How we scored it
Where it comes from
Made by condensing petrochemical hexamethylene diisocyanate with polycaprolactonetriol, itself ring-opened from cyclohexanone-derived caprolactone. No natural-feedstock route exists commercially.
In plain English
A film-forming polymer used to give products texture and a smooth after-feel, built from synthetic diisocyanate and caprolactone-based building blocks.
CosIng definition: Crosslinked condensation polymer of 2 moles hexamethylene diisocyanate with 1 mole polycaprolactonetriol
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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.
- 2POLYURETHANE-16. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3POLYURETHANE-16. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=POLYURETHANE-16