Essence Colour Shield Top Coat

Essence Colour Shield Top Coat

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Overview

What it is

Nail care with 7 ingredients

Cool Features

It is vegan, cruelty-free, fungal acne (malassezia) safe, and reef safe

Free From

It doesn't contain any common allergens, oils, parabens, silicones or sulfates

Fun facts

Essence is from Germany.

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About this product

Key Ingredients

Concerns

Ingredients Explained

Perfuming, Solvent

Ethyl Acetate is a fragrance.

Masking, Solvent

We don't have a description for Butyl Acetate yet.

We don't have a description for Nitrocellulose yet.

Emollient, Skin Conditioning

We don't have a description for Dipropylene Glycol Dibenzoate yet.

Acrylates Copolymer is used as a film-forming agent and texture enhancer.

After applied, Acrylates Copolymer forms a thin film cover that helps skin feel more soft. It can help sunscreens become more water-resistant.

It is also used to make a product more thick.

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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 Alcohol
Cosmetic Colorant

This ingredient is used to impart a blue color. It is not water-soluble.

It goes by two different names: 1. Ferric Ferrocyanide: a synthetic dark blue pigment 2. Ferric Ammonium Ferrocyanide: a synthetic blue pigment, also called Prussian blue

In the EU, both of these colors must be labeled as 'CI 77510'.

Learn more about CI 77510

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· Published March 4, 2023 Added by anemone