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Carbomer

Explained

Carbomer is a polymer of acrylic acid. Its main role is to create a gel consistency.

A high amount of carbomer can cause pilling or balling up of products. Don't worry, most products contain 1% or less of carbomer.

See all 11,292 products with Carbomer

Comedogenic Rating
1
Irritancy Rating
0
Users who like it
22%
Users who avoid it
78%

What it does

Emulsion Stabilising Stabiliziing emulsion, making two non-mixable ingredients stable
Gel Forming To form gel, a semi-solid

Prevalence

Somewhat common Percentage of products that contain it
12.6%
Top categories
Moisturizers
Treatments
Masks
Position Predominant list placement
Bottom 50%
Concentration Concentrations we've seen
0% to 8%

References

CosIng Data

CosIng ID 74820
INCI Name CARBOMER
EC #  - / - / - / - / - / -
All Functions Emulsion Stabilising, Gel Forming, Viscosity Controlling