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INCI ingredient

Dimethiconol

Also listed as: Dimethiconol/Dimeticonol

A silicone that adds shine and slip, common in hair serums and conditioners.

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

What it does

Dimethiconol is dimethicone with reactive end groups, which makes it thicker and better at coating hair. It gives shine, cuts frizz and helps a conditioner glide. CosIng lists it as emollient, moisturising and antifoaming.

It is a silicone, so the silicone-free answer is no. It is synthetic and does not affect the other checks.

Functions: emollient, antifoaming

Products with Dimethiconol

in 532 products

Showing 24 of 532 products with this ingredient, most scanned first.

In the EU ingredient database

Functions listed by CosIng
  • antifoaming
  • skin conditioning - emollient
  • moisturising
  • antifoaming: Suppressing foam during manufacturing or reducing the tendency of finished products to generate foam.
  • skin conditioning - emollient: Acting as lubricants on the skin surface providing the skin with a soft and smooth appearance.
  • moisturising: Increasing the water content of the skin and keeping it soft and smooth.

CAS 31692-79-2 / 70131-67-8

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.

Silicone-free instead

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