Liquid Velvet Lipstick Ingredients
Ingredients Overview
Isododecane, Octyldodecanol, Polybutene, Silica, Kaolin, Quaternium-90 Bentonite, Cera Alba, Mica, Triethoxycaprylylsilane, Phenoxyethanol, Flavor, Propylene Carbonate, Caprylyl Glycol, Tocopheryl Acetate, Sorbic Acid. May Contain: CI 15850, CI77742, CI7200, CI45410, CI 77491, CI 77492, CI77499, Calcium Aluminum Borosilicate, CI77891, CI77510
Highlights
#Alcohol-Free
Key Ingredients
Antioxidant: Tocopheryl Acetate
Ingredients Explained
Isododecane
What-It-Does: Emollient, Solvent
A Colorless And Odorless, Highly Volatile (meaning it does not absorb into the skin but evaporates from it) Liquid That's Used As An Emollient. It Gives A Nice Non-Oily Light Skin Feel And It Can Improve The Slip Of The Formula Without Leaving A Tacky Residue Behind.
It's Also Popular In Make-Up Products As Its Volatility Makes Mascaras And Foundations Last Longer.
It's Also An Excellent Solvent, Making It A Regular On The Ingredients Lists Of Make-Up And Makeup Removers.
Octyldodecanol
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: Viscosity Controlling
We Don't Have Description For This Ingredient Yet.
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.
Kaolin (also called clay, China Clay)
What-It-Does: Colorant, Absorbent/Mattifier, Abrasive/Scrub
Irritancy: 0
Comedogenicity: 0
Kaolin Is A Type Of Clay Or To Be Precise, A Naturally Occurring Hydrous Aluminum Silicate. When You Hear Clay, You Probably Think Of A Muddy Greenish-Black Mess, But That One Is Bentonite, And This One Is A Fine, White Powder. It Is So White That It's Also Often Used, In Small Amounts, As A Helper Ingredient To Give Opacity And Whiteness To The Cosmetic Formulas.
As A Clay, It's Absorbent And Can Suck Up Excess Sebum And Other Debris From Your Skin, But Less So Than The More Aggressive Bentonite. As It's Less Absorbent, It's Also Less Drying And Gentler On The Skin, So It's Ideal For Dry And Sensitive Skin Types.
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 And Is Super Common In Lip Balms And Lipsticks
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.
A Clear, Light-Yellow Liquid That Is Used To Coat Pigments (such as inorganic sunscreen agents or colorants) In Cosmetic Products. The Coating Helps To Stabilize Pigments In The Formulas And Also Helps Them To Spread Easily And Evenly On The Skin.
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: Solvent, Viscosity Controlling
We Don't Have Description For This Ingredient Yet.
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 Common Use Of 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.
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’s Usually Paired Together With Its Other Mild Preservative Friends, Such As Benzoic Acid And/Or Dehydroacetic Acid.
It's Also Used As A Food Preservative.
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 77742 (also called Manganese Violet)
What-It-Does: Colorant
An Inorganic (as in no carbon in its molecule) Pigment That Gives Pigments Its Purple Or Violet Shade
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 A Product Similar To That Of A Red Beet
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 Of It Has A Ph-Sensitive Dye That Enables A Colorless Lip Balm To Turn Red/Pink Upon Application.
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 To Pigments.
It Also Is The One That Gives The Pink Tones To 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 To 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
We Don't Have Description For This Ingredient Yet.
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 77510 (also called Ferric Ferrocyanide, Ferric Ammonium Ferrocyanide, Iron Blue)
What-It-Does: Colorant
An Inorganic (as in no carbon in its molecule) Pigment That Has A Very Intense, Dark Blue Color.
