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INCI ingredient

Trimethylsiloxysilicate

Trimethylsiloxysilicate appears on 190 ingredient lists in our database, most often in lip makeups.

What it triggers

  • Vegan originNot sureorigin not on file
  • 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 Trimethylsiloxysilicate, its silicone-free answer is No. Nothing else changes.

What it does

Trimethylsiloxysilicate appears on 190 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: antifoaming, skin conditioning - emollient, skin conditioning

Products with Trimethylsiloxysilicate

in 190 products

Showing 24 of 190 products with this ingredient, most scanned first.

In the EU ingredient database

Functions listed by CosIng
  • antifoaming
  • skin conditioning - emollient
  • skin conditioning
  • 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.
  • skin conditioning: Maintaining the skin in good condition.
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.

Silicone-free instead

Classification from the INCI name; product lists from Open Beauty Facts.Report a mistake