Colourpop No Filter Loose Setting Powder Versus L.A. Girl Pro Setting Brightening Loose Setting Powder
What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
Benefits
Concerns
Ingredients Side-by-side
Mica
Cosmetic ColorantAluminum Starch Octenylsuccinate
Absorbent
Silica
Abrasive
Water
Skin ConditioningPhenoxyethanol
Preservative
Diisostearyl Malate
EmollientButyl Methoxydibenzoylmethane
UV Absorber
Ethylhexyl Methoxycinnamate
UV Absorber
Octyldodecyl Stearoyl Stearate
Emollient
Diethylhexyl Syringylidenemalonate
Skin ProtectingSorbitan Sesquioleate
Emulsifying
Tocopheryl Acetate
Antioxidant
Squalane
Emollient
Glycine Soja Oil
Emollient
Ethylhexylglycerin
Skin ConditioningAluminum Hydroxide
EmollientCaprylic/Capric Triglyceride
Masking
Calendula Officinalis Flower Extract
Masking
BHT
Antioxidant
Tocopherol
Antioxidant
Iron Oxides
CI 19140
Cosmetic ColorantCI 77007
Cosmetic ColorantCI 15850
Cosmetic ColorantCI 45410
Cosmetic ColorantCI 42090
Cosmetic ColorantCI 73360
Cosmetic ColorantMica, Aluminum Starch Octenylsuccinate, Silica, Water, Phenoxyethanol, Diisostearyl Malate, Butyl Methoxydibenzoylmethane, Ethylhexyl Methoxycinnamate, Octyldodecyl Stearoyl Stearate, Diethylhexyl Syringylidenemalonate, Sorbitan Sesquioleate, Tocopheryl Acetate, Squalane, Glycine Soja Oil, Ethylhexylglycerin, Aluminum Hydroxide, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Calendula Officinalis Flower Extract, BHT, Tocopherol, Iron Oxides, CI 19140, CI 77007, CI 15850, CI 45410, CI 42090, CI 73360
Ingredients Explained
These ingredients are found in both products.
Ingredients higher up in an ingredient list are typically present in a larger amount.
Ci 73360 is a synthetic red-pink dye.
It is soluble in water and remains chemically stable across a range of pH levels typically used in cosmetics. This helps manufacturers maintain uniform color throughout a product’s shelf life.
Because this ingredient is a regulated cosmetic colorant, its purity, manufacturing standards, and allowed uses are defined by cosmetic regulations in major markets.
Learn more about CI 73360Mica is a naturally occurring mineral used to add shimmer and color in cosmetics. It can also help improve the texture of a product or give it an opaque, white/silver color.
Serecite is the name for very fine but ragged grains of mica.
This ingredient is often coated with metal oxides like titanium dioxide. Trace amounts of heavy metals may be found in mica, but these metals are not harmful in our personal products.
Mica has been used since prehistoric times throughout the world. Ancient Egyptian, Indian, Greek, Roman, Aztec, and Chinese civilizations have used mica.
Learn more about MicaSilica, also known as silicon dioxide, is a naturally occurring mineral. It is used as a fine, spherical, and porous powder in cosmetics.
Though it has exfoliant properties, the function of silica varies depending on the product.
The unique structure of silica enhances the spreadability and adds smoothness, making it a great texture enhancer.
It is also used as an active carrier, emulsifier, and mattifier due to its ability to absorb excess oil.
In some products, tiny microneedles called spicules are made from silica or hydrolyzed sponge. When you rub them in, they lightly polish away dead skin layers and enhance the penetration of active ingredients.
Learn more about SilicaThis ingredient is a combination of red, black, and yellow iron oxide pigments. This combination of colors is usually found in foundation, because it results in a "skin" color.
The EU typically uses CI numbers for colorants when applicable, such as CI 77489. In the US, iron oxides are regulated as color additives and "iron oxides" is the most commonly used name in US cosmetic practice.
A 2021 paper looked at skincare formulations containing iron oxides and found that they reduced transmission of blue light when measured optically. In simple terms, the pigment particles helped block or scatter part of the visible light spectrum in lab testing and the authors suggest this could translate into better protection against blue-light-related skin effects.
There is also clinical and experimental research showing that tinted products containing iron oxides can reduce visible light-induced pigmentation:
Please note, whether a product reduces visible or blue light depends on things like:
In the EU's CosIng database, iron oxides are only listed as a colorant. CosIng groups ingredients by their main cosmetic role, such as colorant, preservative, or UV filter.
Though studies say iron oxides can "attenuate blue light", they're describing an optical property and not an officially recognized cosmetic function.
So CosIng isn’t contradicting the research. It’s just classifying iron oxides by what they officially are: pigments that add color.
Learn more about Iron Oxides
