Does Maybelline Use Microplastics?
The short answer
Roughly half of the Maybelline products we could analyse listed at least one flagged synthetic polymer. Of the 70 Maybelline products on Open Beauty Facts with a readable ingredient list, 42 listed at least one flagged synthetic polymer — 60%. The one that came up most was Dimethicone, in 22 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 70 of the 149 Maybelline 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 Maybelline ingredient lists
| Ingredient | Products | Why it's flagged |
|---|---|---|
| Dimethicone | 22 of 70 | Silicone |
| PEG (Polyethylene Glycol) | 15 of 70 | PEG / glycol |
| Silica Dimethyl Silylate | 14 of 70 | Silicone |
| Parabens | 12 of 70 | Plasticiser / chemical of concern |
| Acrylates Copolymer | 12 of 70 | Acrylate / vinyl polymer |
| Cyclomethicone / Cyclopentasiloxane | 11 of 70 | Silicone |
| Nylon-12 | 10 of 70 | Microplastic polymer |
| Trimethylsiloxysilicate | 8 of 70 | Silicone |
Example products
Real entries from Open Beauty Facts, showing what the label lists.
Maybelline New York Fit Me Matte & Poreless 120 Classic Ivory Foundation
6 flagged ingredients
Maybelline New York Instant age rewind eraser light
6 flagged ingredients
Maybelline New York Fit Me 15 Fair Concealer
5 flagged ingredients
Product images from Open Beauty Facts contributors, licensed CC BY-SA. Ingredient data under ODbL.
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