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Vinyl Dimethicone/Methicone Silsesquioxane Crosspolymer in cosmetics: what it is and what it does

Vinyl Dimethicone/Methicone Silsesquioxane Crosspolymer is a cosmetic ingredient that makes the product thicker or thinner. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 60 products, most often foundations.

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What does Vinyl Dimethicone/Methicone Silsesquioxane Crosspolymer do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, Vinyl Dimethicone/Methicone Silsesquioxane Crosspolymer makes the product thicker or thinner. The EU’s CosIng database lists this job for it: viscosity controlling.

viscosity controlling

What other names and numbers does Vinyl Dimethicone/Methicone Silsesquioxane Crosspolymer have?

CosIng reference
60095

Which products contain Vinyl Dimethicone/Methicone Silsesquioxane Crosspolymer?

Open Beauty Facts finds Vinyl Dimethicone/Methicone Silsesquioxane Crosspolymer in the ingredient lists of 60 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often foundations, face makeup and face care.

  • Foundations25
  • Face makeup24
  • Face care3
  • Facial creams3

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 24 · Norway 23 · France 7 · Italy 1.

Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where Vinyl Dimethicone/Methicone Silsesquioxane Crosspolymer 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’.

  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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