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PEG-7 Amodimethicone in cosmetics: what it is and what it does

PEG-7 Amodimethicone is a cosmetic ingredient that holds water in the skin or the product. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 8 products, most often hair care.

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What does PEG-7 Amodimethicone do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, PEG-7 Amodimethicone holds water in the skin or the product and makes hair easier to comb, softer or shinier. The EU’s CosIng database lists these jobs for it: humectant and hair conditioning.

humectanthair conditioning

What other names and numbers does PEG-7 Amodimethicone have?

CAS number
133779-14-3
CosIng reference
57155

Which products contain PEG-7 Amodimethicone?

Open Beauty Facts finds PEG-7 Amodimethicone in the ingredient lists of 8 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often hair care and shampoos.

  • Hair care2
  • Shampoos2

Products with it, by country of sale: United Kingdom 2 · Australia 2 · Canada 1 · New Zealand 1.

Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where PEG-7 Amodimethicone turns up, not how much of the market it is.

On these listsHumectants

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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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