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Acrylamidopropyltrimonium Chloride/Acrylamide Copolymer in cosmetics: what it is and what it does

Acrylamidopropyltrimonium Chloride/Acrylamide Copolymer is a cosmetic ingredient that leaves a thin film on skin, hair or nails. The EU allows it only with limits or conditions. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 12 products, most often hair care.

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What does Acrylamidopropyltrimonium Chloride/Acrylamide Copolymer do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, Acrylamidopropyltrimonium Chloride/Acrylamide Copolymer leaves a thin film on skin, hair or nails, reduces static, so hair stays flat and holds a hairstyle. The EU’s CosIng database lists these jobs for it: film forming, antistatic and hair fixing.

film formingantistatichair fixing

What other names and numbers does Acrylamidopropyltrimonium Chloride/Acrylamide Copolymer have?

CosIng reference
54263

Is Acrylamidopropyltrimonium Chloride/Acrylamide Copolymer restricted in the EU?

Yes, it has limits. The EU allows it only with limits or conditions of use, such as a maximum amount or a warning on the label (Annex III of Regulation 1223/2009, entry 66).

The annex entry sets the exact limits, the products it may be used in and any warning the label must carry.

Which products contain Acrylamidopropyltrimonium Chloride/Acrylamide Copolymer?

Open Beauty Facts finds Acrylamidopropyltrimonium Chloride/Acrylamide Copolymer in the ingredient lists of 12 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often hair care and anti-dandruff shampoos.

  • Hair care3
  • Anti-dandruff shampoos2

Products with it, by country of sale: Turkey 5 · Australia 3 · Germany 3 · Türkiye 2.

Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where Acrylamidopropyltrimonium Chloride/Acrylamide Copolymer turns up, not how much of the market it is.

On these listsRestricted in the EU

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Sources

The job, the description and the EU annex entry are CosIng’s; the fragrance allergens are the EU Annex III names Bravoora’s label checker reads; the product counts are Open Beauty Facts’.

  1. European Commission: CosIng cosmetic ingredient database (functions, description, EU annex entry)
  2. Open Beauty Facts: product database, 77,506 products, read 13 October 2026, ODbL
  3. EU Regulation 1223/2009 on cosmetic products (the annexes)

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