Alexami DOES NOT use the following ingredients in any of the products;
Talc
What is it?
Talc, also known as French chalk, is powdered hydrous magnesium silicate sometimes containing a small amount of aluminum silicate. It is a naturally occurring whitish-gray mineral. In cosmetics and personal care products, Talc is used in the formulation of makeup, baby powder, body powder and deodorizing powder.
Why is it used in cosmetics and personal care products?
In body applications, Talc absorbs moisture and oil, helping skin feel soft, fresh, cool and dry. It also reduces friction and chafing that can irritate skin. In color cosmetics, Talc is used to help control shine and absorb oil.
Scientific facts: Talc occurs naturally as mineral deposits and is valued for its softness. Talc is insoluble in water.
Please note!
Talc is a mineral produced by the mining of talc rocks then processed by crushing, drying and milling. Processing eliminates a number of trace minerals from the talc, but does not separate its minute fibres, which are structurally very similar to asbestos.
Various studies have raised serious concerns about this ingredient, which is used in many everyday cosmetics and household products, including baby powders. Talc particle formations are closely related to the potent carcinogen asbestos.
Various studies have raised serious concerns about this ingredient, which is used in many everyday cosmetics and household products, including baby powders. Talc particle formations are closely related to the potent carcinogen asbestos.
Bismuth Oxychloride
What is it?
Bismuth Oxychloride is a synthetically prepared white or nearly white amorphous or finely crystalline powder. In cosmetics and personal care products, Bismuth Oxychloride is used in the formulation of many products, including make-up, nail products, cleansing products, fragrances and hair coloring products.
Scientific facts: Bismuth is a naturally occurring, brittle metal. Bismuth-containing compounds can be found in a number of applications: as a pigment (Bismuth Oxychloride) in cosmetics and personal care products, and in Over-The-Counter (OTC) medicines (bismuth subnitrate) such as some used to treat gastrointestinal problems. Because bismuth compounds come from the earth they may contain trace amounts of heavy metals. The levels of heavy metals in Bismuth Oxychloride are regulated by the FDA, and the small amounts that may eventually be in cosmetic or personal care products do not pose a risk to human health.
Please note!
Bismuth Oxychloride is a naturally-occurring brittle metal, and an inorganic pigment. Bismuth Oxychloride is used as an agent to give a high shine, pearlescent look with a silky finish, rather than a natural healthy glow.
Because Bismuth compounds come from the earth, they often contain traces of heavy metals.
Bismuth Oxychloride is a naturally-occurring brittle metal, and an inorganic pigment. Bismuth Oxychloride is used as an agent to give a high shine, pearlescent look with a silky finish, rather than a natural healthy glow.
Because Bismuth compounds come from the earth, they often contain traces of heavy metals.
Bismuth Oxychloride may cause some skin irritations or itching on sensitive skin.
Why use ingredients that don't have any benefits and may be considered as inexpensive fillers or skin irritants?
Why use ingredients that don't have any benefits and may be considered as inexpensive fillers or skin irritants?
Ferric Ferrocyanide
What is it?
Ferric Ferrocyanide and Ferric Ammonium Ferrocyanide are inorganic pigments used ascolorants. In cosmetics and personal care products, Ferric Ferrocyanide and Ferric Ammonium Ferrocyanide are used in the formulation of makeup, hair coloring products, bath products, nail polish and skin care products.
Scientific facts:
Ferric Ferrocyanide is a synthetic dark blue pigment, and Ferric Ammonium Ferrocyanide is a synthetic blue pigment. Ferric Ferrocyanide is sometimes referred to as Prussian Blue, which is used in some printing inks.
Color additives are classified as straight colors, lakes and mixtures. Straight colors are color additives that have not been mixed or chemically reacted with any other substance. Ferric Ferrocyanide and Ferric Ammonium Ferrocyanide are straight colors.
Color additives are classified as straight colors, lakes and mixtures. Straight colors are color additives that have not been mixed or chemically reacted with any other substance. Ferric Ferrocyanide and Ferric Ammonium Ferrocyanide are straight colors.
