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Cosmetic ingredient dictionary

Divinyldimethicone/Dimethicone Copolymer in cosmetics: what it is and what it does

Divinyldimethicone/Dimethicone Copolymer is a cosmetic ingredient that makes hair easier to comb, softer or shinier. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 9 products, most often hair care.

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What does Divinyldimethicone/Dimethicone Copolymer do in a product?

In a cosmetic product, Divinyldimethicone/Dimethicone Copolymer makes hair easier to comb, softer or shinier and leaves a thin film on skin, hair or nails. The EU’s CosIng database lists these jobs for it: hair conditioning and film forming.

hair conditioningfilm forming

What other names and numbers does Divinyldimethicone/Dimethicone Copolymer have?

CosIng reference
56090

Which products contain Divinyldimethicone/Dimethicone Copolymer?

Open Beauty Facts finds Divinyldimethicone/Dimethicone Copolymer in the ingredient lists of 9 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often hair care, shampoos and eye makeup.

  • Hair care3
  • Shampoos3
  • Eye makeup1
  • Mascara1

Products with it, by country of sale: France 4 · Thailand 1 · United Kingdom 1 · Norway 1.

Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where Divinyldimethicone/Dimethicone Copolymer 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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