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INCI ingredient

Bis C13-15 Alkoxy Pg-amodimethicone

Also listed as: Bis(C13-15 Alkoxy) Pg-amodimethicone, Bis (C13-15 Alkoxy) Pg-amodimethicone

Bis C13-15 Alkoxy Pg-amodimethicone appears on 4 ingredient lists in our database, most often in shampoos.

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 Bis C13-15 Alkoxy Pg-amodimethicone, its silicone-free answer is No. Nothing else changes.

What it does

Bis C13-15 Alkoxy Pg-amodimethicone appears on 4 ingredient lists in our database, most often in shampoos.

On the label it counts as silicone, which is why a product that lists it cannot be silicone-free.

We have not written the plain-language note for this ingredient yet; the facts above come straight from how it is classified.

Functions: hair conditioning, hair dyeing

In the EU ingredient database

Functions listed by CosIng
  • hair conditioning
  • hair dyeing
  • 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.
  • hair dyeing: Imparting color to hair. Hair dyeing preparations may be temporary, semi-permanent, permanent, depending on the length of time the colorant remains on the hair.

CAS 237753-63-8

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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