Cosmetic ingredient dictionary

Vinyl Caprolactam/Vp/Dimethylaminoethyl Methacrylate Copolymer in cosmetics: what it is and what it does

Vinyl Caprolactam/Vp/Dimethylaminoethyl Methacrylate Copolymer is a cosmetic ingredient that keeps the skin in good condition. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 16 products, most often hair care.

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What does Vinyl Caprolactam/Vp/Dimethylaminoethyl Methacrylate Copolymer do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, Vinyl Caprolactam/Vp/Dimethylaminoethyl Methacrylate Copolymer keeps the skin in good condition, leaves a thin film on skin, hair or nails and holds a hairstyle. The EU’s CosIng database lists these jobs for it: skin conditioning, film forming and hair fixing.

skin conditioningfilm forminghair fixing

What other names and numbers does Vinyl Caprolactam/Vp/Dimethylaminoethyl Methacrylate Copolymer have?

CAS number
102972-64-5
CosIng reference
80613

Which products contain Vinyl Caprolactam/Vp/Dimethylaminoethyl Methacrylate Copolymer?

Open Beauty Facts finds Vinyl Caprolactam/Vp/Dimethylaminoethyl Methacrylate Copolymer in the ingredient lists of 16 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often hair care, hair sprays and hair gels.

  • Hair care3
  • Hair sprays2
  • Hair gels1

Products with it, by country of sale: France 9 · Germany 2 · Australia 2 · United Kingdom 1.

Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where Vinyl Caprolactam/Vp/Dimethylaminoethyl Methacrylate Copolymer turns up, not how much of the market it is.

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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

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