Database/Film Forming/Acrylates/Octylacrylamide Copolymer
100% petroleum · ISO 16128

Is Acrylates/Octylacrylamide Copolymer natural?

No. Every monomer (methacrylate ester, acrylic acid, octylacrylamide) is a petrochemical acrylic-chemistry building block.

INCI nameAcrylates/Octylacrylamide Copolymer
CAS129702-02-9
FunctionFilm Forming · Hair Fixing
FeedstockPolymerised from petrochemical acrylic acid, methacrylate ester and…

How we scored it

Copolymer of isobutyl methacrylate, acrylic acid and N-octylacrylamide, all petrochemical acrylate/acrylamide monomers → 0.0.
What counts. ISO 16128-2 scores the atoms that remain in the final ingredient. Reagents, solvents, catalysts and protecting groups used during manufacture leave no mass behind and are not counted.

Where it comes from

Polymerised from petrochemical acrylic acid, methacrylate ester and octylacrylamide monomers derived from propylene/acrylonitrile chemistry. No natural route exists.

In plain English

A synthetic film-forming resin used in hairsprays and styling gels to hold hairstyles in place; made entirely from petrochemical acrylic building blocks.

CosIng definition: 2-Propenoic acid, 2-methyl-, 2-methylpropylester, polymer with 2-propenoic acid and N-(1,1,3,3-tetramethylbutyl)-2-propenamide

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References

  1. 1ISO 16128-1:2016 and ISO 16128-2:2017 — Guidelines on technical definitions and criteria for natural and organic cosmetic ingredients and products. ISO, Geneva.
  2. 2ACRYLATES/OCTYLACRYLAMIDE COPOLYMER. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  3. 3ACRYLATES/OCTYLACRYLAMIDE COPOLYMER. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=ACRYLATES/OCTYLACRYLAMIDE%20COPOLYMER