Does Vichy Use Microplastics?
The short answer
Most Vichy products we could analyse listed at least one flagged synthetic polymer. Of the 30 Vichy products on Open Beauty Facts with a readable ingredient list, 22 listed at least one flagged synthetic polymer — 73%. The one that came up most was Dimethicone, in 15 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 30 of the 69 Vichy 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 Vichy ingredient lists
| Ingredient | Products | Why it's flagged |
|---|---|---|
| Dimethicone | 15 of 30 | Silicone |
| PEG (Polyethylene Glycol) | 14 of 30 | PEG / glycol |
| Carbomer | 8 of 30 | Acrylate / vinyl polymer |
| Polyquaternium-7 | 3 of 30 | Acrylate / vinyl polymer |
| PPG (Polypropylene Glycol) | 3 of 30 | PEG / glycol |
| Acrylates Crosspolymer | 3 of 30 | Acrylate / vinyl polymer |
| Dimethiconol | 3 of 30 | Silicone |
| Trimethylsiloxysilicate | 2 of 30 | Silicone |
Example products
Real entries from Open Beauty Facts, showing what the label lists.
Liftactiv Serum 10 Supreme
7 flagged ingredients
DERCOS ULTRA APAISANT
7 flagged ingredients
Vichy Idéal soleil SPF30
5 flagged ingredients
Product images from Open Beauty Facts contributors, licensed CC BY-SA. Ingredient data under ODbL.
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