Sodium Polystyrene Sulfonate
Sodium Polystyrene Sulfonate appears on 6 ingredient lists in our database, most often in hair treatments.
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
Sodium Polystyrene Sulfonate appears on 6 ingredient lists in our database, most often in hair treatments.
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: emulsion stabilising, film forming, viscosity controlling
Products with Sodium Polystyrene Sulfonate
in 6 products
- no photoElidor 7 in 1 Hair Beautifying Leave-in Care CreamElidor · hair treatment
StriVectin TL Advanced Tightening Neck Cream PLUSStriVectin · cream or lotion- no photoJohn Frieda FRIZZ esse TraumlockenJohn Frieda · hair treatment
L'Oréal Line studio Hot and BoucleL'Oréal · hair styling
Schaebens Aktivkohle Strong peel-off maskeSchaebens · face mask- no photoIstituto Elvetico Sanders Alodermin pre shampooIstituto Elvetico Sanders · shampoo
Showing 6 of 6 products with this ingredient, most scanned first.
In the EU ingredient database
- emulsion stabilising
- film forming
- viscosity controlling
- emulsion stabilising: Helping the process of emulsification and improving emulsion stability and shelf-life.
- 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 9080-79-9/ 62744-35-8/ 25704-18-1/ 9003-59-2 · EC - / - / - / -
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.