Cosmetic ingredient dictionary

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

Vinyl Dimethicone is a cosmetic ingredient that makes the product thicker or thinner. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 10 products, most often body toner.

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What does Vinyl Dimethicone do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, Vinyl Dimethicone 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 have?

CAS number
53529-60-5
CosIng reference
84211

Which products contain Vinyl Dimethicone?

Open Beauty Facts finds Vinyl Dimethicone in the ingredient lists of 10 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often body toner, eye creams and skincare.

  • Body toner2
  • Eye creams1
  • Skincare1

Products with it, by country of sale: Singapore 5 · United Kingdom 1 · Bulgaria 1 · France 1.

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