{"id":35076,"date":"2025-12-03T12:28:28","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T11:28:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beautydecoded.com\/ingredient\/peg-4\/"},"modified":"2025-12-03T12:28:28","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T11:28:28","slug":"peg-4","status":"publish","type":"ingredient","link":"https:\/\/www.beautydecoded.com\/en\/ingredient\/peg-4\/","title":{"rendered":"PEG-4"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Ingredient type: \u00a0<\/strong>HUMECTANT\/TEXTURE<\/p>\n<p>\u2728 Role: PEG-4 is used as a humectant and solvent in cosmetic products. It helps maintain skin hydration by drawing water to the skin surface, improving the texture and feel of the formulation.<\/p>\n<p>  Ingredient type: Water-soluble<\/p>\n<p> Safety: This ingredient is generally considered safe for use in cosmetics. <\/p>\n<p>\u2728 Vegan: Yes, PEG-4 is of synthetic origin and suitable for vegan formulations.<\/p>\n<p>\u2728 Good to know: It belongs to the polyethylene glycols, which can sometimes contain residual impurities from the manufacturing process, such as ethylene oxide or 1,4-dioxane. Cosmetics regulations ensure that these contaminants are present in negligible quantities.<\/p>\n<p>  Found in: PEG-4 is used in creams, lotions, cleansers and sometimes hair care products for its moisturizing properties and ability to improve product consistency.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Comedogenic rating:\u00a0<\/strong><\/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-35076","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\/35076","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=35076"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}