However, the jury’s still out on whetherall-natural ingredients are guaranteed to be betterfor the skin.
In fact, many of the impossible-to-pronounce ingredients in your skincare don’t directly affect the skin at all.
Polybutene is one such synthetic ingredient whose name might give clean beauty lovers pause.
According to theNational Institute of Health, polybutene is found in hundreds of common beauty products.
Luckily, the NIHalsoindicates that this is nothing to worry about.
What is polybutene?
Other names for polybutene include butene, polybutylene, and butene polymer.
That’s a lot of scientific jargon to say, cosmetically speaking, polybutene is harmless.
This prevents the product from breaking down and ensures all the individual components work together the way they should.
