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Ingredients Side-by-side
Zea Mays Starch
Absorbent
Maranta Arundinacea Root Extract
SmoothingSodium Carbonate
BufferingSilica Silylate
Emollient
Mica
Cosmetic ColorantSaccharomyces Ferment
Skin Conditioning
Propanediol
Solvent
Hydroxyacetophenone
Antioxidant
Water
Skin ConditioningLauroyl Lysine
Skin Conditioning
Niacinamide
Smoothing
Hydrolyzed Rice Protein
Skin ConditioningGlycerin
Humectant
Magnolia Officinalis Bark Extract
Antimicrobial
Withania Somnifera Root Extract
Skin Conditioning
Benzyl Alcohol
Perfuming
Potassium Sorbate
Preservative
Sodium Benzoate
Masking
CI 77499
Cosmetic ColorantIron Oxides
CI 77491
Cosmetic ColorantTitanium Dioxide
Cosmetic Colorant
CI 77891
Cosmetic ColorantZea Mays Starch, Maranta Arundinacea Root Extract, Sodium Carbonate, Silica Silylate, Mica, Saccharomyces Ferment, Propanediol, Hydroxyacetophenone, Water, Lauroyl Lysine, Niacinamide, Hydrolyzed Rice Protein, Glycerin, Magnolia Officinalis Bark Extract, Withania Somnifera Root Extract, Benzyl Alcohol, Potassium Sorbate, Sodium Benzoate, CI 77499, Iron Oxides, CI 77491, Titanium Dioxide, CI 77891
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Ingredients Explained
These ingredients are found in both products.
Ingredients higher up in an ingredient list are typically present in a larger amount.
Mica 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 MicaWater. It's the most common cosmetic ingredient of all. You'll usually see it at the top of ingredient lists, meaning that it makes up the largest part of the product.
So why is it so popular? Water most often acts as a solvent - this means that it helps dissolve other ingredients into the formulation.
You'll also recognize water as that liquid we all need to stay alive. If you see this, drink a glass of water. Remember to stay hydrated!
Learn more about WaterZea Mays Starch is starch made from corn. You might know this as cornstarch . It is used to thicken a product. It can replace talc as an absorbent.
The pH of cornstarch is 5.92.
Cornstarch is a common food ingredient used to thicken soups or to make corn syrup.
Learn more about Zea Mays StarchThis 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
