Silicone Quaternium-18
Silicone Quaternium-18 appears on 5 ingredient lists in our database, most often in shampoos.
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 Silicone Quaternium-18, its silicone-free answer is No. Nothing else changes.
What it does
Silicone Quaternium-18 appears on 5 ingredient lists in our database, most often in shampoos.
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: skin conditioning - emollient, hair conditioning
Products with Silicone Quaternium-18
in 5 products
Hosc distribution aps Jan Thomas Shampoo VolumeHosc distribution aps · shampoo- no photoJohn Frieda FRIZZ esse TraumlockenJohn Frieda · hair treatment
- no photoGreen Therapy Hair Dye Cream 6.3 Hazelnut ShellGreen Therapy · hair dye
- no photoCHI Çay Ağacı Yağı Karışımı Saç KremiChi · hair conditioner
- no photoHairmate Kissy ŞampuanHairmate · shampoo
Showing 5 of 5 products with this ingredient, most scanned first.
In the EU ingredient database
- skin conditioning - emollient
- hair conditioning
- skin conditioning - emollient: Acting as lubricants on the skin surface providing the skin with a soft and smooth appearance.
- hair conditioning: Enhancing the appearance and feel of hair. Leaving the hair easy to comb, supple, soft and shiny and/or imparting volume, lightness, gloss, texture, etc.
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.
