Ingredient dictionary

Absorbent salt used in cosmetics; it can also be a skin sensitizer.

A sediment obtained from various bodies of water. Silt's absorbent nature helps it function to absorb excess surface oil.

Naturally occurring mineral used as a thickener, absorbent, and abrasive in skin care products. Also known as aluminum oxide.

Salt that has absorbent and abrasive properties.

It can sensitising to skin.

This powder derived from fossilized tree resin is used as a bulking agent and a physical exfoliant in skin care products.

Naturally occurring mineral composed of magnesium, hydrogen, oxygen, and silicon which combine to form what's known as anhydrous (contains no water) magnesium silicate.

This synthetic silicate functions as an absorbent, opacifier, and thickening agent in cosmetics.

This synthetic polymer is used as an absorbent in cosmetics.

Salt that has absorbent properties.

Type of clay that is most famously used as an absorbent in oil-reducing face masks. Also functions as a thickener, emulsion stabiliser, and opacifying agent in cosmetic formulations.

Starch obtained from corn and sometimes used as an absorbent in cosmetics instead of talc.

Earth mineral that has strong absorbent properties and some disinfecting properties.

Active ingredient in milk of magnesia. It is an absorbent and has disinfectant properties for skin.

This versatile plant-based sugar is used as an absorbent, stabilizer, film-forming agent, and skin softener in cosmetics

A type of clay that is a mix of bentonite and fuller's earth, with the latter being a white to brown substance found in sediment.

Sodium polyacrylate starch is a mixture of a natural starch combined with a synthetic acrylate polymer.

Starch obtained from corn that can be formulated to serve a variety of roles, including working as an absorbent, viscosity increaser, film-forming agent, skin protectant or abrasive agent. 

Mineral substance that is similar to kaolin (a clay).

A synthetic compound that adds slip, enhances texture, and can also thicken certain formulas.

Chalk; used as an absorbent in cosmetics.

Modified version of corn starch that delivers humectant (hydrating) properties. May also be used to adjust the opacity, viscosity & cohesiveness of the formula.

Illite is a mineral-sourced natural thickener that is sometimes referred to as French green clay.

Primarily carbon substance formed by charring organic material in absence of oxygen.