Highlights
Key Ingredients
Skim through
| Ingredient name | what-it-does | irr., com. | ID-Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Solum Diatomeae | abrasive/scrub | ||
| Calcium Sulfate | abrasive/scrub | ||
| Algin | viscosity controlling | 4, 4 | |
| Tetrasodium Pyrophosphate | buffering, chelating | ||
| Xanthan Gum | viscosity controlling | ||
| Ribes Nigrum Fruit Powder | |||
| Ci 77007 | colorant | 0, 0 | |
| Sodium Ascorbate | antioxidant | ||
| Parfum | perfuming | icky | |
| Magnesium Oxide | buffering | ||
| Silica | viscosity controlling |
Yamuna Feketeribizlis MaszkIngredients explained
A large sugar molecule (aka polysaccharide) that's used as a gelling agent and comes from brown seaweed.
Combined with calcium salts, it forms a rigid gel used in "rubber masks".
We don't have description for this ingredient yet.
It's one of the most commonly used thickeners and emulsion stabilizers. If the product is too runny, a little xanthan gum will make it more gel-like. Used alone, it can make the formula sticky and it is a good team player so it is usually combined with other thickeners and so-called rheology modifiers (helper ingredients that adjust the flow and thus the feel of the formula). The typical use level of Xantha Gum is below 1%, it is usually in the 0.1-0.5% range.
Btw, Xanthan gum is all natural, a chain of sugar molecules (polysaccharide) produced from individual sugar molecules (glucose and sucrose) via fermentation. It’s approved by Ecocert and also used in the food industry (E415).
This ingredient name is not according to the INCI-standard. :( What, why?!
An inorganic (as in no carbon in its molecule) pigment that can range in shade from blue (most common) to violet, pink or even green. It is not permitted in lip products in the US.
Exactly what it sounds: nice smelling stuff put into cosmetic products so that the end product also smells nice. Fragrance in the US and parfum in the EU is a generic term on the ingredient list that is made up of 30 to 50 chemicals on average (but it can have as much as 200 components!).
If you are someone who likes to know what you put on your face then fragrance is not your best friend - there's no way to know what’s really in it.
Also, if your skin is sensitive, fragrance is again not your best friend. It’s the number one cause of contact allergy to cosmetics. It’s definitely a smart thing to avoid with sensitive skin (and fragrance of any type - natural is just as allergic as synthetic, if not worse!).
We don't have description for this ingredient yet.
A white powdery thing that's the major component of glass and sand. In cosmetics, it’s often in products that are supposed to keep your skin matte as it has great oil-absorbing abilities. It’s also used as a helper ingredient to thicken up products or suspend insoluble particles.
You may also want to take a look at...
| what‑it‑does | abrasive/scrub |
| what‑it‑does | abrasive/scrub |
| what‑it‑does | viscosity controlling |
| irritancy, com. | 4, 4 |
| what‑it‑does | buffering | chelating |
| what‑it‑does | viscosity controlling |
| what‑it‑does | colorant |
| irritancy, com. | 0, 0 |
| what‑it‑does | antioxidant |
| what‑it‑does | perfuming |
| what‑it‑does | buffering |
| what‑it‑does | viscosity controlling |