Cyclo - Pentasiloxane
Also listed as: Cyclopentasiloxane
Cyclo - Pentasiloxane appears on 2 ingredient lists in our database, most often in antiperspirants.
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 Cyclo - Pentasiloxane, its silicone-free answer is No. Nothing else changes.
What it does
Cyclo - Pentasiloxane appears on 2 ingredient lists in our database, most often in antiperspirants.
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 - emollient, hair conditioning, skin conditioning, solvent
Products with Cyclo - Pentasiloxane
in 2 products
Mitchum Woman shower fresh antiperspirant and deodorantMitchum · antiperspirant
Artdeco Body CamouflageArtdeco · body moisturizer
Showing 2 of 2 products with this ingredient, most scanned first.
In the EU ingredient database
- skin conditioning - emollient
- hair conditioning
- skin conditioning
- solvent
- skin conditioning - emollient: Acting as lubricants on the skin surface providing the skin with a soft and smooth appearance.
- 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.
- skin conditioning: Maintaining the skin in good condition.
- solvent: Dissolving other components of cosmetics. Solvents are usually liquids (aqueous and nonaqueous).
CAS 541-02-6 · EC 208-764-9
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.
