Cosmetic ingredient dictionary
Phenyl Trimethicone in cosmetics: what it is and what it does
Phenyl Trimethicone is a cosmetic ingredient that keeps the skin in good condition. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 120 products, most often tinted lip balms.
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What does Phenyl Trimethicone do in a product?
In a cosmetic product, Phenyl Trimethicone keeps the skin in good condition, makes hair easier to comb, softer or shinier and stops foam forming. The EU’s CosIng database lists these jobs for it: skin conditioning, hair conditioning and antifoaming.
What other names and numbers does Phenyl Trimethicone have?
- CAS number
- 2116-84-9
- EC number
- 218-320-6
- CosIng reference
- 79701
Which products contain Phenyl Trimethicone?
Open Beauty Facts finds Phenyl Trimethicone in the ingredient lists of 120 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often tinted lip balms, makeup and face makeup.
Products with it, by country of sale: France 24 · Türkiye 18 · Norway 15 · Turkey 14.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where Phenyl Trimethicone turns up, not how much of the market it is.
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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’.
- European Commission: CosIng cosmetic ingredient database (functions, description, EU annex entry)
- Open Beauty Facts: product database, 77,506 products, read 13 October 2026, ODbL
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