Lip Gloss Ingredients
Ingredients Overview
Polybutene, Octyldodecanol, Hydrogenated Polyisobutene, Ozokerite, Canola Oil, Ricinus Communis (Castor) Seed Oil, Mica, Silica, Benzophenone-3, Butylene/Ethylene/Styrene Copolymer, Caprylyl Glycol, Ethylene/Propylene/Styrene Copolymer, Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil, Phenoxyethanol, Rosmarinus Officinalis Leaf Extract, Sorbic Acid, Stearalkonium Hectorite, Tin Oxide, Tocopheryl Acetate, Vanillin, Zea Mays Starch. May Contain: CI 15850, CI 15985, CI 42090, CI 45410, CI 75470, CI 77163, CI 77491, CI 77492, CI 77499, CI 77891
Highlights
#Alcohol-Free #Fragrance & Essential Oil-Free
Key Ingredients
Antioxidant: Rosmarinus Officinalis Leaf Extract, Tocopheryl Acetate
Soothing: Rosmarinus Officinalis Leaf Extract
Sunscreen: Benzophenone-3
Ingredients Explained
What-It-Does: Viscosity Controlling
We Don't Have Description For This Ingredient Yet.
What-It-Does: Emollient, Perfuming
A Clear, Slightly Yellow, Odorless Oil That's A Very Common, Medium-Spreading
Emollient. It Makes The Skin Feel Nice And Smooth And Works In A Wide Range Of Formulas.
What-It-Does: Emollient, Viscosity Controlling
Irritancy: 2
Comedogenicity: 1
A Synthetic Liquid Oil That Can Replace Mineral Oil Or Silicone Oils In A Cosmetic Formulas.
There Are Different Grades Depending On The Molecular Weight Ranging From Very Light, Volatile, Non-Residue Leaving Ones To More Substantial, Slight Residue Leaving Ones.
Apart From Leaving The Skin Soft And Smooth (emollient), It's Also Used As A
Waterproofing Agent In Sunscreens Or Makeup Products And As A Shine Enhancer In Lip Gloss Formulas.
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: Emollient
We Don't Have Description For This Ingredient Yet.
Ricinus Communis (Castor) Seed Oil (also called Castor Oil)
What-It-Does: Emollient, Perfuming
Irritancy: 0
Comedogenicity: 0-1
Castor Oil Is Sourced From The Castor Bean Plant Native To Tropical Areas In Eastern Africa And The Mediterranean Basin. It Is An Age-Old Ingredient (it’s over 4,000 years old!) With Many Uses Including A Shoe Polish, Food Additive And Motor Lubricant. You Would Be Reasonable To Think That Putting Shoe Polish On Your Face Wouldn’t Be The Best Idea, But It Turns Out Castor Oil Has Some Unique Properties That Make It A Stalwart In Thick And Gloss-Giving Formulas (think lipsticks and highlighters).
So What Is So Special About It? The Answer Is Its Main Fatty Acid, Called Ricinoleic Acid (85-95%). Unlike Other Fatty Acids, Ricinoleic Acid Has An Extra Water-Loving Part (aka -Oh Group) On Its Fatty Chain That Gives Castor Oil Several Unique Properties.
First, It Is Thicker Than Other Oils, Then Its Solubility Is Different (e.g. dissolves in alcohol but not in mineral oil), And It Allows All Kinds Of Chemical Modifications Other Oils Do Not, Hence The Lots Of Castor Oil-Derived Ingredients.
It Is Also More Glossy Than Other Oils, In Fact, It Creates The Highest Gloss Of All Natural Oils When Applied To The Skin.
Other Than That, It Is A Very Effective Emollient And Occlusive That Reduces Skin Moisture Loss So It Is Quite Common In Smaller Amounts In Moisturizers.
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: Viscosity Controlling, Absorbent/Mattifier
A White Powdery Substance 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.
Benzophenone-3 (also called Oxybenzone)
What-It-Does: Sunscreen
Irritancy: 0
Comedogenicity: 0
A Chemical Sunscreen Agent That Absorbs UVB And Short UVA Rays (280-350nm) With Its Peak Protection At 288 Nm. Unlike Many Other Chemical Sunscreens, It Is Highly Stable But Its UV Absorbing Abilities Are Weak So It Always Has To Be Combined With Other Sunscreen Agents For Proper Protection.
Often, It's Used As A Photostabilizer Rather Than A Proper Sunscreen Agent As It Can Protect Formulas Nicely From UV Damage.
