Lip Primer Ingredients
Ingredients Overview
Polybutene, Cera Alba, C15-19 Alkane, Silica, Calcium Aluminum Borosilicate, Ozokerite, Polyethylene, Caprylyl Glycol, Bisabolol, Aqua, Tocopheryl Acetate, Phenoxyethanol, Sorbic Acid. May Contain: Ci 77891, Ci 77163, Ci 77492, Ci 77491, Ci 77499
Highlights
#Alcohol-Free #Fragrance & Essentialoil-Free
Key Ingredients
Antioxidant: Tocopheryl Acetate
Soothing: Bisabolol
Ingredients Explained
What-It-Does: Viscosity Controlling
We Don't Have Description For This Ingredient Yet
Cera Alba (also called beeswax)
What-It-Does: Emollient, Viscosity Controlling, Emulsifying, Perfuming
Irritancy: 0
Comedogenicity: 0-2
It's The Yellow, Solid Stuff That You Probably Know From Beeswax Candles.
It's A Natural Material Produced By Honeybees To Build Their Honeycomb.
As For Skincare, It's Used As An Emollient And Thickening Agent.
Super Common In Lip Balms And Lipsticks
What-It-Does: Emollient
A Nice-Feeling, Light Emollient That Makes The Skin Soft And Smooth.
It Gives A Fresh And Gliding Sensation With A Powdery Or Soft After-Feel Depending On The Exact Grade Used.
It’s A Popular Alternative To Replacing Silicones.
Chemically Speaking, It Is An Alkane (stable, non-reacting hydrocarbon) That Used To Be Produced From Petrochemicals, But Today's Versions Are Vegetable Based & Readily Biodegradable.
What-It-Does: Viscosity Controlling, Absorbent/Mattifier
A White Powdery Substance That's Makes Up 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.
We Don't Have Description For This Ingredient Yet.
What-It-Does: Viscosity Controlling, Emulsion Stabilizing
A Hydrocarbon Wax Consisting Mainly Of Saturated Straight Chain Hydrocarbons With C18-90+ Carbon Chain Length.
It Has A High Melting Point (136.4°F to 212°F) And It Is Used Mainly In Stick Type Products, Such As Lip Balms And Lipsticks To Keep The Product Nice And Solid
What-It-Does: Viscosity Controlling
Polyethylene Is The Most Common Plastic In The World.
It Is A Super Versatile Polymer (molecule from repeated subunits) And When It Comes To Cosmetics, It Is Often Referred To As Microbeads. Microbeads Have Banned Since 2015 With The " Microbead-Free Waters Act" Due To The Small Plastic Spheres Accumulating In The Waters And Looking Like Food To Fish.
But Being Versatile Means That Polyethylene Does Not Only Come As Scrub Particles But Also As A White Wax.
In Its Wax-Form, It Thickens Up Water-Free Formulas, Increases Hardness And Raises The Melting Point Of Emulsions And Water-Less Balms.
It Is Particularly Common In Cleansing Balms And Stick-Type Makeup Products Due To Its Ability To Add Body, Hardness And Slip To These Formulas.
What-It-Does: Moisturizer/Humectant, Emollient, Deodorant
It’s A Handy Multi-Tasking Ingredient That Gives The Skin A Nice, Soft Feel.
At The Same Time, It Also Boosts The Effectiveness Of Other Preservatives, Such As The Super Commonly Used Phenoxyethanol.
The Blend Of These Two (Caprylyl Glycol + Phenoxyethanol) Is Called Optiphen, Which Not Only Helps To Keep Your Cosmetics Free From Nasty Things For A Long Time But Also Gives A Good Feel To The Finished Product. It's A Popular Duo.
Bisabolol (also called Alpha-Bisabolol)
What-It-Does: Soothing
It's One Of The Active Parts Of Chamomile That Contains About 30% Of Bisabolol.
It's A Clear Oily Fluid That Is Used In Skincare As A Nice Anti-Inflammatory And Soothing Ingredient.
Aqua (also called Water)
What-It-Does: Solvent
Good Old Water, Aka H2o Is The Most Common Skincare Ingredient Of All. You Can Usually Find It Right In The Very First Spot Of The Ingredient List, Meaning It’s The Most Active Ingredient In The Product.
It’s Mainly A Solvent For Ingredients That Do Not Like To Dissolve In Oils But Rather In Water.
Tocopheryl Acetate (also called Vitamin E Acetate)
What-It-Does: Antioxidant
Irritancy: 0
Comedogenicity: 0
It’s The Most Commonly Used Version Of Pure Vitamin E In Cosmetics, This One Is The Esterified Version.
According To Famous Dermatologist, Leslie Baumann While Tocopheryl Acetate Is More Stable And Has A Longer Shelf Life, It’s Also More Poorly Absorbed By The Skin And May Not Have The Same Awesome Photoprotective Effects As Pure Vitamin E.
What-It-Does: Preservative
It’s Pretty Much The Current It-Preservative Because Its Safe And Gentle
It Was Introduced Around 1950 And Today It Can Be Used Up To 1% Worldwide
It Can Be Found In Nature - In Green Tea - But The Version Used In Cosmetics Is Synthetic.
What-It-Does: Preservative
A Mild, Natural Preservative That Usually Works Together With Its Other Mild Preservative Friends, Such As Benzoic Acid And/Or Dehydroacetic Acid.
It's Also Used As A Food Preservative.
CI 77891 (also called Titanium Dioxide/CI77891)
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 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 And Prolonged UV Exposure Can Cause It To Lose Its Sheen And Become Gray
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 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 Is Also The One That Gives The Pink Tones In Your Foundation.
Chemically Speaking, It Is Iron III Oxide (Fe2o3).
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 Controls 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.
