PRODUCT REVIEW
Hourglass Ambient Lighting Blush
Can it cause trouble?
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Product summary
What can the product work for?
Moisturizing
dimethicone
1.9% -
2.9%
Irritation risk:
Concentration: Effectiveness: HIGH
A silicone that helps to reduce water loss from the surface of the skin. Can temporarily "fill in" lines and wrinkles, absorb oil, and create a nice product finish
polymethylsilsesquioxane
2% -
3%
Irritation risk:
Concentration: Effectiveness: HIGH
A silicone that improves product texture and helps dissolve other ingredients. Can form a non-greasy film on the skin to prevent moisture loss
c13-14 isoparaffin
0.9% -
1.3%
Irritation risk:
Concentration: Effectiveness:
LOW
Helps soften the upper layer of the skin, dissolve other ingredients and create a thicker product consistency
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Evens skin tone
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| Promise | Can it deliver? |
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| Evens skin tone |
Total Promises Fulfilled score:
0/100.
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Can it cause trouble?
- Overall product irritation risk
- Acne & comedogenic risk ingredients: 1
Potential irritants
sorbitan sesquioleate
0.5% -
1.1%
Irritation risk:
Works for:
Cleansing
Used to help oil and water mix together. Can be irritating
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Comodogenic ingredients
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Ingredients & concentrations
All ingredients
Key Actives
dimethicone
1.9% -
2.9%
Irritation risk:
Works for:
Moisturizing,
Mattifying
A silicone that helps to reduce water loss from the surface of the skin. Can temporarily "fill in" lines and wrinkles, absorb oil, and create a nice product finish
polymethylsilsesquioxane
2% -
3%
Irritation risk:
Works for:
Moisturizing
A silicone that improves product texture and helps dissolve other ingredients. Can form a non-greasy film on the skin to prevent moisture loss
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Potential irritants
sorbitan sesquioleate
0.5% -
1.1%
Irritation risk:
Works for:
Cleansing
Used to help oil and water mix together. Can be irritating
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Comodogenic ingredients
All ingredients
mica
22% -
33%
Irritation risk:
Creates an illusion of smoother and more radiant skin tone. Adds shimmer to the skin by reflecting light
synthetic fluorphlogopite
8.1% -
12.1%
Irritation risk:
A mineral that is used as an optical filter (makes the skin looks nicer through light reflection) and to improve the texture of cosmetic products
boron nitride
5.4% -
8%
Irritation risk:
Helps to absord oil and evenly disperse other ingredients (for example, pigment) in product formulation
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Ingredient list view
Mica, Synthetic fluorphlogopite, Boron nitride, Hdi/trimethylol hexyllactone crosspolymer, Polymethyl methacrylate, Octyldodecanol, Polymethylsilsesquioxane, Dimethicone, Sorbic acid, Magnesium aluminum silicate, Phenoxyethanol, Sodium dehydroacetate, Trimethylsiloxysilicate, Polyacrylamide, C13-14 isoparaffin, Benzoic acid, Dehydroacetic acid, Laureth-7, Silica, Potassium sorbate, Ethylhexylglycerin, Diamond powder, Sorbitan sesquioleate, Tin oxide, Iron oxides, Ci 19140, Ci 16035, Titanium dioxide, Ci 77891, Ci 15850, Ci 77163, Ultramarines, Ci 77007
Sources
- Safety Assessment of Boron Nitride as Used in Cosmetics
- Public Report: 2-Butenedioic acid (2E)-, di-C12-15-alkyl esters (INCI Name: Di-C12-15 Alkyl Fumarate)
- Dimethicone as a protective ingredient in topical medications
- Final Report on the Safety Assessment of Dimethicone Copolyol
- Final report on the safety assessment of aluminum silicate, calcium silicate, magnesium aluminum silicate, magnesium silicate, magnesium trisilicate, sodium magnesium silicate, zirconium silicate, attapulgite, bentonite, Fuller's earth, hectorite, kaolin, lithium magnesium silicate, lithium magnesium sodium silicate, montmorillonite, pyrophyllite, and zeolite
- Extracellular matrix in cutaneous ageing: the effects of 0.1% copper-zinc malonate-containing cream on elastin biosynthesis