Please note!
It’s synthetic pigment not natural.
Kaolin
What is it?
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 are all clay-like ingredients that are based on silicates. In cosmetics and personal care products, these seventeen ingredients are used in a wide variety of product types, including bath products, makeup and skin care products.
Scientific facts:
Many silicates occur naturally and are mined; others are produced synthetically. The common aspect of all these clay-like ingredients is that they contain silicon, oxygen, and one or more metals. All silicates, especially the clays, have a great ability to absorb water.
Please note!
Can be too drying to the skin if added in foundation powders
Silica
What is it?
Silica, also called silicon dioxide, and Hydrated Silica are minerals. The only difference between the two ingredients is that Hydrated Silica is bound to water molecules. Both ingredients are used in a wide variety of cosmetics and personal care products.
About SILICA: Silica is the most common constituent of sand. Fine silica, typically used in industrial applications and inhaled by workers, is associated with a wide range of disorders. In cosmetics for skin use, regular sand presents little, if any risk to people. Because the particles might be finely ground down for use in a product that might be inhaled (such as a facial powder), the inhalation scores reflect the underlying data.
Why is it used in cosmetics and personal care products?
Silica and Hydrated Silica are used in cosmetics and personal care products as abrasives, absorbants, anticaking agents, bulking and opacifying agents. Silica may also be used as asuspending agent, and Hydrated Silica may also be used as an oral care agent, a skin conditioning agent, and a viscosity increasing agent.
FD&C COLOURS (food, drug and cosmetic colour pigments)
Synthetically enhanced colours made from coal tar may contain heavy metal salts which can penetrate into the skin.
They can be used sometimes to change the pigment of mica.
From PETA's Caring Consumer: Pigments from animal, plant, and synthetic sources used to color foods, cosmetics, and other products. Cochineal is from insects. Widely used FD&C and D&C colors are coaltar (bituminous coal) derivatives that are continously tested on animals due to their carcinogenic properties. Alternatives: grapes, beets, turmeric, saffron, carrots, chlorophyll, annatto, alkanet.
Synthetically enhanced colours made from coal tar may contain heavy metal salts which can penetrate into the skin.
They can be used sometimes to change the pigment of mica.
From PETA's Caring Consumer: Pigments from animal, plant, and synthetic sources used to color foods, cosmetics, and other products. Cochineal is from insects. Widely used FD&C and D&C colors are coaltar (bituminous coal) derivatives that are continously tested on animals due to their carcinogenic properties. Alternatives: grapes, beets, turmeric, saffron, carrots, chlorophyll, annatto, alkanet.
Please note!
Synthetically enhanced colours not natural
Dimethicone
What is it?
Dimethicone and Methicone are silicone based polymers. The only difference between these two polymers is that the repeating unit of Dimethicone contains two methyl groups, while the repeating unit of Methicone contains one methyl group.
In cosmetics and personal care products Dimethicone and related ingredients are used in the formulation of a wide range of cosmetic and personal care products including cosmetic creams and lotions, bath soaps, shampoo and hair care products. The most widely used ingredient in this group is Dimethicone.
Scientific facts:
Silicon is ubiquitous in the earth and silicon dioxide is common sand. Silicon, like carbon, can form polymers. Dimethicone is a fluid mixture of siloxane polymers sometimes referred to as polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS). It is optically clear, and is generally considered to be inert, non-toxic and non-flammable. Dimethicone is the most widely used silicone polymer, and is particularly known for its unusual rheological (or flow) properties.
Please note!
May clog pores
Mineral Oils
While Alexami use natural minerals, we avoid the use of Mineral Oils.
Mineral oil is a liquid mixture of hydrocarbons obtained from petroleum. Although often used as an active ingredient in many cosmetics and over-the-counter drug products, Mineral Oil is coming under increasing scrutiny for its suspected role in causing many common health ailments.
