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Dimethicone PEG-8 Meadowfoamate in cosmetics: what it is and what it does

Dimethicone PEG-8 Meadowfoamate is a cosmetic ingredient that softens and smooths the skin. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 6 products, most often hair care.

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What does Dimethicone PEG-8 Meadowfoamate do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, Dimethicone PEG-8 Meadowfoamate softens and smooths the skin, keeps the skin in good condition, and makes hair easier to comb, softer or shinier. The EU’s CosIng database lists these jobs for it: emollient, skin conditioning and hair conditioning.

emollientskin conditioninghair conditioning

What is Dimethicone PEG-8 Meadowfoamate?

Dimethicone PEG-8 Meadowfoamate is the partial ester of PEG-8 dimethicone and the fatty acids derived from meadowfoam seed oil.

CosIng reference
55776

Which products contain Dimethicone PEG-8 Meadowfoamate?

Open Beauty Facts finds Dimethicone PEG-8 Meadowfoamate in the ingredient lists of 6 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often hair care.

  • Hair care1

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 3 · Canada 1 · Netherlands 1 · Brazil 1.

Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where Dimethicone PEG-8 Meadowfoamate turns up, not how much of the market it is.

On these listsEmollients

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Sources

The job, the description and the EU annex entry are CosIng’s; the fragrance allergens are the EU Annex III names Bravoora’s label checker reads; the product counts are Open Beauty Facts’.

  1. European Commission: CosIng cosmetic ingredient database (functions, description, EU annex entry)
  2. Open Beauty Facts: product database, 77,506 products, read 13 October 2026, ODbL

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