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.
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Ethylene/propylene Copolymer
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Menthoxypropanediol
Roles: Flavoring, Fragrance, Masking
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Menthol
Roles: Flavoring, Fragrance, Masking
Good for oily skin
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Synthetic Fluorphlogopite
Roles: Bulking, Viscosity controlling
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Dipentaerythrityl Hexa C5-9 Acid Esters
Roles: Skin conditioning, Hair conditioning
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CI 45410 (D&C Red No. 27 Or 28) Lake
Roles: Colorant
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Yellow 5 Lake (CI 19140)
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D&C Orange No. 5 (Ci 45370)
Roles: Colorant
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Fragrance
Roles: Deodorant, Fragrance, Masking
Fragrances
Fragrance is a mix of chemical ingredients (usually 20-30 chemicals but up to 200 sometimes) that help the product to smell better. It can hide many bad things. Synthetic fragrances may contain many different chemicals, but manufacturers don’t want to reveal each of them for some reason and hide them behind the word "Fragrance".
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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.
