Know Your Ingredients: Ultramarines

by beautifulwithbrains on February 19, 2011

in ingredients

What it is
Ultramarines are synthetic pigments of several colors: blue, pink, red, green and violet. Natural ultramarines occur in lapis lazuli but the FDA only allows synthetic ultramarines to be used in cosmetics.

What it does
Ultramarines are used to give a certain color to cosmetics.

Side effects
Ultramarines are safe for external use only. This means they can be used around the eyes but not in lip products.

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Celina February 19, 2011 at 11:12 pm

So userful! I’ll know now not to use blue pigments on the lips for my looks, thank you!!
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beautifulwithbrains February 20, 2011 at 9:01 pm

Celina, you’re welcome. I’m glad you found it useful! :)

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