INCI ingredient

Dimethicone/Polyglycerin-3 Crosspolymer

Dimethicone/Polyglycerin-3 Crosspolymer appears on 14 ingredient lists in our database, most often in face makeups.

What it triggers

If a product lists Dimethicone/Polyglycerin-3 Crosspolymer, its silicone-free answer is No. Nothing else changes.

Dimethicone/Polyglycerin-3 Crosspolymer appears on 14 ingredient lists in our database, most often in face makeups.

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: cleansing, surfactant - emulsifying, skin conditioning, surfactant - cleansing, viscosity controlling

in 14 products

Showing 14 of 14 products with this ingredient, most scanned first.

Functions listed by CosIng

cleansing: Helping to keep the body surface clean.
surfactant - emulsifying: Helping suspensions or dispersions of liquids in a second liquid by reducing the surface tension of the substances to be emulsified.
skin conditioning: Maintaining the skin in good condition.
surfactant - cleansing: Wetting body surfaces, emulsifying or solubilizing oils, and suspending soil (generally, such ingredients contribute to the foaming and lathering properties of cleansing products).

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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