Does Sephora Collection Use Microplastics?
The short answer
Roughly half of the Sephora Collection products we could analyse listed at least one flagged synthetic polymer. Of the 21 Sephora Collection products on Open Beauty Facts with a readable ingredient list, 9 listed at least one flagged synthetic polymer — 43%. The one that came up most was Acrylates Copolymer, 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 21 of the 82 Sephora Collection 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 Sephora Collection ingredient lists
| Ingredient | Products | Why it's flagged |
|---|---|---|
| Acrylates Copolymer | 3 of 21 | Acrylate / vinyl polymer |
| PEG (Polyethylene Glycol) | 3 of 21 | PEG / glycol |
| Styrene/Acrylates Copolymer | 3 of 21 | Acrylate / vinyl polymer |
| Carbomer | 2 of 21 | Acrylate / vinyl polymer |
| Polyvinyl Alcohol (PVOH / PVA) | 1 of 21 | Microplastic polymer |
| Dimethicone | 1 of 21 | Silicone |
| PEG-100 Stearate | 1 of 21 | PEG / glycol |
| Polyacrylamide | 1 of 21 | Acrylate / vinyl polymer |
Example products
Real entries from Open Beauty Facts, showing what the label lists.
Beauty insider
2 flagged ingredients
Coco gommage corps lissant
2 flagged ingredients
Vernis à ongles Brillance 5 jours L49
2 flagged ingredients
Product images from Open Beauty Facts contributors, licensed CC BY-SA. Ingredient data under ODbL.
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