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FILM FORMING

Producing (upon application) a continuous film on the skin, hair or nails.

Definition provenance: European Commission CosIng ingredient-function terminology.

1276 ingredients in the EU CosIng inventory carry the FILM FORMING function designation.

Ingredients with the FILM FORMING function

Acetic acid ethenyl ester, polymer with 1-ethenyl-2-pyrrolidinone

CAS 25086-89-9

VP/Vinyl Alcohol Copolymer is the product formed by the polymerization and subsequent hydrolysis of vinylpyrrolidone and vinyl acetate.

CAS 26008-54-8

Welan Gum is a gum produced by the fermentation of Alcaligenes

CAS 96949-22-3

WOOL EXTRACT

cosing-live-99716

Definition: Wool Extract is the extract of Wool.

Yeast Beta-Glucan is a carbohydrate fraction obtained from the hydrolysis of Yeast

ZEIN

80739

Zeins. A protein derived from Zea mays, Gramineae. It belongs to the prolamine class and contains seventeen amino acids

CAS 9010-66-6

These widely assigned CosIng terms provide populated comparison pages; they are not presented as semantic equivalents of the current function.

How the FILM FORMING function is used in CosIng

The FILM FORMING function is assigned by the European Commission in the CosIng ingredient inventory. This page currently lists 1276 ingredients carrying that function label in the dataset, which helps you move from a functional claim to the exact ingredients that use it.

Producing (upon application) a continuous film on the skin, hair or nails.

Function assignments come from official EU CosIng data. They describe intended cosmetic use, but they do not replace regulatory review of each linked ingredient and any annex records tied to it.