Does Vaseline Use Microplastics?
The short answer
Most Vaseline products we could analyse listed at least one flagged synthetic polymer. Of the 46 Vaseline products on Open Beauty Facts with a readable ingredient list, 35 listed at least one flagged synthetic polymer — 76%. The one that came up most was Dimethicone, in 30 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 46 of the 105 Vaseline 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 Vaseline ingredient lists
| Ingredient | Products | Why it's flagged |
|---|---|---|
| Dimethicone | 30 of 46 | Silicone |
| Parabens | 30 of 46 | Plasticiser / chemical of concern |
| Acrylates Crosspolymer | 18 of 46 | Acrylate / vinyl polymer |
| Carbomer | 14 of 46 | Acrylate / vinyl polymer |
| PEG-100 Stearate | 12 of 46 | PEG / glycol |
| BHT / BHA | 8 of 46 | Plasticiser / chemical of concern |
| Butylphenyl Methylpropional (Lilial) | 4 of 46 | Plasticiser / chemical of concern |
| Cyclomethicone / Cyclopentasiloxane | 4 of 46 | Silicone |
Example products
Real entries from Open Beauty Facts, showing what the label lists.
Vaseline Aloe Soothe Bodylotion
5 flagged ingredients
Vaseline Intensive Care Essential Healing Bodylotion
5 flagged ingredients
Vaseline Intensive Care Essential Healing Bodylotion
5 flagged ingredients
Product images from Open Beauty Facts contributors, licensed CC BY-SA. Ingredient data under ODbL.
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