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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

1-Vinyl-2-pyrrolidone, homopolymer, butylated

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C12-14 ALKETH-2

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C12-14 Alketh-2 is the polyethylene glycol ether of a mixture of synthetic C12-14 fatty alcohols containing an average of 2 moles of ethyle…

C16-24 Alkyl C16-24 Acidate is the ester produced by the reaction of a mixture of fatty alcohols containing 16 to 24 carbons with a mixture…

"Tara gum". Caesalpinia Spinosa Gum is a plant material derived from the dried, gummy exudate of Caesalpinia spinosa, Leguminosae

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Candelilla Cera is the extract of the wax obtained from the candelilla, Euphorbia cerifera, Euphorbiaceae

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Candelilla Wax Esters is the ester fraction derived from Euphorbia Cerifera (Candelilla) Wax;

CANNABIDIETH-21

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Cannabidieth-21 is the organic compound that conforms to the formula, where the average sum of n and m is 21.

CANNABIDIOL TRISILOXANE

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Monograph development in progress. Cannabidiol Trisiloxane is the organic compound that conforms to the formula:

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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.