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Amp-Acrylates/Allyl Methacrylate Copolymer in cosmetics: what it is and what it does

Amp-Acrylates/Allyl Methacrylate 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 7 products, most often hair care.

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What does Amp-Acrylates/Allyl Methacrylate Copolymer do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, Amp-Acrylates/Allyl Methacrylate Copolymer leaves a thin film on skin, hair or nails and holds a hairstyle. The EU’s CosIng database lists these jobs for it: film forming and hair fixing.

film forminghair fixing

What is Amp-Acrylates/Allyl Methacrylate Copolymer?

Amp-Acrylates/Allyl Methacrylate Copolymer is the aminomethylpropanol salt of a copolymer of allyl methacrylate and one or more monomers consisting of acrylic acid, metacrylic acid or one of their simple esters.

CosIng reference
54612

Is Amp-Acrylates/Allyl Methacrylate 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 61).

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

Which products contain Amp-Acrylates/Allyl Methacrylate Copolymer?

Open Beauty Facts finds Amp-Acrylates/Allyl Methacrylate Copolymer in the ingredient lists of 7 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often hair care, hair gels and makeup.

  • Hair care1
  • Hair gels1
  • Makeup1

Products with it, by country of sale: Netherlands 2 · France 1 · Philippines 1 · Italy 1.

Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where Amp-Acrylates/Allyl Methacrylate 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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