Mineral oil is a liquid mixture of hydrocarbons obtained from petroleum. Although often used as an active ingredient in many cosmetics and over-the-counter drug products, Mineral Oil is coming under increasing scrutiny for its suspected role in causing many common health ailments.
Carmine
What is it?
Carmine is a bright red pigment made from cochineal. In cosmetics and personal care products, Carmine is used in the formulation of a wide variety of product types, including makeup and nail polish.
Scientific facts:
Carmine is the aluminum lake of the coloring agent, cochineal, a natural pigment derived from the dried female insect Coccus cacti (cochineal). In addition to its use in cosmetics and personal care products. Carmine is used as a food coloring and may often be found in juice, yogurt and candy.
About CARMINE: Carmine is the aluminum lake of the coloring agent, cochineal. Cochineal is a natural pigmentderived from the dried female insect Coccus cacti.
T o identify the colorant meeting the requirements for labelingpurposes in the US, the INCI Name Carmine must be used. To identify the colorant allowed for use in the European Union (EU), the INCI Name CI 75470 must be used, except for hair dye products.
Explanation of few common ingredients found in Alexami mineral makeup
Mica
What is it?
Mica is a naturally occurring group of silicate minerals. In cosmetics and personal care products, Mica, from muscovite mica is used in the formulation of a wide variety of product types, including makeup, nail products and skin care products.
Scientific facts:
Mica is a group of silicate minerals that are widely distributed in different types of rock. Mica often occurs as flakes, scraps, or sheets, and has been used by humans since prehistoric times. Because Mica come from the earth it may contain trace amounts of heavy metals. The levels of heavy metals in Mica are regulated by the FDA, and the small amounts that may eventually be in cosmetic or personal care products do not pose a risk to human health.
Zinc Oxide
Zinc Oxide, or the oxide of zinc, is a white water-insoluble powder found in a wide range of cosmetics and personal products, including makeup, mainly due to its amazing abilities as a natural sunscreen agent. Zinc Oxide can reduce or prevent sunburn or premature aging. Zinc oxide is also known as mild astringent, and may act as skin anti-inflammatory.
Zinc Oxide, or the oxide of zinc, is a white water-insoluble powder found in a wide range of cosmetics and personal products, including makeup, mainly due to its amazing abilities as a natural sunscreen agent. Zinc Oxide can reduce or prevent sunburn or premature aging. Zinc oxide is also known as mild astringent, and may act as skin anti-inflammatory.
Titanium Dioxide
Titanium Dioxide is a naturally occurring mineral derived from oxide of titanium. Titanium dioxide is used cosmetics and personal care products, but is best known for its ability to refract light. This gives Titanium Dioxide excellent UV resistant properties, and the mineral is widely used in sunscreens, especially formulations for infants and people with sensitive skin.
Magnesium Carbonate
What is it?
Calcium Carbonate, Magnesium Carbonate, Potassium Carbonate and Zinc Carbonate are all salts of carbonic acid. All of these ingredients are white powders. These carbonate salts are used in bath products, makeup products, personal cleanliness products, shaving products, oral care products and skin and hair care products.
Why is it used in cosmetics and personal care products?
The following functions have been reported for these carbonate salts.
Abrasive - Calcium Carbonate
Buffering agent - Calcium Carbonate
Bulking agent - Calcium Carbonate, Magnesium Carbonate
Opacifying agent - Calcium Carbonate, Magnesium Carbonate, Zinc Carbonate
Oral care agent - Calcium Carbonate
Abrasive - Calcium Carbonate
Buffering agent - Calcium Carbonate
Bulking agent - Calcium Carbonate, Magnesium Carbonate
Opacifying agent - Calcium Carbonate, Magnesium Carbonate, Zinc Carbonate
Oral care agent - Calcium Carbonate
Scientific facts:
Calcium Carbonate, Magnesium Cabonate, Potassium Carbonate and Zinc Carbonate are inorganic salts of carbonic acid. Calcium Carbonate, also called calcite, is the main component of limestone. Magnesium Carbonate, also called magnesite, is the main component of chalk used as a drying agent for hands in rock climbing, gymnastics and weight lifting. Potassium Carbonate is also called potash. Zinc Carbonate is sometimes referred to as zinc spar or smithsonite.
