Carbomer is a polymer of acrylic acid. Its main role is to create gel consistency within products.
Carbomer is commonly found in many types of cosmetics products. It is found to be safe in concentrations up to 15%. However, a high amount of carbomer can cause pilling or balling up of products. Most products contain 1% of less of carbomer.
Carbomer is a somewhat common cosmetic ingredient, with about 16.6% of the products in our database containing it.
What it does:
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Where it's used
Carbomer is most often found as ingredient number 19 within an ingredient list.
Of the 2 products in our database that have a known concentration of Carbomer, we've seen concentrations from 0.1% to 7.8% specified within their ingredient lists.
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Products with Carbomer
CosIng Data
- CosIng ID: 74820
- INCI Name: CARBOMER
- EC #: Â - / - / - / - / - / -
- All Functions: Emulsion Stabilising, Gel Forming, Viscosity Controlling
