HYDROXYSTEARIC ACID/ADIPIC ACID/GLYCERIN CROSSPOLYMER ●
TL;DR. This ingredient is primarily an oil-phase structurant and viscosity modifier. It helps thicken anhydrous oils, balms, sticks, and emulsions while improving texture, payoff, and film integrity.
What does HYDROXYSTEARIC ACID/ADIPIC ACID/GLYCERIN CROSSPOLYMER do in a cosmetic formula?
This ingredient is primarily an oil-phase structurant and viscosity modifier. It helps thicken anhydrous oils, balms, sticks, and emulsions while improving texture, payoff, and film integrity.
Is HYDROXYSTEARIC ACID/ADIPIC ACID/GLYCERIN CROSSPOLYMER clean?
It is generally a low-irritation, high-molecular-weight polymer and is not a common restricted-list issue. The main clean-beauty friction is that it is a synthetic it, so some frameworks scrutinize it as a non-natural polymer rather than for routine skin tolerance concerns.
Is HYDROXYSTEARIC ACID/ADIPIC ACID/GLYCERIN CROSSPOLYMER sustainable?
This material is typically made from a mix of fatty-acid feedstocks and small petrochemical or bio-based building blocks, depending on supplier. Its ester-rich structure is more degradable in principle than many inert synthetic polymers, but public biodegradation data for the finished crosslinked material are limited.
Is HYDROXYSTEARIC ACID/ADIPIC ACID/GLYCERIN CROSSPOLYMER COSMOS-approved?
It is not a straightforward COSMOS-organic ingredient, and COSMOS-natural acceptance depends on supplier documentation, raw-material origin, and whether the grade meets rules for chemically processed agro-ingredients. From a Green Chemistry view, it has positives when renewable fatty inputs are used and ester bonds support breakdown, with caveats around polymerization, possible petrochemical sourcing, and limited end-of-life data.
How does HYDROXYSTEARIC ACID/ADIPIC ACID/GLYCERIN CROSSPOLYMER work chemically?
The molecule is a crosslinked aliphatic polyester built from a fatty hydroxy acid, a small dicarboxylic acid, and a triol, giving it oil compatibility and network-forming behavior. It is used mainly in anhydrous and emulsion oil phases as a rheology modifier, with performance shaped by heating, shear, and compatibility with oils, waxes, pigments, and esters.
Last updated 2026-05-14