{"id":56323,"date":"2025-12-03T17:12:37","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T16:12:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beautydecoded.com\/ingredient\/methoxy-peg-22\/"},"modified":"2025-12-03T17:12:37","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T16:12:37","slug":"methoxy-peg-22","status":"publish","type":"ingredient","link":"https:\/\/www.beautydecoded.com\/en\/ingredient\/methoxy-peg-22\/","title":{"rendered":"METHOXY PEG-22"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Ingredient type:<\/strong>HUMECTANT\/WATER-SOLUBLE<\/p>\n<p>\u2728 Role: Methoxy PEG-22 is generally used in cosmetic products as a solvent and softener. It helps improve the texture of formulations and promotes uniformly even distribution of other components when applied to the skin.<\/p>\n<p>  Ingredient type: Water-soluble<\/p>\n<p> \u200d\u2695\ufe0f Safety: Generally considered safe at the concentrations present in cosmetic products. However, as a polyethylene glycol (PEG) compound, the purity and origin of the PEGs used may influence their safety.<\/p>\n<p>\u2728 Vegan: Yes, this ingredient is generally of synthetic origin and suitable for vegan products.<\/p>\n<p>\u2728 Worth knowing: Although PEG-type compounds are widely used in the cosmetics industry, it's important to ensure their purity as they may contain ethylene oxide or dioxane impurities, which are undesirable by-products of the manufacturing process.<\/p>\n<p>  Present in: Commonly found in moisturizers, serums, lotions and skin cleansers for its solubilizing and softening properties.<\/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-56323","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\/56323","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=56323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}