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INCI ingredient

CI 77499

Also listed as: Iron Oxides, Black Iron Oxide, CI 77499 / Iron Oxides, CI 77499 (Iron Oxides), CI 77499), Iron Oxides (Ci 77499)

Black iron oxide, a mineral pigment identified by its colour index number.

What it triggers

  • Vegan originYesno animal source
  • FragranceNonot a perfume ingredient
  • ParabenNonot a preservative of this family
  • SulfateNonot a sulfate surfactant
  • SiliconeNonot a silicone
  • AlcoholNonot a drying alcohol

What it does

CI 77499 is black iron oxide. A small amount deepens a foundation shade; larger amounts colour mascaras, eyeliners and brow products. It is made synthetically. CosIng lists it as a colorant.

It is a mineral pigment and affects none of the six checks.

Functions: colorant

Products with CI 77499

in 586 products

Showing 24 of 586 products with this ingredient, most scanned first.

In the EU ingredient database

Functions listed by CosIng
  • colorant
  • colorant: Exclusively or mainly intended to colour the cosmetic product, the body as a whole or certain parts thereof, by absorption or reflection of visible light; (precursors of oxidative hair colorants shall be deemed colorants). All authorised colorants are substances in the positive list of Annex IV to the Cosmetics Regulation 1223/2009.

CAS 12227-89-3 / 1309-37-1 / 1317-61-9 / 1345-25-1 / 1345-27-3 / 52357-70-7 · EC 235-442-5 / 215-168-2 / 215-277-5 / 215-721-8 / 215-722-3 / 257-870-1

EU regulation

Listed in Annex IV (ref. 121) of the EU Cosmetics Regulation. IV/137

Source: CosIng, European Commission. Informative, no legal value; the regulation text is the reference.

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