Mechanical Lip Pencil Ingredients
Ingredients Overview
Stearic Acid, Mica, Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil, Paraffinum Liquidum, Cetyl Palmitate, Rhus Succedanea Fruit Cera, C10-18 Triglycerides, Hydrogenated Coco- Glycerides, Hydrogenated Castor Oil, Butyl Stearate, Tristearin, Stearyl Heptanoate, Synthetic Wax, Talc, Stearyl Caprylate, Bht, Propylparaben, Methylparaben. May Contain: CI 77491, CI 15850, CI 77891, CI 77499, CI 77492, CI 45410, CI 42090, CI 77163, CI75470, CI 45380, CI 17200, CI 19140, CI 15985
Highlights
#Alcohol-Free #Fragrance & Essential oil-Free
Ingredients Explained
What-It-Does: Emollient, Viscosity Controlling
Irritancy: 0
Comedogenicity: 2-3
A Common Multi-Tasker Fatty Acid.
It Makes Your Skin Feel Nice And Smooth (emollient), Gives Body To Cream Type Products And Helps To Stabilize Water And Oil Mixes (aka emulsions).
Mica (also called CI 77019)
What-It-Does: Colorant
A Super Versatile And Common Mineral Powder That Comes In Different Particle Sizes.
It Is A Multi-Tasker Used To Improve Skin Feel, Increase Product Slip, Give The Product Light-Reflecting Properties, Enhance Skin Adhesion Or Serve As An Anti-Caking Agent.
It Is Also The Most Commonly Used "Base" Material For Layered Composite Pigments Such As Pearl-Effect Pigments. In This Case, Mica Is Coated With One Or More Metal Oxides (most commonly Titanium Dioxide) To Achieve Pearl Effect Via The Physical Phenomenon Known As Interference.
What-It-Does: Emollient
Irritancy: 0
Comedogenicity: 3
We Don't Have Description For This Ingredient Yet.
Paraffinum Liquidum (also called Mineral Oil)
What-It-Does: Emollient, Solvent
Irritancy: 0
Comedogenicity: 0-2
The Famous Or Maybe Rather Infamous Mineral Oil. The Clear Oily Liquid That Is The "Cheap By-Product" Of Refining Crude Oil And The One That Gets A Lot Of Heat For Its Poor Provenance. It Is A Very Controversial Ingredient With Pros And Cons And Plenty Of Myths Around It.
The Pros:
Used For More Than 100 Years In Cosmetic ProductsChemically Speaking, Cosmetic Grade Mineral Oil Is A Complex Mixture Of Highly Refined Saturated Hydrocarbons With C15-50 Chain Length. It Is Not Merely A "By-Product" But Rather A Specifically Isolated Part Of Petroleum That Is Very Pure And Inert.
It Is A Great Emollient And Moisturizer Working Mainly By Occlusivity. Occlusivity Is One Of The Basic Mechanisms Of How Moisturizers Work And It Means That Mineral Oil Sits On Top Of The Skin And Hinders So-Called Trans-Epidermal Water Loss, i.e Water Evaporating Out Of Your Skin.
When Compared To Heavy-Duty Plant Oil, Extra Virgin Coconut Oil, The Two Of Them Were Equally Efficient And Safe As Moisturizers In Treating Xerosis, A Skin Condition Connected To Very Dry Skin.
What-It-Does: Emollient
Irritancy: 0
Comedogenicity: 0
A White, Waxy Emollient That Gives "Body" To Skincare Formulas.
It Comes From Coconut Or Palm Kernel Oil.
What-It-Does: Emollient, Viscosity Controlling
We Don't Have Description For This Ingredient Yet.
C10-18 Triglycerides
What-It-Does: Emollient, Solvent
We Don't Have Description For This Ingredient Yet.
What-It-Does: Emollient
A White, Solid, Vegetable-Derived Fat (meaning it has the same triglyceride structure as oils but is solid at room temperature) That Contains Coconut-Derived, C12-C18 Chain Length, Saturated (no double bonds) Fatty Acids.
It Is Odorless, Has A Neutral Taste And It Is Pretty Hard At Room Temperature. It Is Used As A Consistency Regulator Both For Creams And Makeup Products.
