Cosmetic ingredient dictionary

Diphenyl Dimethicone in cosmetics: what it is and what it does

Diphenyl Dimethicone is a cosmetic ingredient that softens and smooths the skin. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 11 products, most often lip tint.

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What does Diphenyl Dimethicone do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, Diphenyl Dimethicone softens and smooths the skin, keeps oil and water mixed, and keeps the skin in good condition. The EU’s CosIng database lists these jobs for it: emollient, emulsifying, skin conditioning, hair conditioning and antifoaming.

emollientemulsifyingskin conditioninghair conditioningantifoaming

What other names and numbers does Diphenyl Dimethicone have?

CosIng reference
75932

Which products contain Diphenyl Dimethicone?

Open Beauty Facts finds Diphenyl Dimethicone in the ingredient lists of 11 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often lip tint, body care and hand creams.

  • Lip tint2
  • Body care1
  • Hand creams1
  • Lip makeup1

Products with it, by country of sale: France 5 · Colombia 2 · Singapore 2 · United States 1.

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

On these listsEmollientsEmulsifiers

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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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