
Polymers and naturalness in cosmetics
Polymers are regularly associated with synthetic materials, plastics and fossils. However, they are present in nature and have been used by human being since the dawn of time. Indeed, silk, proteins or cellulose are all natural polymers. Thus, many consumers are unaware that their cosmetic products contain polymers and especially, that these polymers can be of natural origin! Adrien Faure, expert at PolymerExpert, explains the use of polymers in the cosmetic industry.