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Anastasia Beverly Hills
Cosmos Eyeshadow Palette

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Merle Norman
Exploration Eye Palette

Product category and function

Cosmos Eyeshadow Palette

Exploration Eye Palette

Eye Shadows	Eye Shadows
Pigmented powders or creams to add color.	Pigmented powders or creams to add color.
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Ingredient highlights

Cosmos Eyeshadow Palette

Exploration Eye Palette

Ingredient info	Ingredient info
Alcohol-free Paraben-free SLS-free Mica-free Fragrance-free cruelty-free	Alcohol-free Paraben-free SLS-free Mica-free Fragrance-free

Full ingredient list

Cosmos Eyeshadow Palette

Exploration Eye Palette

No. of common ingredients = 0
Dimethicone, boron nitride, nylon-12, zinc stearate, polymethylsilsesquioxane, zea mays (corn) starch, zinc myristate, glycerin, silica, vinyl dimethicone/methicone silsesquioxane crosspolymer, caprylyl glycol, cyclopentasiloxane, hydrogenated lecithin, isopentyldiol, lauroyl lysine, phenoxyethanol, polysilicone-11, tocopherol, aluminum calcium sodium silicate, octyldodecyl stearoyl stearate, stearic acid, beeswax/cera alba/cire d’abeille, sodium polyacrylate, theobroma cacao (cocoa) seed butter, tin oxide, synthetic fluorphlogopite, aluminum powder (ci 77000), aluminum calcium sodium silicate, alumina, calcium aluminum borosilicate, quartz, mineral oil (paraffinum liquidum/huile minerale), black 2 (ci 77266), bronze powder (ci 77400), mica, yellow 5 lake (ci 19140), carmine (ci 75470), iron oxides (ci 77491, ci 77492, ci 77499), titanium dioxide (ci 77891), ultramarines (ci 77007), manganese violet (ci 77742) 16	Mica (ci 77019), titanium dioxide (ci 77891), octyldodecyl stearoyl stearate, pentaerythrityl tetraisostearate, zinc stearate, dimethicone, magnesium myristate, talc, boron nitride, phenoxyethanol, ethylene/acrylic acid copolymer, silica, tocopheryl acetate, octyldodecanol, glyceryl isostearate, diazolidinyl urea, bht, alumina, carmine (ci 75470), chromium hydroxide green (ci 77289), chromium oxide greens (ci 77288), ferric ferrocyanide (ci 77510), hdi/trimethylol hexyllactone crosspolymer, hydrogenated lecithin, iron oxides (ci 77489, ci 77491, ci 77492, ci 77499), lecithin, manganese violet (ci 77742), methicone, red 40 lake (ci 16035), synthetic fluorphlogopite, tin oxide, ultramarines (ci 77007)

No. of common ingredients = 0

Total Number of ingredients = 41

Total Number of ingredients = 32

Dimethicone, boron nitride, nylon-12, zinc stearate, polymethylsilsesquioxane, zea mays (corn) starch, zinc myristate, glycerin, silica, vinyl dimethicone/methicone silsesquioxane crosspolymer, caprylyl glycol, cyclopentasiloxane, hydrogenated lecithin, isopentyldiol, lauroyl lysine, phenoxyethanol, polysilicone-11, tocopherol, aluminum calcium sodium silicate, octyldodecyl stearoyl stearate, stearic acid, beeswax/cera alba/cire d’abeille, sodium polyacrylate, theobroma cacao (cocoa) seed butter, tin oxide, synthetic fluorphlogopite, aluminum powder (ci 77000), aluminum calcium sodium silicate, alumina, calcium aluminum borosilicate, quartz, mineral oil (paraffinum liquidum/huile minerale), black 2 (ci 77266), bronze powder (ci 77400), mica, yellow 5 lake (ci 19140), carmine (ci 75470), iron oxides (ci 77491, ci 77492, ci 77499), titanium dioxide (ci 77891), ultramarines (ci 77007), manganese violet (ci 77742)

Mica (ci 77019), titanium dioxide (ci 77891), octyldodecyl stearoyl stearate, pentaerythrityl tetraisostearate, zinc stearate, dimethicone, magnesium myristate, talc, boron nitride, phenoxyethanol, ethylene/acrylic acid copolymer, silica, tocopheryl acetate, octyldodecanol, glyceryl isostearate, diazolidinyl urea, bht, alumina, carmine (ci 75470), chromium hydroxide green (ci 77289), chromium oxide greens (ci 77288), ferric ferrocyanide (ci 77510), hdi/trimethylol hexyllactone crosspolymer, hydrogenated lecithin, iron oxides (ci 77489, ci 77491, ci 77492, ci 77499), lecithin, manganese violet (ci 77742), methicone, red 40 lake (ci 16035), synthetic fluorphlogopite, tin oxide, ultramarines (ci 77007)