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INCI ingredient

Colloidal Gold

Colloidal Gold appears on 3 ingredient lists in our database, most often in eye makeups.

What it triggers

  • Vegan originNot sureorigin not on file
  • FragranceNonot a perfume ingredient
  • ParabenNonot a preservative of this family
  • SulfateNonot a sulfate surfactant
  • SiliconeNonot a silicone
  • AlcoholNonot a drying alcohol

What it does

Colloidal Gold appears on 3 ingredient lists in our database, most often in eye makeups.

It does not belong to any of the six groups we check, so it never changes a verdict.

We have not written the plain-language note for this ingredient yet; the facts above come straight from how it is classified.

Functions: antimicrobial, skin conditioning - miscellaneous

In the EU ingredient database

Functions listed by CosIng
  • antimicrobial
  • skin conditioning - miscellaneous
  • antimicrobial: Preventing and/or slowing down microbial growth.
  • skin conditioning - miscellaneous: Enhancing the appearance of dry and/or damaged skin by reducing flaking and restoring suppleness.

CAS 7440-57-5 · EC 231-165-9

EU regulation

Listed in Annex IV (ref. 133) of the EU Cosmetics Regulation. Purity criteria as set out in Commission Directive 95/45/EC (E175)

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

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