIng
  • antistatic
  • film forming
  • antistatic: Preventing and/or reducing static electricity by neutralising electrical charge on surfaces.
  • film forming: Producing (upon application) a continuous film on the skin, hair or nails.

CAS 53694-17-0

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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