"Natural" and "No Additives". The current cosmetics consumption concept has paid more and more attention to the naturalness of products and the safety of raw materials. Due to the limited knowledge of silicon, consumers often raise various concerns and doubts about silicon, such as "Will cosmetics containing silicon damage the skin?" and "Will face creams containing silicone oil clog pores?".


Before answering these questions, we must first clarify the term "silicon" and understand what silicon is. It is more intuitive to analyze from the English affix. "Silicon" refers to the silicon element, or silicon single substance such as single crystal silicon. This kind of "silicon" does not appear in cosmetics. Generally, when we discuss cosmetics, "silicon" refers to various polysiloxane polymer compounds (Silicone). Polymer compounds also include what we often call plastics. Of course, the molecular weight of polymers in cosmetics is not as high as that of plastics. Silicone used in products such as inflatable dolls and invisible bras has a very high molecular weight. There is also a class of compounds containing silicon elements in cosmetics, such as silica (Silica, the main component of sand), mica (a silicate mineral), etc.