Cosmetic ingredient dictionary

Bis-Cetearyl Amodimethicone in cosmetics: what it is and what it does

Bis-Cetearyl Amodimethicone is a cosmetic ingredient that makes hair easier to comb, softer or shinier. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 16 products, most often hair care.

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What does Bis-Cetearyl Amodimethicone do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, Bis-Cetearyl Amodimethicone makes hair easier to comb, softer or shinier. The EU’s CosIng database lists this job for it: hair conditioning.

hair conditioning

What other names and numbers does Bis-Cetearyl Amodimethicone have?

CAS number
1126942-72-0
CosIng reference
87257

Which products contain Bis-Cetearyl Amodimethicone?

Open Beauty Facts finds Bis-Cetearyl Amodimethicone in the ingredient lists of 16 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often hair care, hair conditioners and hair treatments.

  • Hair care2
  • Hair conditioners2
  • Hair treatments1

Products with it, by country of sale: Norway 4 · France 2 · United States 2 · Australia 2.

Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where Bis-Cetearyl Amodimethicone 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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