How we scored it
Phenyl-modified silicone; this site's convention scores all dimethicone derivatives 0.0 regardless of substituent.
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
Manufactured synthetically from silicon metal via chlorosilane/phenylsilane chemistry. No natural-origin route is used commercially.
In plain English
A silicone that adds shine and smoothness to hair and skin products. It's made through industrial silicon chemistry, not derived from plants.
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Structure
methyl-oxo-phenylsilane
References
- 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.
- 2Phenyl Dimethicone. PubChem CID 3032548. National Center for Biotechnology Information. pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗
- 3PHENYL DIMETHICONE. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 4PHENYL DIMETHICONE. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=PHENYL%20DIMETHICONE