Laura Mercier Real Flawless Weightless Perfecting Foundation is a product with 23 ingredients. Contains: Vitamins - Tocopheryl Acetate; Antioxidant - Tocopheryl Acetate;
Isododecane is an emollient and a good base for colorants. Very often used in powders and shades because it spreads on the skin nicely. It also helps to soften the skin and helps to lower water loss making all the moisturizing components work better.
Silica is used for improving texture of the product. It helps the product to spread out evenly. Very often it’s used in different exfoliants as an abrasive. It's safe and non-toxic.
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Polyglyceryl-3 Diisostearate
Roles: Emollient, Emulsifying, Surfactant
Malassezia unsafe
Comedogenic rating [ 4 ]
Bad for oily skin
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Hydrogenated Styrene/Isoprene Copolymer
Roles: Viscosity controlling
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Dicalcium Phosphate
Roles: Abrasive, Bulking
Cleansing
Tooth whitening
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Disteardimonium Hectorite
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Cellulose
Roles: Bulking, Viscosity controlling
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Lauryl PCA
Roles: Skin conditioning, Humectant
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Theobroma Cacao (Cocoa) Seed Extract
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Hydrogenated Lecithin
Roles: Skin conditioning, Emulsifying, Surfactant
Softening
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Camellia Oleifera (Tea-Oil Camellia) Seed Oil
Roles: Skin conditioning, Emollient, Solvent
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Water
Roles: Solvent
Water is a great solvent. It’s neutral and doesn’t provide any strong positive or negative effects. It just helps components to mix better and to transport active components.
Tocopheryl Acetate is a form of Vitamine E. It’s used as an alternative to Tocopherol because it is more stable in the formulation. It has all the positive effects of Tocopherol plus better stability. It’s a brilliant component. It conditions and nourishes the skin helping it to resist aging. It also helps to protect the skin from the sun. High concentrations of Tocopheryl Acetate can lead to irritation and allergic reactions.
Butylene Glycol is a very popular synthetic alcohol. It helps the product to absorb deeper and faster. It is also a solvent for other ingredients. As for the skin benefits, it helps to attract water and helps to make the skin softer.
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Iron Oxides (CI 77491
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Iron Oxides
Roles: Colorant
Moisturizing
Iron Oxides are colorants. They give different colors to the product: yellow, red, or black. Different scientific researches show that they are much safer than other organic colorants. That's because they are much more stable and they don’t provoke allergic reactions. Though they can be received from minerals organically, manufacturers don’t use natural Iron Oxides. They chemically synthesize them in a laboratory to get a pure component without extra chemicals.
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CI 77499)
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Titanium Dioxide
Roles: Colorant
UV Protection
Titanium Dioxide is a very effective sunscreen. It belongs to physical sunscreens, meaning it reflects the UV rays like a mirror. The component is a mineral with white color. That’s why it’s also used in different powders as a pigment or brightener.
The component can be both safe and unsafe. It’s reported to be possibly carcinogenic to humans when inhaled. That’s why we don’t recommend using products where TiO2 is used in the form of powder and can be inhaled.
Sometimes it can be a nanoparticle. We recommend avoiding this form because it’s not researched well enough. A safer option is to use a non-nano form.