What-It-Does: Emollient, Viscosity Controlling, Emulsifying, Surfactant/Cleansing
Irritancy: 0
Comedogenicity: 1
A Chemically Modified Version Of Castor Oil That Results In A Solid, Waxy Material That Serves As An Emollient And Consistency Building Material.
It Also Has Some Unique Moisturizing Properties As It Is Both Occlusive And Humectant. The Former One Is Common For Oils And Waxes And It Means That It Sits On Top Of The Skin Hindering Water To Evaporate Out Of The Top Layers.
The Latter One, The Humectant Property, Is Surprising And Comes From The Unique Property Of Ricinoleic Acid (the dominant fatty acid in Castor Oil) Having An Extra Water-Loving -Oh Group On Its Otherwise Oil-Loving Fatty Chain.
What-It-Does: Emollient |
Irritancy: 0
Comedogenicity: 3
We Don't Have Description For This Ingredient Yet.
What-It-Does: Viscosity Controlling
We Don't Have Description For This Ingredient Yet.
What-It-Does: Emollient
Irritancy: 0
Comedogenicity: 4
A Solid Emollient That Melts At Skin Temperature And Gives A Silky But Non-Oily Skin-Feel.
What-It-Does: Emollient, Viscosity Controlling
We Don't Have Description For This Ingredient Yet.
What-It-Does: Absorbent/Mattifier, Abrasive/Scrub
Irritancy: 0
Comedogenicity: 1
Talc Is The Major Component Of Most Powder Makeup Products (think face powder, eyeshadows, and blushers) That Usually Contain It Up To 70%.
Its Two Winning Properties That Make It Very Suitable For This Role Is Its Outstanding Spreadability For A Smooth Application And Its Low Covering Power, Aka Translucency To Avoid Clown-Like Effects.
Chemically Speaking, It Is A Clay Mineral (Hydrated Magnesium Silicate) That Is Mined In Several Countries. The Drawback Of Mined Minerals Is Potential Impurities And The Version Used In Cosmetics Has To Be White (not gray like cheaper grades), Free From Asbestos, Sterilized And Have Thin Plates For A Maximum Slip.
What-It-Does: Emollient
We Don't Have Description For This Ingredient Yet.
BHT (also called Butylated Hydroxy Toluene)
What-It-Does: Antioxidant, Preservative
It's A Common Synthetic Antioxidant That's Used As A Preservative, Although There Is Some Controversy Around BHT.
It's Not A New Ingredient, And Has Been Used Both As A Food And Cosmetics Additive Since The 1970s.
Plenty Of Studies Tried To Examine If It's A Carcinogen Or Not And A Truth In Aging Article Details The Situation And Also Points Out That All These Studies Examine BHT When Taken Orally.
What-It-Does: Preservative, Perfuming
Irritancy: 0
Comedogenicity: 0
A Very Common Type Of Parabens That Is Cheap, Effective And Well-Tolerated To Make Sure Cosmetic Formulas Do Not Spoil Or Go Bad
What-It-Does: Preservative
Irritancy: 0
Comedogenicity: 0
The Most Common Type Of Parabens That Is Cheap, Effective And Well-Tolerated To Make Sure Cosmetic Formulas Do Not Spoil Or Go Bad
Apart From The General Controversy Around Parabens), There Is A 2006 In-Vitro (made in the lab not on real people) Research About Methylparaben (MP) Showing That When Exposed To Sunlight, MP Treated Skin Cells Suffered More Harm Than Non-MP Treated Skin Cells. The Study Was Not Done With Real People On Real Skin, But Still Use A Good Sunscreen Next To MP Containing Products
CI 77491 (also called Iron Oxide Red)
What-It-Does: Colorant
Irritancy: 0
Comedogenicity: 0
Red Iron Oxide Is The Super Common Pigment That Gives The Familiar "Rust" Red Color. It’s Also Responsible For Giving The Pink Tones In Your Foundation.
Chemically Speaking, It Is Iron III Oxide (Fe2o3).
CI 15850 (also called Red 6, Red 7)
What-It-Does: Colorant
Irritancy: 0
Comedogenicity: 1
We Don't Have Description For This Ingredient Yet.
CI 77891 (also called Titanium Dioxide/Ci 77891)
What-It-Does: Colorant
Irritancy: 0
Comedogenicity: 0
CI 77891 Is The Color Code Of Titanium Dioxide, A White Pigment With Great Color Consistency And Dispersibility.
