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INCI ingredient

Amodimethicone

Also listed as: Amodiméthicone

A conditioning silicone that clings to damaged hair.

What it triggers

  • Vegan originNot sureorigin not on file
  • FragranceNonot a perfume ingredient
  • ParabenNonot a preservative of this family
  • SulfateNonot a sulfate surfactant
  • SiliconeYesthis is a silicone
  • AlcoholNonot a drying alcohol

If a product lists Amodimethicone, its silicone-free answer is No. Nothing else changes.

What it does

Amodimethicone carries a slight positive charge, so it targets the more damaged, negatively charged parts of the hair shaft. It is common in conditioners and masks.

It is a silicone, so a product that lists it is not silicone-free.

Functions: hair conditioning

Products with Amodimethicone

in 265 products

Showing 24 of 265 products with this ingredient, most scanned first.

In the EU ingredient database

Functions listed by CosIng
  • antistatic
  • hair conditioning
  • antistatic: Preventing and/or reducing static electricity by neutralising electrical charge on surfaces.
  • hair conditioning: Enhancing the appearance and feel of hair. Leaving the hair easy to comb, supple, soft and shiny and/or imparting volume, lightness, gloss, texture, etc.

CAS 71750-80-6

EU regulation

Not on a restricted-substances annex. Listed as an allowed cosmetic ingredient.

Source: CosIng, European Commission. Informative, no legal value; the regulation text is the reference.

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