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INCI ingredient

Methicone

Methicone appears on 30 ingredient lists in our database, most often in eye creams.

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

What it does

Methicone appears on 30 ingredient lists in our database, most often in eye creams.

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: antistatic, skin conditioning - emollient, skin conditioning

Products with Methicone

in 30 products

Showing 24 of 30 products with this ingredient, most scanned first.

In the EU ingredient database

Functions listed by CosIng
  • antistatic
  • skin conditioning - emollient
  • skin conditioning
  • antistatic: Preventing and/or reducing static electricity by neutralising electrical charge on surfaces.
  • skin conditioning - emollient: Acting as lubricants on the skin surface providing the skin with a soft and smooth appearance.
  • skin conditioning: Maintaining the skin in good condition.

CAS 9004-73-3

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.

Classification from the INCI name; product lists from Open Beauty Facts.Report a mistake