Database/Hair Conditioning/Amodimethicone Hydroxystearate
100% petroleum · ISO 16128

Is Amodimethicone Hydroxystearate natural?

No. Silicone (amodimethicone) backbone is scored 0.0 by this site's convention even though the hydroxystearate counter-ion is natural, castor-oil-derived.

INCI nameAmodimethicone Hydroxystearate
CAS299186-05-3
FunctionHair Conditioning
FeedstockAn amino-functional silicone polymer combined as a salt…

How we scored it

Amodimethicone (amino-functional silicone) salt with 12-hydroxystearic acid; this site's convention scores all silicones 0.0 regardless of the natural hydroxystearate portion.
What counts. ISO 16128-2 scores the atoms that remain in the final ingredient. Reagents, solvents, catalysts and protecting groups used during manufacture leave no mass behind and are not counted.

Where it comes from

An amino-functional silicone polymer combined as a salt with 12-hydroxystearic acid (a castor-oil-derived fatty acid). The silicone portion is petrochemical/mineral-processed; this site's convention scores the whole ingredient as petroleum-origin.

In plain English

A silicone-based hair conditioning ingredient, paired chemically with a natural fatty acid salt. Despite that natural component, it's classed as a silicone under this site's convention.

CosIng definition: Siloxanes and silicones, 3-[(2-aminoethyl)amino]propyl methyl, dimethyl, hydroxy terminated, 12-hydroxyoctandecanoate (salt)

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References

  1. 1ISO 16128-1:2016 and ISO 16128-2:2017 — Guidelines on technical definitions and criteria for natural and organic cosmetic ingredients and products. ISO, Geneva.
  2. 2AMODIMETHICONE HYDROXYSTEARATE. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  3. 3AMODIMETHICONE HYDROXYSTEARATE. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=AMODIMETHICONE%20HYDROXYSTEARATE