ILNP Lockup Base Coat Versus ORLY Bonder
What's inside
What's inside
Concerns
Ingredients Side-by-side
Ingredients Explained
These ingredients are found in both products.
Ingredients higher up in an ingredient list are typically present in a larger amount.
Benzophenone-1 absorbs UV.
We don't have a description for Butyl Acetate yet.
CI 26100 is a synthetic red dye that does exactly one job: it makes a product look red.
It is oil-soluble rather than water-soluble so you'll find it in oily formulas like nail products, hair oils, or oil-based cosmetics.
On concentrations, neither the EU nor the FDA sets a hard number. The EU allows it with purity limits on leftover manufacturing residues and the FDA allows it in externally applied cosmetics at levels consistent with batch-certified good manufacturing practice.
Industry reports around 0.5% concentration usage in leave-on products, but most products use far less because it's a pretty strong dye.
The one rule that both regions share is that it isn't allowed anywhere it would touch mucous membranes (so no lipstick or eye products).
That restriction comes from an unresolved 2005 EU data request on how much of the dye penetrates skin and breaks down there, and not from any reported consumer harm.
Allergy risk is low and a guinea pig study ranked it a much weaker sensitizer than common hair-dye chemicals. But the same study found animals sensitized to paraphenylenediamine sometimes cross-reacted to it, so it's worth flagging for a patch test if you have a known permanant-hair-dye allergy.
Learn more about CI 26100We don't have a description for CI 47000 yet.
This synthetic colorant is used to add a violet color to products. It is water-soluble.
Ethyl Acetate is a fragrance.
Isopropyl Alcohol is more commonly known as rubbing alcohol. It is most commonly used as a solvent, meaning it helps other ingredients dissolve.
This ingredient is an astringent alcohol. Astringent alcohols may also irritate skin as they high amounts may strip away your skin's natural oils.
Other types of astringent alcohols include:
According to the National Rosacea Society based in the US, you should be mindful of products with these alcohols in the top half of ingredients.
Any type of sanitizing product will have high amounts of alcohol to help kill bacteria and viruses.
Learn more about Isopropyl AlcoholWe don't have a description for Nitrocellulose yet.
We don't have a description for Polyvinyl Butyral yet.
We don't have a description for Tosylamide/Epoxy Resin yet.
