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Benefit
Powerful Lifting & Lengthening Mascara

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Merle Norman
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Benefit Cosmetics Powerful lifting and lengthening mascara.

Product category and function

Powerful Lifting & Lengthening 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

Powerful Lifting & Lengthening Mascara

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No. of common ingredients = 0
Aqua (water), cera alba (beeswax), paraffin, polybutene, vp/eicosene copolymer, glyceryl stearate, acrylates copolymer, copernicia cerifera (carnauba) wax, steareth-21, palmitic acid, pvp, stearic acid, silica, pentylene glycol, phenoxyethanol, steareth-2, aminomethyl propanediol, caprylyl glycol, panthenol, hydroxyethylcellulose, aluminum hydroxide, tocopheryl acetate, disodium phosphate, sodium phosphate, polysorbate 60, ci 19140, 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, 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 = 37

Total Number of ingredients = 48

Aqua (water), cera alba (beeswax), paraffin, polybutene, vp/eicosene copolymer, glyceryl stearate, acrylates copolymer, copernicia cerifera (carnauba) wax, steareth-21, palmitic acid, pvp, stearic acid, silica, pentylene glycol, phenoxyethanol, steareth-2, aminomethyl propanediol, caprylyl glycol, panthenol, hydroxyethylcellulose, aluminum hydroxide, tocopheryl acetate, disodium phosphate, sodium phosphate, polysorbate 60, ci 19140, 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, 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: Tocopheryl acetate

Solvent: Aqua (water), Pentylene glycol

Sunscreen/UV filter: Titanium dioxide (ci 77891)

Soothing: Bisabolol, Panthenol

Antioxidant: Bht, Tocopheryl acetate

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Ingredients with their functions

Powerful Lifting & Lengthening Mascara

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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.

Cera alba (beeswax)

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