Ti
Tin Oxide
Tin Oxide
A mineral powder used in shimmer products — sharpens pearlescent sparkle and helps color spread evenly.
What it does
A fine mineral powder used in tinted and shimmer products. Mixed with mica and pigments, it sharpens pearly sparkle and helps color spread evenly.
The evidence, graded
expert consensusUS safety reviewers (2014) say products use tin oxide to scrub, add bulk and make a formula less see-through, at up to 0.4% in rinse-off products and 1.3% in ones left on skin. It doesn’t dissolve in water and shouldn’t pass through skin, so little reaches the body. They judged it safe as used.Johnson 2014 · International Journal of Toxicology ↗
Graded per the methodology: strong · moderate · emerging · expert consensus. A weak source on a strong claim gets the weaker label.
Also known as
CI 77861
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