{"id":44169,"date":"2025-12-03T14:54:16","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T13:54:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beautydecoded.com\/ingredient\/peg-25m\/"},"modified":"2025-12-03T14:54:16","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T13:54:16","slug":"peg-25m","status":"publish","type":"ingredient","link":"https:\/\/www.beautydecoded.com\/en\/ingredient\/peg-25m\/","title":{"rendered":"PEG-25M"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Ingredient type:<\/strong>EMULSIFIER\/TEXTURE<\/p>\n<p>\u2728 Role: PEG-25M is used primarily as a thickener and binding agent in cosmetic formulations. It helps stabilize products and maintain their consistency, which is essential to ensure even application and good product performance on the skin.<\/p>\n<p>  Ingredient type: Water-soluble<\/p>\n<p> \u200d\u2695\ufe0f Safety: Generally considered safe when used in accordance with current regulations. However, it is advisable to check individual tolerance, especially on reactive skin.<\/p>\n<p>\u2728 Vegan: Yes, PEG-25M is a synthetic ingredient and is not derived from animals.<\/p>\n<p>\u2728 Worth knowing: Although PEG-25M is widely used, some PEGs may contain impurities such as ethylene glycol or diethylene glycol, which are potentially irritating by-products. It is therefore crucial that this ingredient is properly purified.<\/p>\n<p>  Present in: Frequently used in moisturizers, lotions, serums and some hair products to improve texture and performance.<\/p>\n<p><strong>comedogenic index:\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-44169","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\/44169","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=44169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}