There is provided herein a functionalized ionic silicone composition comprising a silicone of the formula (I): M1aM2bM3cD1dD2eD3fT1gT2hT3iQj  (I) which contains a monovalent radical bearing ion-pairs and having the formula (II): -A-Ix-Mny+; where A is a spacing group having at least 2 spacing atoms selected from a divalent hydrocarbon or hydrocarbonoxy group, where I is an ionic group such as sulfonate —SO3−, carboxylate —COO−, phosphonate —PO32− group and phosphate —OPO32−, where M is hydrogen or a cation independently selected from alkali metals, alkali earth metals, transition metals, metals, quaternary ammonium and phosphonium groups; or, zwitterions having the formula (III): —R′—NR″2+—R′″—I  (III) where I is defined as above, and where the subscript a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j are zero or positive subject to the following limitations: 2≦a+b+c+d+e+f+g+h+i+j≦6000, b+e+h>0 and c+f+i>0.