CI 77499 (also called Iron Oxide Black)
What-It-Does: Colorant
Irritancy: 0
Comedogenicity: 0
Black Iron Oxide Is The Super Common Inorganic (as in no carbon atom in the molecule) Pigment That Control The Darkness Of Your Foundation Or Gives The Blackness To Your Mascara. Blended With Red And Black Iron Oxides, It Is Essential In All "Flesh-Toned" Makeup Products.
Chemically Speaking, It Is A Mixture Of Iron II And Iron III Oxide, And Is Magnetic.
CI 77492 (also called Iron Oxide Yellow)
What-It-Does: Colorant
Irritancy: 0
Comedogenicity: 0
Yellow Iron Oxide Is The Super Common Inorganic (as in no carbon atom in the molecule) Pigment That Gives The Yellow Tones In Your Foundation. Blended With Red And Black Iron Oxides, It Is Essential In All "Flesh-Toned" Makeup Products.
Chemically Speaking, It Is Hydrated Iron III Oxide And Depending On The Conditions Of Manufacture, It Can Range From A Light Lemon To An Orange-Yellow Shade.
CI 45410 (also called Red 28, Red 27, Red 27 Lake, Red 28 Lake, Acid Red 92 Phloxine)
What-It-Does: Colorant
Irritancy: 0
Comedogenicity: 2
A Cosmetic Colorant Used As A Reddish Pigment. Some Version Of It Are A Ph-Sensitive Dye That Enables A Colorless Lip Balm To Turn Red/Pink Upon Application.
CI 42090 (also called Blue 1
What-It-Does: Colorant
CI 42090 Or Blue 1 Is A Super Common Synthetic Colorant In Beauty & Food.
Used Alone It Adds A Brilliant Smurf-Like Blue Color, Combined With Tartrazine It Gives The Fifty Shades Of Green.
CI 77163 (also called Bismuth Oxychloride)
What-It-Does: Colorant
Bismuth Oxychloride Has Been Around Since The 1950s And It Was One Of The First Synthetic Materials To Give A Pearl-Like Effect In Cosmetic Products.
It Is A White Powder With A Fabulous Sheen And A Nice Skin Feel And It Is Still Very Popular In Decorative Cosmetics.
It Has One Major Drawback However, It Is Sensitive To Light. Upon Prolonged UV Exposure, It Can Lose Its Sheen And Become Gray.
CI 75470 (also called Carmine)
What-It-Does: Colorant
Irritancy: 0
Comedogenicity: 0
Carmine Is A Natural Pigment That Gives A Bright, Strawberry Red Shade. Its Very Special In That It Is The Only Organic Pink/Red Colorant Permitted For Use Around The Eye Area In The US.
Outside Of The Us Though, It Is Not That Often Used, As Unlike Most Other Colorants (that tend to be synthetic or if natural, plant-derived), Carmine Is Animal-Derived And Comes From An Insect Called Coccus Cacti. This Makes It Both Very Expensive And Excludes It From Animal-Friendly, Vegan Cosmetic Products.
CI 45380 (also called Red 22 Lake, Red 21)
What-It-Does: Colorant
Irritancy: 0
Comedogenicity: 2
We Don't Have Description For This Ingredient Yet.
CI 17200 (also called Red 33, D&C Red 33, Red 33 Lake)
What-It-Does: Colorant
Irritancy: 2
Comedogenicity: 1
A Super Common Synthetic Colorant That Adds A Purple-Red Color To Pigments Similar To Red Beets
CI 19140 (also called Tartrazine, Yellow 5)
What-It-Does: Colorant
CI 19140 Or Tartrazine Is A Super Common Colorant In Skincare, Makeup, Medicine & Food. It’s A Synthetic Lemon Yellow That's Used Alone Or Mixed With Other Colors For Special Shades.
The FDA Says It's Possible, But Rare, To Have An Allergic-Type Reaction To A Color Additive. As An Example, It Mentions That CI 19140 May Cause Itching And Hives In Some People But The Colorant Is Always Labeled So That You Can Avoid It If You Are Sensitive.
CI 15985 (also called Yellow 6)
What-It-Does: Colorant
We Don't Have Description For This Ingredient Yet.
