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INCI ingredient

Ethyl Trisiloxane

Ethyl Trisiloxane appears on 13 ingredient lists in our database.

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

What it does

Ethyl Trisiloxane appears on 13 ingredient lists in our database.

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, viscosity controlling

In the EU ingredient database

Functions listed by CosIng
  • skin conditioning
  • viscosity controlling
  • skin conditioning: Maintaining the skin in good condition.
  • viscosity controlling: Increasing or decreasing the viscosity (thickness) of cosmetics.

CAS 17861-60-8

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.

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