Tocopherol
What is it?
Tocopherol, or vitamin E, a fat-soluble vitamin is a naturally occuring antioxidant which can be isolated from vegetable oil. When isolated Tocopherol, is a viscous oil that varies in color from yellow to brownish red.
Scientific facts:
Tocopherol, a fat-soluble vitamin, is found in vegetable fats and oils, dairy products, meat, eggs, cereals, nuts, and leafy green and yellow vegetables. It is usually present in these foods as mixtures of different forms: alpha-, beta-, gamma-, and delta-Tocopherol. The alpha form has the same biological activity as vitamin E. Tocopherols can be produced from vegetable oils or can be synthesized. Tocopherol Acetate, made by the esterification of Tocopherol with acetic acid, is frequently the source of vitamin E in dietary supplements.
Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Oil
What is it?
Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Oil and Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Wax, also called Jojoba Oil and Jojoba Wax, are natural ingredients derived from the seeds of the desert shrub, Simmondsia chinensis. Other ingredients made from Jojoba Oil include Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Butter, Hydrogenated Jojoba Oil, Jojoba Esters, Hydrolyzed Jojoba Esters, Isomerized Jojoba Oil and Jojoba Alcohol. Synthetic Jojoba Oil is mixture of wax esters of fatty acids and alcohols that is indistinguishable from natural jojoba oil with regard to chemical composition and physical characteristics.
Among the ingredients made from jojoba, Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Oil is most frequently used in cosmetics and personal care products. Product categories in which Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Oil may be found include bath products, eye makeup, hair care products, makeup, nail care products, personal hygiene products, shaving products and skin care products.
Among the ingredients made from jojoba, Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Oil is most frequently used in cosmetics and personal care products. Product categories in which Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Oil may be found include bath products, eye makeup, hair care products, makeup, nail care products, personal hygiene products, shaving products and skin care products.
Scientific facts:
Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Oil is obtained by pressing the seed kernels of an evergreen shrub native to the Sonoran and Mojave deserts of Arizona, California and Mexico. This oil is different from other common plant oils in that it is composed almost completely (97%) of wax esters of monounsaturated, straight-chain acids and alcohols with high molecular weights (carbon chain lengths from 36 to 46). This makes Jojoba Oil and its derivative Jojoba Esters more similar to sebum and whale oil than to traditional vegetable oils.
Ricinus Communis (Castor) Seed Oil
What is it?
Ricinus Communis (Castor) Seed Oil is a vegetable oil obtained from the seeds of the Ricinus communis plant. A number of ingredients made from Castor Oil may also be used in cosmetic products. These ingredients include Cetyl Rinoleate, Ethyl Ricinoleate, Glyceryl Ricinoleate, Glyceryl Ricinoleate SE (SE stands for self-emulsifying, which means it contains a small amount of sodium or potassium stearate), Glycol Ricinoleate, Hydrogenated Castor Oil, Isopropyl Ricinoleate, Methyl Ricinoleate, Octyldodecyl Ricinoleate, Potassium Ricinoleate, Ricinoleic Acid, Sodium Ricinoleate and Zinc Ricinoleate.
In cosmetics and personal care products, Castor Oil and related ingredients are used in the formulation of many different cosmetic and personal care products including lipstick, skin-care products, and bath soaps.
In cosmetics and personal care products, Castor Oil and related ingredients are used in the formulation of many different cosmetic and personal care products including lipstick, skin-care products, and bath soaps.
Scientific facts:
Ricinus Communis (Castor) Seed Oil consists primarily of the oils of fatty acids. Ninety percent of the fatty acids in Castor Oil are ricinoleic acid which is a monounsaturated, 18-carbon fatty acid.
Castor Oil maintains its fluidity at both extremely high and low temperatures. Castor Oil and its derivatives have applications in the manufacturing of soaps, pharmaceuticals and perfumes.
