Methyl Methacrylate/Glycol Dimethacrylate Crosspolymer ●
TL;DR. This ingredient is a synthetic texture modifier and soft-focus powder used to add slip, reduce tack, absorb oil, and blur the look of pores or fine lines. It also helps improve spread and payoff in primers, complexion products, powders, and sunscreens.
What does Methyl Methacrylate/Glycol Dimethacrylate Crosspolymer do in a cosmetic formula?
This ingredient is a synthetic texture modifier and soft-focus powder used to add slip, reduce tack, absorb oil, and blur the look of pores or fine lines. It also helps improve spread and payoff in primers, complexion products, powders, and sunscreens.
Is Methyl Methacrylate/Glycol Dimethacrylate Crosspolymer clean?
From a skin-tolerance perspective, it is generally low-reactivity because the particles are large, insoluble, and not designed to penetrate skin. Clean-beauty friction comes from its synthetic particulate polymer status and potential residual-monomer specifications, not from routine irritation concerns.
Is Methyl Methacrylate/Glycol Dimethacrylate Crosspolymer sustainable?
It is typically made from petrochemical feedstocks and is not readily biodegradable. Because it is an insoluble particulate polymer, wastewater capture and long environmental residence time are the main sustainability concerns.
Is Methyl Methacrylate/Glycol Dimethacrylate Crosspolymer COSMOS-approved?
It is not permitted under COSMOS natural or organic standards because synthetic petrochemical particulate polymers of this type do not fit the standard. Its Green Chemistry alignment is weak due to nonrenewable sourcing, limited biodegradability, and persistence after rinse-off use.
How does Methyl Methacrylate/Glycol Dimethacrylate Crosspolymer work chemically?
This material is a highly crosslinked three-dimensional polymer network supplied as fine spherical particles, so it does not truly dissolve and mainly changes optics, slip, and oil uptake through particle structure. Typical use is about 1 to 10% in powders, primers, color cosmetics, and sunscreens, with broad pH and heat stability, although good dispersion is needed to limit clumping.
Last updated 2026-08-19