Phenyl trimethicone is a type of silicone that is used in cosmetics and skincare products to help improve the texture and spreadability of the formulations. It also helps to trap moisture within the skin, giving your skin that hydrated dewy appearance.

 

Phenyl trimethicone, also known as polyphenylmethylsiloxane, is a silicone liquid. Silicones are synthetic ingredients with a backbone composed of repeating units of siloxane which is elemental silicon and oxygen. Silicones may also be referred to as polysiloxanes. Often, the terms ‘silicone’ and ‘silicon’ are mistakenly used interchangeably, when they are actually quite different. Silicon is the 14th element on the periodic table and the second most abundant element in the earth’s crust, after oxygen. In contrast, silicones are always synthetically produced.