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Cosmetic ingredient dictionary

Dimethicone in cosmetics: what it is and what it does

Dimethicone is a cosmetic ingredient that softens and smooths the skin. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 2,615 products, most often shampoos.

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What does Dimethicone do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, Dimethicone softens and smooths the skin, keeps the skin in good condition, and stops foam forming. The EU’s CosIng database lists these jobs for it: emollient, skin conditioning, antifoaming and skin protecting.

emollientskin conditioningantifoamingskin protecting

What other names and numbers does Dimethicone have?

CAS number
63148-62-9, 9006-65-9, 9016-00-6
CosIng reference
33401

Which products contain Dimethicone?

Open Beauty Facts finds Dimethicone in the ingredient lists of 2,615 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often shampoos, body care and hair care.

  • Shampoos171
  • Body care137
  • Hair care127
  • Face makeup88

Products with it, by country of sale: France 606 · United States 427 · Germany 203 · Australia 179.

Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where Dimethicone 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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