Cosmetic ingredient dictionary

Trimethylsiloxysilicate in cosmetics: what it is and what it does

Trimethylsiloxysilicate is a cosmetic ingredient that softens and smooths the skin. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 221 products, most often nail polishes.

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What does Trimethylsiloxysilicate do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, Trimethylsiloxysilicate 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 and antifoaming.

emollientskin conditioningantifoaming

What other names and numbers does Trimethylsiloxysilicate have?

CosIng reference
80398

Which products contain Trimethylsiloxysilicate?

Open Beauty Facts finds Trimethylsiloxysilicate in the ingredient lists of 221 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often nail polishes, breathable nail polishes and face makeup.

  • Nail polishes49
  • Breathable nail polishes49
  • Face makeup28
  • Foundations21

Products with it, by country of sale: Turkey 60 · Australia 45 · Germany 24 · Norway 21.

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