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INCI ingredient

Caprylyl Methicone

Caprylyl Methicone appears on 37 ingredient lists in our database, most often in sunscreens.

What it triggers

  • Vegan originYesno animal source
  • 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 Caprylyl Methicone, its silicone-free answer is No. Nothing else changes.

What it does

Caprylyl Methicone appears on 37 ingredient lists in our database, most often in sunscreens.

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: skin conditioning

Products with Caprylyl Methicone

in 37 products

Showing 24 of 37 products with this ingredient, most scanned first.

In the EU ingredient database

Functions listed by CosIng
  • skin conditioning
  • skin conditioning: Maintaining the skin in good condition.

CAS 17955-88-3 · EC 241-881-3

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.

Silicone-free instead

Classification from the INCI name; product lists from Open Beauty Facts.Report a mistake