{"id":35547,"date":"2025-12-03T12:32:37","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T11:32:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beautydecoded.com\/ingredient\/peg-5-cocomonium-methosulfate\/"},"modified":"2025-12-03T12:32:37","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T11:32:37","slug":"peg-5-cocomonium-methosulfate","status":"publish","type":"ingredient","link":"https:\/\/www.beautydecoded.com\/en\/ingredient\/peg-5-cocomonium-methosulfate\/","title":{"rendered":"PEG-5 COCOMONIUM METHOSULFATE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Ingredient type: \u00a0<\/strong>EMULSIFIER\/TEXTURE<\/p>\n<p>\u2728 Role: PEG-5 Cocomonium Methosulfate is mainly used as a conditioning agent for hair. It helps reduce frizz, improve softness and facilitate detangling. In skin care, it can provide a smooth texture to formulations.<\/p>\n<p>  Ingredient type: Water-soluble<\/p>\n<p> \u200d\u2695\ufe0f Safety: Yes, generally considered safe for cosmetic use. However, as with any polyethylene glycol (PEG)-based ingredient, it is important to monitor levels of impurities such as dioxanes during manufacturing.<\/p>\n<p>\u2728 Vegan: Yes, this ingredient is generally considered vegan as it is derived from both synthetic and vegetable sources.<\/p>\n<p>\u2728 Worth knowing: Although considered safe, it can cause irritation in people with particularly sensitive skin or those allergic to coconut derivatives. PEG-derived products may contain traces of potentially irritating impurities.<\/p>\n<p>  Present in: Often used in conditioners, styling products and some facial moisturizers.<\/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-35547","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\/35547","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=35547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}