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INCI ingredient

Styrene

Also listed as: Styrene/Acrylates, Styrene /Acrylates /Ammoniumm, Styrene/Acrylatescopolymer, Styrene/Acrylatecopolymer

Styrene appears on 7 ingredient lists in our database, most often in bar soaps.

What it triggers

  • Vegan originNot sureorigin not on file
  • FragranceNonot a perfume ingredient
  • ParabenNonot a preservative of this family
  • SulfateNonot a sulfate surfactant
  • SiliconeNonot a silicone
  • AlcoholNonot a drying alcohol

What it does

Styrene appears on 7 ingredient lists in our database, most often in bar soaps.

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: solvent

In the EU ingredient database

Functions listed by CosIng
  • solvent
  • solvent: Dissolving other components of cosmetics. Solvents are usually liquids (aqueous and nonaqueous).

CAS 100-42-5 · EC 202-851-5

EU regulation

Listed in Annex II (ref. 1575) of the EU Cosmetics Regulation. II/1575

Source: CosIng, European Commission. Informative, no legal value; the regulation text is the reference.

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