Understand what’s inside your hair care
Clear, independent information about the ingredients on hair-care labels, read from the actual labels in our product library. Decide for yourself what belongs in your routine.
2,252ingredients analyzed
6,816products researched
171,139label placements read
Silicones
Slip and surface smoothing. They differ mainly in whether water alone removes them.
79 published entries, most-listed first. The number beside a name is how many products in our library list it.
- Dimethicone1100
- Amodimethicone850
- Dimethiconol477
- Cyclopentasiloxane361
- PEG-12 Dimethicone291
- Phenyl Trimethicone285
- Quaternium-80193
- PEG/PPG-17/18 Dimethicone65
- Trimethylsiloxyamodimethicone65
- Bisamino PEG/PPG-41/3 Aminoethyl PG-Propyl Dimethicone62
- Polysilicone-1561
- Bis-Aminopropyl Dimethicone59
- Divinyldimethicone/Dimethicone Copolymer59
- Polysilicone-2959
- Dimethicone PEG-8 Meadowfoamate54
- Cyclohexasiloxane47
- Silicone Quaternium-1844
- Silicone Quaternium-344
- Silicone Quaternium-1643
- Dimethiconol Meadowfoamate40
- Disiloxane38
- Bis-Cetearyl Amodimethicone37
- Silicone Quaternium-836
- Disodium Peg-12 Dimethicone Sulfosuccinate35
- Silicone Quaternium-2231
- Caprylyl Methicone30
- PEG-8 Dimethicone30
- Trisiloxane29
- Ppg-12 Dimethicone26
- Propoxytetramethyl Piperidinyl Dimethicone26
- Aminopropyl Dimethicone25
- Cyclotetrasiloxane23
- Diphenylsiloxy Phenyl Trimethicone23
- Peg/Ppg-18/18 Dimethicone23
- Bis-Pca Dimethicone19
- Bis-4-Pca Dimethicone16
- Cetyl Triethylmonium Dimethicone Peg-8 Succinate16
- Dimethicone Crosspolymer16
- Peg-14 Dimethicone16
- Peg-7 Amodimethicone16
- Dimethicone/Vinyl Dimethicone Crosspolymer15
- trimethylsiloxysilicate15
- Amodimethicone/Morpholinomethyl Silsesquioxane Copolymer14
- Simethicone14
- Peg/Ppg-4/12 Dimethicone13
- Linoleamidopropyl Pg-Dimonium Chloride Phosphate Dimethicone12
- Polymethylsilsesquioxane12
- Peg-8 Methicone11
- Bis-Diisopropanolamino-Pg-Propyl Dimethicone/Bis-Isobutyl Peg-14 Copolymer10
- Methoxy Peg/Ppg-7/3 Aminopropyl Dimethicone10
- Bis-PEG-18 Methyl Ether Dimethyl Silane9
- Bis(C13-15 Alkoxy) Pg-Amodimethicone9
- Dimethicone PEG-7 Phosphate9
- Dimethiconol/Silsesquioxane Copolymer8
- Lauryl Peg/Ppg-18/18 Methicone8
- Bis-Hydroxy/Methoxy Amodimethicone7
- PG-Propyl Silanetriol7
- Aminopropyl Phenyl Trimethicone6
- Pca Dimethicone6
- PEG-10 Dimethicone6
- Bis-(Morpholinomethyl C1-4 Dialkoxysiloxy) Dimethicone5
- Bis-PEG/PPG-16/16 PEG/PPG-16/16 Dimethicone5
- Cetyl Peg/Ppg-10/1 Dimethicone5
- Dimethicone PEG-7 Cocoate5
- Diphenyl Dimethicone5
- Peg-40/Ppg-8 Methylaminopropyl/Hydroxypropyl Dimethicone Copolymer5
- Peg-6 Methyl Ether Dimethicone5
- Silicone Quaternium-16/Glycidoxy Dimethicone Crosspolymer5
- Trideceth-9 Pg-Amodimethicone5
- Dimethicone Peg-7 Isostearate4
- Peg-7 Dimethicone4
- Peg/Ppg-20/23 Dimethicone4
- Peg/Ppg-25/25 Dimethicone4
- Propoxytetramethyl Piperdinyl Dimethicone4
- Crotonic Acid/Vinyl C8-12 Isoalkyl Esters/Va/Bis-Vinyldimethicone Crosspolymer3
- PEG/PPG-22/24 Dimethicone3
- Phenyltrimethicone3
- Silicone Quaternium-263
- Trimethylsilylamodimethicone3
How the library works
- An entry gets a page once it has a written description and appears in at least three researched products. Below that we leave the name as plain text on the product pages rather than publishing a page with nothing on it.
- US labelling rules put ingredients above 1% in descending order of amount; below 1% they may be listed in any order. Position tells you about relative amount only above that line, and we never convert a position into a percentage.
- We do not publish safety scores or hazard grades. Where a regulator has published a restriction or a use condition, we state it and cite it; otherwise we describe what the ingredient does and stop.
- Nothing on these pages is paid placement, and we do not sell any of the products they link to.
