INCI ingredient

Silica Silylate

Also listed as: Silica Silylate [nano, Silica Silylate/Silica Silylate

Silica Silylate appears on 68 ingredient lists in our database, most often in lip makeups.

What it triggers

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

Silica Silylate appears on 68 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, bulking, skin conditioning - emollient, emulsion stabilising, skin conditioning, viscosity controlling

in 68 products

Showing 24 of 68 products with this ingredient, most scanned first.

Functions listed by CosIng

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.
bulking: Non-reactive (chemically inert), solid ingredients that dilute other solids and/or increase the volume of cosmetic products.
skin conditioning - emollient: Acting as lubricants on the skin surface providing the skin with a soft and smooth appearance.

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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