Cosmetic ingredient dictionary
PEG-9 Polydimethylsiloxyethyl Dimethicone in cosmetics: what it is and what it does
PEG-9 Polydimethylsiloxyethyl Dimethicone is a cosmetic ingredient that keeps oil and water mixed. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 19 products, most often face makeup.
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What does PEG-9 Polydimethylsiloxyethyl Dimethicone do in a product?
In a cosmetic product, PEG-9 Polydimethylsiloxyethyl Dimethicone keeps oil and water mixed, and keeps the skin in good condition. The EU’s CosIng database lists these jobs for it: emulsifying and skin conditioning.
What other names and numbers does PEG-9 Polydimethylsiloxyethyl Dimethicone have?
- CosIng reference
- 57454
Which products contain PEG-9 Polydimethylsiloxyethyl Dimethicone?
Open Beauty Facts finds PEG-9 Polydimethylsiloxyethyl Dimethicone in the ingredient lists of 19 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often face makeup, foundations and makeup.
Products with it, by country of sale: Norway 6 · Netherlands 5 · France 2 · Australia 2.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where PEG-9 Polydimethylsiloxyethyl Dimethicone 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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