Silicones are used in hair and body care (rinse and leave-on), baby care, decorative cosmetics and antiperspirants. They are unique in terms of dryness, dryness, lubricity, smoothness and gloss. In addition, there are volatile silicones (cyclomethicone), which are widely used in hair styling products and antiperspirants.

Silicone manufacturing method

The heart and foundation of silicone derivatives is obviously silicon (silicon or silicon) metal. The main source of silicon is that you may have heard of sand (quartz). The silicon obtained from quartz is then reacted with dichloromethane (CH3Cl) and then converted to methylchlorosilane. The rest are a series of polymerization reactions and other reactions that are used to link the required functional groups to produce tailor-made components.

Why are silicones ubiquitous in personal care?

Silicone is very stable and resistant to heat and oxidation. They prepare a lot, basically they are neutral in color and smell. Not all mainstream needs and love?

Except that you can almost tailor the appropriate silicone for each purpose by changing the chain length and functional group, its long shelf life, stability and neutrality make it the best and popular ingredient in personal care ).

Is silicone considered "natural"?

Some suppliers full of fantasy and sense of humor call dimethyl silicone oil "naturally derived from sand." There is no doubt that sand is the starting material for making all these silicone derivatives, what could be more "natural" than sand?

But sand / quartz is the "natural" end of silicone. All that remains is to connect the petrochemical-based functional ingredients to the silicone skeleton to create all these cones, which we can find on almost every mainstream personal care product label.

There are even silicone derivatives that attach polydimethylsiloxane to "natural" ingredients, such as beeswax or vegetable oil.

So what's wrong with silicones?

One should remain fair. Silicones (except D4 with proven toxicity) are quite inert and mild ingredients. The number of sensitization and adverse reactions to silicone is much less than the number of adverse reactions to certain essential oils. The Anti-Silicone Front and some non-governmental organizations and bloggers exaggerate (without any evidence or scientific evidence) that they are harmful, toxic, and dangerous, but not as a general rule. Toxicity or sensitization depends on the functional group attached to the dimethicone, and has nothing to do with the dimethicone itself.

The problem with silicones is their extremely high stability and stability. In addition to the fact that there are petrochemical products in the manufacture of dimethicone (even if they are attached to beautiful natural vegetable oils such as borage oil and cobalt), they are also bioaccumulative and accumulate in the environment.

Silicone alternatives and industry traitors

L'Oréal's launch of its Garnier Fructis "pure silicone-free shampoo" appears to be the first among mainstream people to trigger an avalanche-type silicone-free claim. L'Oreal, eager and ready to catch fish in muddy water, started a silicon-free movement (while continuing to carry silicon-containing waste). They claim that their silicone shampoos are 94% biodegradable and "non-ecologically toxic", which is a thorn in the eyes of the mainstream industry and the silicone industry and the silicone-free claims that started in the industry.

To be honest, in terms of dryness, lubricity, gloss and slip, there is no other ingredient that can completely replace silicone. There are many types of "natural and plant-based" silicone substitutes on the market (we even sell two of them in the SkinChakra online store: isoamyl laurate and Lexfeel natural), but none of them are compatible with dimethyl Silicone competes without even the widely-acclaimed broccoli seed oil. You usually need to combine several ingredients to achieve the performance of dimethylsiloxane (or cyclomethicone).

However, everyone in the field of cosmetic ingredients is studying silicone replacements, and this prospect is promising.

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