# DIMETHYLHYDROGENSILOXY PHENYL POLYSILSESQUIOXANE

URL: https://app.greenveil.ai/ingredients/ingredient_inci_dimethylhydrogensiloxy_phenyl_polysilsesquioxane
Categories: beauty
Functions: Film forming
Identifier: DIMETHYLHYDROGENSILOXY PHENYL POLYSILSESQUIOXANE

> DIMETHYLHYDROGENSILOXY PHENYL POLYSILSESQUIOXANE: Used in cosmetics as a film former. Canonical ingredient record built from 1 public-source records. Compiled from 1 published data source.

## Safety assessment

- Chemical concern: not yet assessed
- Is it a concern? We haven't assessed a concern score for this ingredient yet. It is listed for cosmetic use in the EU.
- Rationale: Canonical ingredient record built from 1 public-source records.

## Regulatory status

- EU: Active — Dimethylhydrogensiloxy Phenyl Polysilsesquioxane is made by hydrolysis and condensation of a mixture of phenyl trimethoxysilane and dimethychlorosilane. Polysilsesquioxanes are resinous materials composed of a mixture of three-dimensional siloxane polymers and/or oligomers with cage structures. For the oligomers, each silicon atom in the polysilsesquioxane is connected via oxygen atoms to three other silicon atoms and can be represented by the empirical formulation RSiO3/2, where R represents a phenyl group. For the larger polymeric polysilsesquioxanes, some of the silicon atoms are not connected to other silicon atoms and instead have a silanol (SiOH) group. For this material, the dimethylchlorosilane (HSiMe2Cl) acts as an end-blocking group and produces a polysilsesquioxane that contains dimethylhydrogen siloxy (HMe2SiO-) groups.

## Expert safety opinions

- SCCS (EU Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety): no opinion on file.
- CIR (Cosmetic Ingredient Review (US expert panel)): no opinion on file.

## Data sources

- CosIng (updated 2026-09-23): https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/details/97614

_Assessed by Greenveil._