An inorganic mineral powder used as an absorbent, bulking and opacifying agent.
What it is
Magnesium silicate is the magnesium salt of silicic acid, a white inorganic powder. CosIng lists it as an absorbent, anti-caking, bulking, opacifying and viscosity-controlling ingredient.
Where it is used
Found in powders, face masks, makeup and deodorants.
Limits of interpretation
The INCI list shows which ingredients are present, not how much of each. Above 1%, ingredients are listed in descending order of weight; below 1% the order is free.
The INCI name does not show the exact composition or structure of the material used.
Functions
- Absorbent
- Taking up water- and/or oil-soluble (dissolved or finely dispersed) substances.
- Anticaking
- Preventing agglomeration of particulate solids into lumps or hard masses (cohesive cake), thus allowing free flow of particles.
- Bulking
- Non-reactive (chemically inert), solid ingredients that dilute other solids and/or increase the volume of cosmetic products.
- Opacifying
- Reducing transparency or translucency of cosmetics.
- Viscosity controlling
- Increasing or decreasing the viscosity (thickness) of cosmetics.
EU regulation
This ingredient is not listed in the annexes of Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 in the CosIng data.
Products with this ingredient (23)
- Color Sensational® Shaping Lip Liner · Maybelline
- Lifter Plump · Maybelline
- Lifter Gloss · Maybelline
- Super Stay® Matte Ink™ · Maybelline
- Maybelline Serum Lipstick · Maybelline
- Color Sensational® Matte · Maybelline
- Lifter Glaze · Maybelline
- Color Tattoo 24H · Maybelline
- blind box Maybelline zasady korzystania · Maybelline
- Strut With It · essie
- You Can-dy It · essie
- Rev It Up · essie