Regarding Safety, Bp-3 Is Somewhat Controversial. First, Its Molecules Are Small (228 Da) And Very Lipophilic (oil loving) And These Properties Result In Very Good Absorption. The Problem Is That You Want Sunscreens On The Top Of Your Skin And Not In Your Bloodstream, So For Bp-3 This Is A Problem. In Fact, It Absorbs So Well That 4 Hours After Application Of A Sunscreen Product With Bp-3, It Can Be Detected In Urine.
Butylene/Ethylene/Styrene Copolymer
What-It-Does: Viscosity Controlling
A Helper Ingredient That's Used As A Gelling Agent Together With A Hydrocarbon And Its Sibling, Ethylene/Propylene/Styrene Copolymer. Read More There.
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 Contaminates For A Long Time, But Also Gives A Good Feel To The Finished Product Making It A Popular Duo.
Ethylene/Propylene/Styrene Copolymer
What-It-Does: Viscosity Controlling
A Helper Ingredient That's Used As An Oil Gelling Agent Together With Its Sibling
Butylene/Ethylene/Styrene Copolymer. These Two Together Can Be Combined With Different Types Of Hydrocarbons (e.g. Mineral Oil or different emollient esters) To Form Gels With Different Sensorial And Physical Properties. The Resulted Hydrocarbon Gels Can Improve Skin Occlusivity (and reduce trans-epidermal water loss) And They Are Also Excellent To Form Suspensions.
Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil (also called Sunflower Oil)
What-It-Does: Emollient
Irritancy: 0
Comedogenicity: 0
Sunflower Oil Is One Of The Most Commonly Used Plant Oils In Skincare.
Expressed Directly From The Seeds, The Oil Is Used Not For Hundreds But Thousands Of Years. According To The National Sunflower Association, There Is Evidence That Both The Plant And Its Oil Were Used By American Indians In The Area Of Arizona And New Mexico About 3000 BC
What-It-Does: Preservative
It’s Pretty Much The Current It-Preservative Because It’s 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.
Rosmarinus Officinalis Leaf Extract (also called Rosemary Leaf Extract)
What-It-Does: Antioxidant, Soothing, Antimicrobial/Antibacterial
The Extract Coming From The Lovely Herb, Rosemary.
It Contains A Lot Of Chemicals, Including Flavonoids, Phenolic Acids, And Diterpenes.
Its Main Active Is Rosmarinic Acid, A Potent Antioxidant, And Anti-Inflammatory.
It Also Has Anti-Bacterial, Astringent And Toning Properties.
The Leaves Contain A Small Amount Of Essential Oil (1-2%) With Fragrant Components, So If You Are Allergic To Fragrance, It Might Be Better To Avoid It.
What-It-Does: Preservative
A Mild, Natural Preservative That’s Usually Used Together With Its Other Mild Preservative Friends, Such As Benzoic Acid And/Or Dehydroacetic Acid.
It's Also Used As A Food Preservative.
What-It-Does: Viscosity Controlling
We Don't Have Description For This Ingredient Yet.
Tin Oxide (also called CI 77861, Tin Dioxide)
What-It-Does: Colorant, Abrasive/Scrub, Viscosity Controlling
Tin Oxide Is Mostly Used When Dealing With Effect Pigments, Tricky Composite Pigments That Can Do Color Travel (change color depending on the viewing angle) Or Give Multiple Color Effect.
It's Often Found Alongside Mica (As A Base Material) And Titanium Dioxide (as a coating) To Give A Glossy, Pearlescent Effect.
Together, They Make Up A Trademarked Technology Called Ronaflair Blanace From The German Manufacturer Merck. According To Their Info, This Combination Can Balance Out Undesirable Tones In The Skin, Making It A Popular Choice For Brightening Products And Highlighters.
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 And 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.
We Don't Have Description For This Ingredient Yet.
Zea Mays Starch (also called Corn Starch)
What-It-Does: Viscosity Controlling, Absorbent/Mattifier, Abrasive/Scrub
A Corn-Derived, White To Yellowish, Floury Powder That Works As A Handy Helper Ingredient To Create Nice Feeling Emulsions.
It Gives A Generally Pleasant Skin Feel, Has Some Mattifying Effect (though rice starch is better at that), It Reduces Greasiness And Tackiness And Helps The Formula To Spread Easily Without Whitening Or Shininess.
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 15985 (also called Yellow 6)
What-It-Does: Colorant
We Don't Have Description For This Ingredient Yet.
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 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 Versions Are A Ph-Sensitive Dye That Enables A Colorless Lip Balm To Turn Red/Pink Upon Application.
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. It’s Very Special In That It’s 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 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 Upon Prolonged UV Exposure, It Can Lose Its Sheen And Become Gray.
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 And Also The One That Gives The Pink Tones In Your Foundation.
Chemically Speaking, It Is Iron III Oxide (Fe2o3).
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 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.
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
