Synthetic Polymers are Plastics in Your Cosmetics—Should ...
Oct 12, 2017·Look on the back of your department store eye cream, facial moisturizer, sunscreen, hand cream, eye shadow, or face mask, and you might see the ingredient “sodium polyacrylate.” Look at these same products—or in your shampoo or styling gel—and you may see an ingredient called “carbomer.” These chemicals are in the same family.