Bis-Diglyceryl-3 Polyacyladipate-2 ●
TL;DR. This ingredient is a rich emollient and film-forming ester used to add cushion, gloss, adhesion, and water resistance, especially in balms, lip products, and creams. It also helps suspend pigments and improve payoff in color cosmetics.
What does Bis-Diglyceryl-3 Polyacyladipate-2 do in a cosmetic formula?
This ingredient is a rich emollient and film-forming ester used to add cushion, gloss, adhesion, and water resistance, especially in balms, lip products, and creams. It also helps suspend pigments and improve payoff in color cosmetics.
Is Bis-Diglyceryl-3 Polyacyladipate-2 clean?
From a clean-beauty perspective, this ingredient is generally well tolerated, with low reported irritation and no common allergen profile. The main friction is that it is a highly processed synthetic ester, so some stricter clean frameworks may treat it less favorably than simpler plant oils or waxes.
Is Bis-Diglyceryl-3 Polyacyladipate-2 sustainable?
This material is typically made from glycerin-derived and fatty-acid-derived inputs, with some synthetic acid chemistry involved, so sourcing can be partly plant-based and partly petrochemical depending on supplier. It is an ester-based material and is expected to have better environmental breakdown than silicone films, but supplier-level biodegradability data matters.
Is Bis-Diglyceryl-3 Polyacyladipate-2 COSMOS-approved?
This ingredient is not a straightforward COSMOS-organic fit, and COSMOS-natural acceptance depends on the exact raw material documentation, feedstocks, and allowed processing routes. From a Green Chemistry lens, it has positives as an ester that can use renewable fatty inputs, but it is still a multi-step, highly processed material.
How does Bis-Diglyceryl-3 Polyacyladipate-2 work chemically?
The molecule is a high-molecular-weight polyester made by linking polyol, dicarboxylic acid, and fatty-acid components, which gives it a tacky, waxy, occlusive skin feel. It is oil-soluble, water-insoluble, typically used in the low single digits to higher levels in anhydrous lip and balm systems, and is generally stable across normal cosmetic pH ranges because it sits in the oil phase.
Last updated 2026-05-13