Which microplastic ingredients does Isana use most?

PEG (Polyethylene Glycol) (in 5 of 50), Carbomer (in 5 of 50), Methacrylate Copolymers (in 2 of 50), VP/VA Copolymer (in 2 of 50), Polyacrylate (in 2 of 50).

Does Isana Use Microplastics?

Last updated: July 30, 2026

The short answer

Roughly half of the Isana products we could analyse listed at least one flagged synthetic polymer. Of the 50 Isana products on Open Beauty Facts with a readable ingredient list, 17 listed at least one flagged synthetic polymer — 34%. The one that came up most was PEG (Polyethylene Glycol), in 5 of them.

analysed

with a flag

34%

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 50 of the 91 Isana 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 Isana ingredient lists

Ingredient	Products	Why it's flagged
PEG (Polyethylene Glycol)	5 of 50	PEG / glycol
Carbomer	5 of 50	Acrylate / vinyl polymer
Methacrylate Copolymers	2 of 50	Acrylate / vinyl polymer
VP/VA Copolymer	2 of 50	Acrylate / vinyl polymer
Polyacrylate	2 of 50	Acrylate / vinyl polymer
PEG-40 Hydrogenated Castor Oil	2 of 50	PEG / glycol
Amodimethicone	1 of 50	Silicone
Polyvinyl Alcohol (PVOH / PVA)	1 of 50	Microplastic polymer

Example products

Real entries from Open Beauty Facts, showing what the label lists.

CREME-ÖL-BAD ENTSPANNUNGS-Zeit cremiges Badeerlebnis mit Macadamia-Nuss-Öl

3 flagged ingredients

Styling Gel for men 5+ mega stark

3 flagged ingredients

Folien-Augenpads

2 flagged ingredients

Product images from Open Beauty Facts contributors, licensed CC BY-SA. Ingredient data under ODbL.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Does Isana use microplastics?

Roughly half of the Isana products we could analyse listed at least one flagged synthetic polymer. Of 50 Isana products with a readable ingredient list on Open Beauty Facts, 17 listed at least one flagged synthetic polymer (34%). This is label data, not lab testing, and a flagged ingredient is not automatically harmful.

Which ingredients are flagged in Isana products?

Most frequently: PEG (Polyethylene Glycol) (5 of 50), Carbomer (5 of 50), Methacrylate Copolymers (2 of 50), VP/VA Copolymer (2 of 50), Polyacrylate (2 of 50). Each has its own page explaining what it is and how concerned to be.

Is Isana safe to use?

That is not a question label data can answer, and we will not pretend otherwise. This page reports which synthetic polymers appear in ingredient lists. Whether a given product suits you depends on the ingredient, its concentration, the product type, and your own skin and priorities. Use the per-ingredient pages to judge severity rather than treating any flag as a verdict.

How was this measured?

Products were pulled from the Open Beauty Facts API, filtered to those with a usable ingredient list, and every INCI token matched against our flagged ingredient database. Matching is token-level: an ingredient list is split on commas and each token yields at most one ingredient, so "dimethicone" is never also counted as "methicone". Snapshot 2026-07-31.

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