Beauty ingredient · Thickener / film former

Film formers and fixatives

Polymers and solvents that form films in hair sprays, mascaras and nail polish.

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Concern level

No concern Level 0 of 4 How concern levels work

A whole food or a benign function, with no credible concern. It never costs points. The concern level sets how many points film formers and fixatives costs on a product’s receipt.

Popular products that list film formers and fixatives

3 of the 17,000 most-scanned products in the US with a GoodSwap page list film formers and fixatives.

Names GoodSwap recognizes on labels (36)
  • pvp
  • nylon 6
  • shellac
  • nylon 12
  • povidone
  • polyester
  • polybutene
  • polyurethane
  • tromethamine
  • butyl acetate
  • ethyl acetate
  • polypropylene
  • vp va copolymer
  • neopentyl glycol
  • pvm ma copolymer
  • polyvinyl acetate
  • polyvinyl alcohol
  • vinyl dimethicone
  • diisopropyl adipate
  • propylene carbonate
  • vp eicosene copolymer
  • polymethyl methacrylate
  • vp hexadecene copolymer
  • film formers and fixatives
  • polybutylene terephthalate
  • polyethylene terephthalate
  • silica dimethicone silylate
  • ethylene propylene copolymer
  • sodium polystyrene sulfonate
  • dimer dilinoleyl dimer dilinoleate
  • acrylates octylacrylamide copolymer
  • hydrogenated styrene isoprene copolymer
  • adipic acid neopentyl glycol crosslinked polymer
  • trimethylpentanediol adipic acid glycerin crosspolymer
  • phthalic anhydride trimellitic anhydride glycols copolymer
  • octylacrylamide acrylates butylaminoethyl methacrylate copolymer

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