How we scored it
Where it comes from
Polymerised from ethylene gas obtained by cracking petroleum naphtha or natural gas. No natural or bio-based route is used commercially in cosmetics.
In plain English
A synthetic plastic used as a texturising or film-forming agent in cosmetics, made from petrochemical ethylene gas.
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References
- 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.
- 2POLYETHYLENE. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3POLYETHYLENE. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=POLYETHYLENE