Silica Dimethyl
Also listed as: Silica
Silica Dimethyl appears on 2 ingredient lists in our database, most often in lip makeups.
What it triggers
- Vegan originYesno animal source
- FragranceNonot a perfume ingredient
- ParabenNonot a preservative of this family
- SulfateNonot a sulfate surfactant
- SiliconeNonot a silicone
- AlcoholNonot a drying alcohol
What it does
Silica Dimethyl appears on 2 ingredient lists in our database, most often in lip makeups.
It does not belong to any of the six groups we check, so it never changes a verdict.
We have not written the plain-language note for this ingredient yet; the facts above come straight from how it is classified.
Functions: abrasive, absorbent, anticaking, bulking, opacifying, viscosity controlling
Products with Silica Dimethyl
in 2 products
- no photoHuda New MagicHuda New · lip makeup
- no photoL'Oréal L'Oreal Mascara Million Lashes WaterproofL'Oréal · eye makeup
Showing 2 of 2 products with this ingredient, most scanned first.
In the EU ingredient database
- abrasive
- absorbent
- anticaking
- bulking
- opacifying
- viscosity controlling
- abrasive: Removing unwanted tissue or foreign materials from various body surfaces, including mechanical tooth cleaning and/or gloss improvement.
- absorbent: Taking up water- and/or oil-soluble (dissolved or finely dispersed) substances.
- anticaking: Preventing agglomeration of particulate solids into lumps or hard masses (cohesive cake), thus allowing free flow of particles.
- bulking: Non-reactive (chemically inert), solid ingredients that dilute other solids and/or increase the volume of cosmetic products.
CAS 7631-86-9 / 112945-52-5 / 60676-86-0 · EC 231-545-4 / 262-373-8 /310-060-2
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.