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Bigger, Badder Volumizing Mascara

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Merle Norman
Xtra Length Mascara Xtra Black

Benefit Cosmetics BIGGER BADDER volumizing mascara.

Product category and function

Bigger, Badder Volumizing Mascara

Xtra Length Mascara Xtra Black

Mascaras	Mascaras
Formulas to lengthen, volumize, or curl lashes.	Formulas to lengthen, volumize, or curl lashes.
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Ingredient highlights

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

Full ingredient list

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No. of common ingredients = 0
Aqua (water), paraffin, cera alba (beeswax), glyceryl stearate, butylene glycol, acrylates copolymer, euphorbia cerifera (candelilla) wax, copernicia cerifera (carnauba) wax, polybutene, steareth-21, vp/eicosene copolymer, palmitic acid, stearic acid, phenoxyethanol, steareth-2, aminomethyl propanediol, panthenol, caprylyl glycol, hydroxyethylcellulose, silica silylate, tocopheryl acetate, nylon-12, bht., ci 19140 (yellow 5), ci 19140 (yellow 5 lake), ci 42090 (blue 1 lake), ci 77007 (ultramarines), ci 77163 (bismuth oxychloride), ci 77288 (chromium oxide greens), ci 77289 (chromium hydroxide green), ci 77491, ci 77492, ci 77499 (iron oxides), ci 77510 (ferric ferrocyanide, ferric ammonium ferrocyanide), ci 77742 (manganese violet), ci 77891 (titanium dioxide) 19	Water/aqua/eau, beeswax (cera alba), octyldodecyl oleate (in xtra black shade), stearic acid, silica, copernicia cerifera (carnauba) wax, propylene glycol, glyceryl stearate, kaolin, polyisobutene, pvp, ppg-17/ipdi/dmpa copolymer, triethanolamine, ptfe, chondrus crispus (carrageenan) extract, hydrolyzed rhodophycea extract, hydrolyzed silk, panthenol, bisabolol, hydroxyethylcellulose, simethicone, tetrasodium edta, disodium edta, tocopheryl acetate, diazolidinyl urea, phenoxyethanol, bht, bismuth oxychloride (ci 77163), black 2 (ci 77266), blue 1 lake (ci 42090:2), bronze powder (ci 77400), calcium sodium borosilicate, carmine (ci 75470), chromium hydroxide green (ci 77289), chromium oxide greens (ci 77288), ferric ammonium ferrocyanide (ci 77510), copper powder (ci 77400), ferric ferrocyanide (ci 77510), iron oxides (ci 77489, ci 77491, ci 77492, ci 77499), manganese violet (ci 77742), mica (ci 77019), red 40 lake (ci 16035), synthetic fluorphlogopite, talc, tin oxide, titanium dioxide (ci 77891), ultramarines (ci 77007), yellow 5 lake (ci 19140)

No. of common ingredients = 0

Total Number of ingredients = 36

Total Number of ingredients = 48

Aqua (water), paraffin, cera alba (beeswax), glyceryl stearate, butylene glycol, acrylates copolymer, euphorbia cerifera (candelilla) wax, copernicia cerifera (carnauba) wax, polybutene, steareth-21, vp/eicosene copolymer, palmitic acid, stearic acid, phenoxyethanol, steareth-2, aminomethyl propanediol, panthenol, caprylyl glycol, hydroxyethylcellulose, silica silylate, tocopheryl acetate, nylon-12, bht., ci 19140 (yellow 5), ci 19140 (yellow 5 lake), ci 42090 (blue 1 lake), ci 77007 (ultramarines), ci 77163 (bismuth oxychloride), ci 77288 (chromium oxide greens), ci 77289 (chromium hydroxide green), ci 77491, ci 77492, ci 77499 (iron oxides), ci 77510 (ferric ferrocyanide, ferric ammonium ferrocyanide), ci 77742 (manganese violet), ci 77891 (titanium dioxide)

Water/aqua/eau, beeswax (cera alba), octyldodecyl oleate (in xtra black shade), stearic acid, silica, copernicia cerifera (carnauba) wax, propylene glycol, glyceryl stearate, kaolin, polyisobutene, pvp, ppg-17/ipdi/dmpa copolymer, triethanolamine, ptfe, chondrus crispus (carrageenan) extract, hydrolyzed rhodophycea extract, hydrolyzed silk, panthenol, bisabolol, hydroxyethylcellulose, simethicone, tetrasodium edta, disodium edta, tocopheryl acetate, diazolidinyl urea, phenoxyethanol, bht, bismuth oxychloride (ci 77163), black 2 (ci 77266), blue 1 lake (ci 42090:2), bronze powder (ci 77400), calcium sodium borosilicate, carmine (ci 75470), chromium hydroxide green (ci 77289), chromium oxide greens (ci 77288), ferric ammonium ferrocyanide (ci 77510), copper powder (ci 77400), ferric ferrocyanide (ci 77510), iron oxides (ci 77489, ci 77491, ci 77492, ci 77499), manganese violet (ci 77742), mica (ci 77019), red 40 lake (ci 16035), synthetic fluorphlogopite, talc, tin oxide, titanium dioxide (ci 77891), ultramarines (ci 77007), yellow 5 lake (ci 19140)

Notable ingredients

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Soothing: Panthenol

Antioxidant: Bht, Tocopheryl acetate

Solvent: Aqua (water), Butylene glycol

Sunscreen/UV filter: Titanium dioxide (ci 77891)

Soothing: Bisabolol, Panthenol

Antioxidant: Bht, Tocopheryl acetate

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Ingredients with their functions

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Aqua (water)

Also-called: Aqua, Aqua/Water, Water/Aqua/Eau, Aqua/Water/Eau | Function: Skin conditioning, Solvent

Water serves as a fundamental component in skincare products, often listed as the first ingredient, which means it's the most abundant. It acts as a solvent, helping to dissolve other ingredients and facilitate the application and absorption of products.

Paraffin

Function: Viscosity controlling, Skin conditioning

We don’t have a detailed description of this ingredient yet.

Cera alba (beeswax)

Also-called: Beeswax, Cera Alba/Beeswax/Cire D'abeille | Function: Emollient/Moisturizer, Film forming, Surfactant/Cleansing, Skin conditioning