{"id":31210,"date":"2025-12-03T11:38:32","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T10:38:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beautydecoded.com\/ingredient\/dimethyl-maleate\/"},"modified":"2025-12-03T11:38:32","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T10:38:32","slug":"dimethyl-maleate","status":"publish","type":"ingredient","link":"https:\/\/www.beautydecoded.com\/en\/ingredient\/dimethyl-maleate\/","title":{"rendered":"DIMETHYL MALEATE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ingredient type: FAT-SOLUBLE\/EMOLLIENT<\/p>\n<p>\u2728 Role: Dimethyl maleate is mainly used as a film-forming agent in cosmetic products. It helps form a film on the skin or hair, which helps improve the texture and hold of products, particularly in nail polish or hair care products.<\/p>\n<p>  Ingredient type: Fat-soluble<\/p>\n<p> \u200d\u2695\ufe0f Safety: Yes, this ingredient is generally considered safe when used in recommended concentrations.<\/p>\n<p>\u2728 Vegan: Yes, this ingredient is synthetic and suitable for vegan formulations.<\/p>\n<p>\u2728 Worth knowing: Dimethyl maleate is well tolerated by most skin types. However, as with any film-forming ingredient, it can potentially clog pores if not properly formulated or in combination with other comedogenic agents.<\/p>\n<p>  Found in: You'll often find dimethyl maleate in nail polishes, hair products such as hairsprays, and sometimes in body or face lotions to improve product texture.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":""},"class_list":["post-31210","ingredient","type-ingredient","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"taxonomy_info":[],"featured_image_src_large":false,"author_info":[],"comment_info":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beautydecoded.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ingredient\/31210","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beautydecoded.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ingredient"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beautydecoded.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ingredient"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beautydecoded.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}