Editing Silicone (section)

=== Personal care ===
[[File:Musicians orange plugs.jpg|thumb|Silicone rubber earplugs for hearing protection]]

Silicones are ingredients widely used in skincare, color cosmetic and hair care applications. Some silicones, notably the [[amine]] functionalized amodimethicones, are excellent hair conditioners, providing improved compatibility, feel, and softness, and lessening frizz. The phenyl dimethicones, in another silicone family, are used in reflection-enhancing and color-correcting hair products, where they increase shine and glossiness (and possibly impart subtle color changes). Phenyltrimethicones, unlike the conditioning amodimethicones, have refractive indices (typically 1.46) close to that of a human hair (1.54). However, if included in the same formulation, amodimethicone and phenyltrimethicone interact and dilute each other, making it difficult to achieve both high shine and excellent conditioning in the same product.<ref>Thomas Clausen et al. "Hair Preparations" in ''Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry'', 2007, Wiley-VCH, Weinheim. {{doi|10.1002/14356007.a12_571.pub2}}</ref>

Silicone rubber is commonly used in [[baby bottle]] nipples (teats) for its cleanliness, aesthetic appearance, and low extractable content.

Silicones are used in [[shaving|shaving products]] and [[personal lubricants]].<ref>Q. Ashton Acton: ''Silicones—Advances in Research and Application: 2013 Edition'', ScholarlyEditions, 2013, {{ISBN|9781481692397}}, [https://books.google.com/books?id=ZxzUfxVh6uEC&pg=PA226 p. 226] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171218190618/https://books.google.com/books?id=ZxzUfxVh6uEC&pg=PA226 |date=2017-12-18 }}.</ref>