Mentha Lip Gloss Ingredients
Ingredients Overview
Hydrogenated Polyisobutene, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Polybutene, C15-19 Alkane, Mica, Ethylhexyl Palmitate, Tribehenin, Ethylene/Propylene/Styrene Copolymer, Butylene/Ethylene/Styrene Copolymer, Phenoxyethanol, Flavor, Caprylyl Glycol, Tocopheryl Acetate, Sorbic Acid, Sorbitan Isostearate, Palmitoyl Oligopeptide. May Contain: CI 77891, CI 15850, CI 45410, CI 77742, CI 16035, CI 19140, CI 77499, CI 77491, CI 77492
Highlights
#Alcohol-Free
Key Ingredients
Antioxidant: Tocopheryl Acetate
Cell-Communicating Ingredient: Palmitoyl Oligopeptide
Ingredients Explained
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 Formula. 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: Emollient
A Super Common Emollient That Makes Your Skin Feel Nice And Smooth. It Comes From Coconut Oil And Glycerin, And Is Light-Textured, Clear, Odorless And Non-Greasy. It’s A Nice Ingredient That Just Feels Good On The Skin, Is Super Well Tolerated By Every Skin Type And Easy To Formulate With. No Wonder It’s Popular.
What-It-Does: Viscosity Controlling
We Don't Have Description For This Ingredient Yet.
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, And Is A Popular Alternative To Replace 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.
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: 2-4
A Super Common, Medium-Spreading Emollient Ester That Gives Richness To The Formula
And A Mild Feel During Rubout.
It Can Be A Replacement For Mineral Oil And Is Often Combined With Other Emollients To Achieve Different Sensorial Properties.
What-It-Does: Emollient
It's The Triglyceride Of Behenic Acid That Works As A Thickening Or Gelling Agent, As A Compacting Agent For Pressed Powders, And Improves Heat Stability Of Emulsions.
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.
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.
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.
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 Contaminants For A Long Time, But Also Gives A Good Feel To The Finished Product making It A Popular Duo.
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
A Mild, Natural Preservative That Usually Is 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: Emulsifying
Irritancy: 0
Comedogenicity: 1-2
A Handy Helper Ingredient That Helps Water And Oil To Mix Nicely Together, Aka
Emulsifier. It Is Especially Recommended For Protective, Baby Care And General-Purpose Emollient Creams.
It Also Helps To Disperse Insoluble Particles (Think color pigments or Zinc/Titanium Dioxide Sunscreen) Nice And Even In Cosmetic Formulas.
Palmitoyl Oligopeptide (also called Biopeptide El, Pal-Vgvapg, Palmitoyl Hexapeptide-12)
What-It-Does: Cell-Communicating Ingredient
A Six Amino Acid Peptide That Is Claimed To Improve Firmness And Skin Tone. Its Amino Acid Sequence Is Val-Gly-Val-Ala-Pro-Gly That Is Also Called The "Spring Fragment" And Is Repeated Six Times In The Important Skin Protein, Elastin Molecule.
The Manufacturer Made A Double-Blind, One-Month Long Clinical Study On 10 Women And Found That Twice A Day Application Of 4% Biopeptide El Improved Skin Firmness By 33% And Skin Tone By 20%.
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 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 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 With Some Version Having A Ph-Sensitive Dye That Enables A Colorless Lip Balm To Turn Red/Pink Upon Application.
CI 77742 (also called Manganese Violet)
What-It-Does: Colorant
An Inorganic (as in no carbon in its molecule) Pigment That Gives A Purple Or Violet Shade.
CI 16035 (also called Red 40)
What-It-Does: Colorant
Irritancy: 2
Comedogenicity: 2
We Don't Have Description For This Ingredient Yet.
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 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 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 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.
