Database/Antistatic/Octylacrylamide/Acrylates/Butylaminoethyl Methacrylate Copolymer
100% petroleum · ISO 16128

Is Octylacrylamide/Acrylates/Butylaminoethyl Methacrylate Copolymer natural?

No. Every monomer, the methacrylate esters, synthetic amino-methacrylate, propylene glycol ester, acrylic acid, and octylacrylamide, is petrochemical.

INCI nameOctylacrylamide/Acrylates/Butylaminoethyl Methacrylate Copolymer
CAS70801-07-9
FunctionAntistatic · Film Forming
FeedstockPolymerised from petrochemical acrylate, methacrylate and acrylamide monomers…

How we scored it

Copolymer of butylaminoethyl methacrylate, methyl methacrylate, propylene-glycol monomethacrylate, acrylic acid and octylacrylamide, all petrochemical 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 acrylate, methacrylate and acrylamide monomers derived from propylene/acrylonitrile chemistry. No natural route exists.

In plain English

A synthetic film-forming, antistatic resin used in hairsprays and styling products to hold hair in place; made entirely from petrochemical acrylic building blocks.

CosIng definition: 2-Propenoic acid, 2-methyl-, 2-[(11-dimethylethyl)amino]ethyl ester, polymer with methyl 2-methyl-2-propenoate, 1,2-propanediol mono(2-methyl-2-propenoate), 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. 2OCTYLACRYLAMIDE/ACRYLATES/BUTYLAMINOETHYL METHACRYLATE COPOLYMER. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  3. 3OCTYLACRYLAMIDE/ACRYLATES/BUTYLAMINOETHYL METHACRYLATE COPOLYMER. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=OCTYLACRYLAMIDE/ACRYLATES/BUTYLAMINOETHYL%20METHACRYLATE%20COPOLYMER