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INCI ingredient

Silica Dimethyl Silylate

Also listed as: Silica Dimethyl Silylate [nano, Silica Dimethyl Silylate (Nano) / Silica Dimethyl Silylate, Silica Dimethyl Silylate (Nano)/ Silica Dimethyl Silylate

Silica Dimethyl Silylate appears on 197 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
  • SiliconeYesthis is a silicone
  • AlcoholNonot a drying alcohol

If a product lists Silica Dimethyl Silylate, its silicone-free answer is No. Nothing else changes.

What it does

Silica Dimethyl Silylate appears on 197 ingredient lists in our database, most often in lip makeups.

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: anticaking, antifoaming, skin conditioning - emollient, emulsion stabilising, viscosity controlling

Products with Silica Dimethyl Silylate

in 197 products

Showing 24 of 197 products with this ingredient, most scanned first.

In the EU ingredient database

Functions listed by CosIng
  • anticaking
  • antifoaming
  • skin conditioning - emollient
  • emulsion stabilising
  • viscosity controlling
  • anticaking: Preventing agglomeration of particulate solids into lumps or hard masses (cohesive cake), thus allowing free flow of particles.
  • 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.
  • emulsion stabilising: Helping the process of emulsification and improving emulsion stability and shelf-life.

CAS 68611-44-9 · EC 271-893-4

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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