PEG-8 Dimethicone
Also listed as: PEG-8 Dimethicone
PEG-8 Dimethicone appears on 5 ingredient lists in our database, most often in scrubs.
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 PEG-8 Dimethicone, its silicone-free answer is No. Nothing else changes.
What it does
PEG-8 Dimethicone appears on 5 ingredient lists in our database, most often in scrubs.
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: surfactant - emulsifying, surfactant - cleansing
Products with PEG-8 Dimethicone
in 5 products
- no photoNeostrata Skin Active Mousse Exfoliante Nettoyante 125 MLNeostrata · scrub
- no photoVirtue Recovery ConditionerVirtue · hair conditioner
- no photoJack Black Pure Clean Daily Facial CleanserJack Black · cleanser
- no photoCHI Keratin ŞampuanChi · shampoo
Ecopure Gel mani detergente con antibatterico 71% alcoolEcopure
Showing 5 of 5 products with this ingredient, most scanned first.
In the EU ingredient database
- surfactant - emulsifying
- surfactant - cleansing
- surfactant - emulsifying: Helping suspensions or dispersions of liquids in a second liquid by reducing the surface tension of the substances to be emulsified.
- 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).
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.