Castor Oil maintains its fluidity at both extremely high and low temperatures. Castor Oil and its derivatives have applications in the manufacturing of soaps, pharmaceuticals and perfumes.
Xanthan Gum
What is it?
Xanthan Gum is a cream colored, odorless powder derived from the fermentation of corn sugar. It is used in a wide variety of cosmetics and personal care products including makeup, skincare products and toothpaste.
Why is it used in cosmetics and personal care products?
Xanthan Gum is added to cosmetics and personal care products for several purposes including as a binder, an emulsion stabilizer, a skin conditioning agent, a surfactant and to increase the viscosity of liquid.
Scientific facts:
Xanthan Gum dissolves readily in water with stirring to give a highly viscous solution. Aqueoussolutions of Xanthum Gum form a clear film after the evaporation of water.
What is it?
Sodium Hydroxide, Calcium Hydroxide, Magnesium Hydroxide and Potassium Hydroxide are white solids which occur in several forms, including powders.
Why is it used in cosmetics and personal care products?
Sodium Hydroxide, Calcium Hydroxide, Magnesium Hydroxide and Potassium Hydroxide are used to control the pH of cosmetics and personal care products. Magnesium Hydroxide is also used as an absorbant.
Hamamelis Virginiana (Witch Hazel) Water
What is it?
Hamamelis Virginiana (Witch Hazel) Water and Hamamelis Virginiana (Witch Hazel) Leaf Water are made from the plant Hamamelis virginiana. In cosmetics and personal care products, Hamamelis Virginiana (Witch Hazel) Water and Hamamelis Virginiana (Witch Hazel) Leaf Water are used in the formulation of bath products, cleansing products, deodorants, hair conditioners, shampoos, skin care products, eye makeup and aftershave lotions.
Why is it used in cosmetics and personal care products?
In cosmetics and personal care products, Hamamelis Virginiana (Witch Hazel) Water and Hamamelis Virginiana (Witch Hazel) Leaf Water function as a skin conditioning agents. They enhance the appearance of dry or damaged skin and help to reduce flaking and restores the suppleness of skin.
Copernicia Cerifera (Carnauba) Wax
What is it?
Euphorbia Cerifera (Candelilla) Wax, also called Candelilla Wax, is obtained from the plant Euphorbia cerifera, which is a plant that grows in North Central Mexico and the Texas Big Bend area. Copernicia Cerifera (Carnauba) Wax, also called Carnauba Wax, is obtained from the leaves of the Brazilian tropical palm tree, Copernicia cerifera, and Rhus Succedanea Fruit Wax, also called Japan Wax, is obtained from the berries of the sumac Rhus succedanea, which grows in Japan and China.
In cosmetics and personal care products, plant waxes are used in the formulation a wide range of products including baby products, bath products, lipstick, makeup, fragrances, coloring and noncoloring hair products, nail and skin care products, personal cleanliness products, shaving products as well as suncreen and suntan products.
In cosmetics and personal care products, plant waxes are used in the formulation a wide range of products including baby products, bath products, lipstick, makeup, fragrances, coloring and noncoloring hair products, nail and skin care products, personal cleanliness products, shaving products as well as suncreen and suntan products.
Why is it used in cosmetics and personal care products?
Beeswax and the plant waxes help to keep an emulsion from separating into its oil and liquid components, especially in cosmetics and personal care products that require a creamy consistency. These waxes also increase the thickness of the lipid (oil) portion of solid and stick-like products such as lipstick, giving them structure, allowing for a smooth application, and keeping them solid. When used in eye makeup, the waxes stiffen but do not harden the product, and the flexibility and plasticity of the waxes facilitate application. These waxes may also function in depilatory products to remove unwanted hair mechanically.
Alexami Cosmetics Company is proudly:
· Compact Signer of 'The Compact for Safe Cosmetics' (USA)
· Registered by The Vegan Society (United Kingdom)
· Accredited by Choose Cruelty Free Organisation (Australia)
· Included on PETA’s consumer list (USA)
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