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INCI ingredient

Trisiloxane

Trisiloxane appears on 14 ingredient lists in our database, most often in hair treatments.

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 Trisiloxane, its silicone-free answer is No. Nothing else changes.

What it does

Trisiloxane appears on 14 ingredient lists in our database, most often in hair treatments.

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 - miscellaneous

In the EU ingredient database

Functions listed by CosIng
  • antifoaming
  • skin conditioning - miscellaneous
  • antifoaming: Suppressing foam during manufacturing or reducing the tendency of finished products to generate foam.
  • skin conditioning - miscellaneous: Enhancing the appearance of dry and/or damaged skin by reducing flaking and restoring suppleness.

CAS 107-51-7 · EC 203-497-4

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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