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INCI ingredient

Cyclomethicone

Also listed as: Cyclométhicone

Cyclomethicone appears on 84 ingredient lists in our database, most often in deodorants.

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 Cyclomethicone, its silicone-free answer is No. Nothing else changes.

What it does

Cyclomethicone appears on 84 ingredient lists in our database, most often in deodorants.

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, solvent

Products with Cyclomethicone

in 84 products

Showing 24 of 84 products with this ingredient, most scanned first.

In the EU ingredient database

Functions listed by CosIng
  • skin conditioning - emollient
  • hair 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.
  • solvent: Dissolving other components of cosmetics. Solvents are usually liquids (aqueous and nonaqueous).

CAS 69430-24-6 / 556-67-2 / 541-02-6 / 540-97-6 · EC - / 209-136-7 / 208-764-9 / 208-762-8

EU regulation

Listed in Annex II (ref. 1388) of the EU Cosmetics Regulation. Entry 1388 of Annex II corresponds to D4 (Cyclotetrasiloxane). If Cyclomethicone contains D4 then entry II/1388 applies. Restricted under COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) 2024/1328. 1. Shall not be placed on the market (a) as a substance on its own; (b) as a constituent of other substances; or (c) in mixtures; in a concentration equal to or greater than 0,1 % by weight of the respective substance after 6 June 2026. [...] 3. By way of derogation: (a) for D4 and D5 in wash-off cosmetic products, paragraph 1, point (c), shall apply after 31 January 2020. For the purposes of this point, “wash-off cosmet

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

Silicone-free instead

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