Cosmetic ingredient dictionary
Dimethicone/Vinyl Dimethicone Crosspolymer in cosmetics: what it is and what it does
Dimethicone/Vinyl Dimethicone Crosspolymer is a cosmetic ingredient that makes the product thicker or thinner. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 74 products, most often face makeup.
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What does Dimethicone/Vinyl Dimethicone Crosspolymer do in a product?
In a cosmetic product, Dimethicone/Vinyl Dimethicone Crosspolymer makes the product thicker or thinner. The EU’s CosIng database lists this job for it: viscosity controlling.
What other names and numbers does Dimethicone/Vinyl Dimethicone Crosspolymer have?
- CAS number
- 243137-53-3
- CosIng reference
- 33439
Which products contain Dimethicone/Vinyl Dimethicone Crosspolymer?
Open Beauty Facts finds Dimethicone/Vinyl Dimethicone Crosspolymer in the ingredient lists of 74 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often face makeup, eye makeup and makeup.
Products with it, by country of sale: United States 15 · France 14 · Australia 7 · Netherlands 6.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where Dimethicone/Vinyl Dimethicone Crosspolymer 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’.
- European Commission: CosIng cosmetic ingredient database (functions, description, EU annex entry)
- Open Beauty Facts: product database, 77,506 products, read 13 October 2026, ODbL
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