Database/Hair Conditioning/Trimethylsiloxyamodimethicone
100% petroleum · ISO 16128

Is Trimethylsiloxyamodimethicone natural?

No. An amino-functional silicone polymer; despite a mineral-derived Si-O backbone, this site's convention assigns all silicones 0.0.

INCI nameTrimethylsiloxyamodimethicone
FunctionHair Conditioning
FeedstockManufactured synthetically from silicone (siloxane) polymer chemistry, functionalised…

How we scored it

Silicone polymer (Si-O backbone with amine and trimethylsilyl groups); this site's convention scores all silicones 0.0 regardless of the mineral-derived backbone.
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 silicone (siloxane) polymer chemistry, functionalised with amine and trimethylsilyl end groups. No natural-origin route exists for this ingredient class.

In plain English

A silicone conditioning polymer used mainly in hair care. It coats hair strands to add smoothness, shine and detangling, and is made through synthetic silicone chemistry rather than from plants.

CosIng definition: Trimethylsiloxyamodimethicone

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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. 2TRIMETHYLSILOXYAMODIMETHICONE. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  3. 3TRIMETHYLSILOXYAMODIMETHICONE. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=TRIMETHYLSILOXYAMODIMETHICONE