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INCI ingredient

Talc

Also listed as: Purified Talc, Talc), Ingredients: Talc

A soft mineral powder used to absorb oil and give a silky feel.

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

Talc is a magnesium silicate mineral. In cosmetics it is used in powders, blushes and eyeshadows for slip and oil control.

It is mineral and affects none of the six checks.

Functions: absorbent, filler

Products with Talc

in 258 products

Showing 24 of 258 products with this ingredient, most scanned first.

In the EU ingredient database

Functions listed by CosIng
  • abrasive
  • absorbent
  • anticaking
  • bulking
  • opacifying
  • skin protecting
  • slip modifier
  • abrasive: Removing unwanted tissue or foreign materials from various body surfaces, including mechanical tooth cleaning and/or gloss improvement.
  • absorbent: Taking up water- and/or oil-soluble (dissolved or finely dispersed) substances.
  • anticaking: Preventing agglomeration of particulate solids into lumps or hard masses (cohesive cake), thus allowing free flow of particles.
  • bulking: Non-reactive (chemically inert), solid ingredients that dilute other solids and/or increase the volume of cosmetic products.

CAS 14807-96-6 · EC 238-877-9

EU regulation

Listed in Annex III (ref. 59) of the EU Cosmetics Regulation. (a) Powdery products intended to be used for children under 3 years of age (b) Other products III/59 (a) Keep powder away from children's nose and mouth

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

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