Glyceryl Polyacrylate in cosmetics: what it is and what it does

What does Glyceryl Polyacrylate do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, Glyceryl Polyacrylate leaves a thin film on skin, hair or nails. The EU’s CosIng database lists this job for it: film forming.

What other names and numbers does Glyceryl Polyacrylate have?

CosIng reference

76245

Which products contain Glyceryl Polyacrylate?

Open Beauty Facts finds Glyceryl Polyacrylate in the ingredient lists of 12 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often facial creams, night creams and face care.

• Facial creams2
• Night creams1
• Face care1

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 2 · Spain 2 · Norway 2 · Turkey 2.

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

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

Contains information from Open Beauty Facts, which is made available here under the Open Database License (ODbL). Read the licence · Download this dictionary’s data · How we check