# POLYACRYLATE-22

URL: https://app.greenveil.ai/ingredients/ingredient_inci_polyacrylate_22
Categories: beauty
Functions: Hair fixing, Film forming
Identifier: POLYACRYLATE-22

> POLYACRYLATE-22: Used in cosmetics as a hair fixative and a film former. Canonical ingredient record built from 1 public-source records. Compiled from 1 published data source.

## Safety assessment

- Chemical concern: not yet assessed
- Is it a concern? We haven't assessed a concern score for this ingredient yet. It is listed for cosmetic use in the EU.
- Rationale: Canonical ingredient record built from 1 public-source records.

## Regulatory status

- EU: Active — Polyacrylate-22 is a complex polymer that is prepared by first reacting isophorone diisocyanate (IPDI with a copolymer made from Adipic Acid and Neopentyl Glycol. The isocyanate groups on the resulting polymer are then reacted with hydroxyethyl methacrylate followed by quenching with ethanol to eliminate residual urethane groups. Finally, the polymer above is copolymerized with acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, and methyl methacrylate, then partially neutralized with aminomethyl propanol (AMP)

## Expert safety opinions

- SCCS (EU Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety): no opinion on file.
- CIR (Cosmetic Ingredient Review (US expert panel)): no opinion on file.

## Data sources

- CosIng (updated 2026-09-23): https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/details/85251

_Assessed by Greenveil._