STYRENE

Ingredient type: TEXTURE

✨ Role: Styrene is mainly used in polymers, such as polystyrene, to create specific cosmetic textures or packaging. However, it is rarely present in pure form in final skin care formulations.

Ingredient type: Polymer

‍⚕️ Safety: pure styrene is considered potentially harmful and irritating, so it is not used directly in skin care products.

✨ Vegan: Yes, styrene-derived polymers are generally vegan.

✨ Worth knowing: Styrene is used more in its polymerized, hardened form (like polystyrene), which is not absorbed by the skin. In this form, it is considered safe for cosmetics packaging, but its presence in skin care products themselves is negligible.

Present in: Mainly used for packaging or as a structural component (e.g. plastic applicators), rather than in the active formulation of skincare products.