Does Bourjois Use Microplastics?
The short answer
Most Bourjois products we could analyse listed at least one flagged synthetic polymer. Of the 18 Bourjois products on Open Beauty Facts with a readable ingredient list, 12 listed at least one flagged synthetic polymer — 67%. The one that came up most was Polyquaternium-10, in 3 of them.
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What this is. Ingredient-label data from Open Beauty Facts (snapshot 2026-07-31), not laboratory testing. Coverage is crowdsourced, partial and Europe-weighted, so this is 18 of the 33 Bourjois entries in that database, and US formulations often differ. A flagged ingredient is not automatically harmful — a gel thickener and a solid microbead are both synthetic polymers and are not the same risk.
What comes up most in Bourjois ingredient lists
| Ingredient | Products | Why it's flagged |
|---|---|---|
| Polyquaternium-10 | 3 of 18 | Acrylate / vinyl polymer |
| Parabens | 2 of 18 | Plasticiser / chemical of concern |
| Styrene/Acrylates Copolymer | 2 of 18 | Acrylate / vinyl polymer |
| Acrylates Copolymer | 2 of 18 | Acrylate / vinyl polymer |
| Polyethylene | 2 of 18 | Microplastic polymer |
| PEG-100 Stearate | 2 of 18 | PEG / glycol |
| Acrylates Crosspolymer | 2 of 18 | Acrylate / vinyl polymer |
| Butylphenyl Methylpropional (Lilial) | 2 of 18 | Plasticiser / chemical of concern |
Example products
Real entries from Open Beauty Facts, showing what the label lists.
Gommage visage Booster d'éclat
6 flagged ingredients
Air mat la nouvelle matité indétectable - ivoire rosé
5 flagged ingredients
Envie de vitalité
4 flagged ingredients
Product images from Open Beauty Facts contributors, licensed CC BY-SA. Ingredient data under ODbL.
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