Tarte Creaseless Setting & Brightening Powder Versus Physician's Formula Mineral Wear Diamond Blur Skincare Powder
What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
Benefits
Concerns
Ingredients Side-by-side
Mica
Cosmetic ColorantSilica
Abrasive
Tapioca Starch
Zea Mays Starch
Absorbent
Aluminum Starch Octenylsuccinate
Absorbent
Lauroyl Lysine
Skin Conditioning
Alumina
Abrasive
Boron Nitride
Absorbent
Kaolin
Abrasive
Water
Skin ConditioningBenzyl Alcohol
Perfuming
Cetyl Alcohol
Emollient
Phenoxyethanol
Preservative
Propanediol
Solvent
Decylene Glycol
Skin Conditioning1,2-Hexanediol
Skin Conditioning
Glycerin
Humectant
Lonicera Japonica Flower Extract
Skin ConditioningOcimum Basilicum Extract
Antioxidant
Trisodium Ethylenediamine Disuccinate
Linalool
Perfuming
Citrus Paradisi Fruit Extract
Skin ConditioningVegetable Oil
Skin Conditioning
Usnea Barbata Extract
Caprylhydroxamic Acid
Tocopherol
Antioxidant
CI 77163
Cosmetic Colorant
CI 77742
Cosmetic ColorantCI 77007
Cosmetic ColorantIron Oxides
CI 19140
Cosmetic ColorantMica, Silica, Tapioca Starch, Zea Mays Starch, Aluminum Starch Octenylsuccinate, Lauroyl Lysine, Alumina, Boron Nitride, Kaolin, Water, Benzyl Alcohol, Cetyl Alcohol, Phenoxyethanol, Propanediol, Decylene Glycol, 1,2-Hexanediol, Glycerin, Lonicera Japonica Flower Extract, Ocimum Basilicum Extract, Trisodium Ethylenediamine Disuccinate, Linalool, Citrus Paradisi Fruit Extract, Vegetable Oil, Usnea Barbata Extract, Caprylhydroxamic Acid, Tocopherol, CI 77163, CI 77742, CI 77007, Iron Oxides, CI 19140
Mica
Cosmetic ColorantZea Mays Starch
Absorbent
Silica
Abrasive
Polymethylsilsesquioxane
Phenoxyethanol
Preservative
Isopropyl Isostearate
Emollient
Synthetic Fluorphlogopite
Sodium Dehydroacetate
Preservative
Triethoxycaprylylsilane
Caprylyl Glycol
Emollient
Tocopheryl Acetate
Antioxidant
Ethylhexylglycerin
Skin ConditioningHexylene Glycol
EmulsifyingCeramide NP
Skin Conditioning
2,3-Butanediol
HumectantHydrogenated Lecithin
Emulsifying
Glyceryl Stearate
Emollient
Ceramide Ag
Humectant
Ceramide AP
Skin Conditioning
Ceramide Ng
Skin Conditioning
Cholesterol
Emollient
Diamond Powder
Abrasive
Ceramide EOP
Skin Conditioning
Mica, Zea Mays Starch, Silica, Polymethylsilsesquioxane, Phenoxyethanol, Isopropyl Isostearate, Synthetic Fluorphlogopite, Sodium Dehydroacetate, Triethoxycaprylylsilane, Caprylyl Glycol, Tocopheryl Acetate, Ethylhexylglycerin, Hexylene Glycol, Ceramide NP, 2,3-Butanediol, Hydrogenated Lecithin, Glyceryl Stearate, Ceramide Ag, Ceramide AP, Ceramide Ng, Cholesterol, Diamond Powder, Ceramide EOP
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 MicaPhenoxyethanol is a preservative that has germicide, antimicrobial, and aromatic properties. Studies show that phenoxyethanol can prevent microbial growth. By itself, it has a scent that is similar to that of a rose.
It's often used in formulations along with Caprylyl Glycol to preserve the shelf life of products.
Silica, 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 SilicaZea 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 Starch
