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Exploration Eye Palette

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"Desert Springs" Eyeshadow Palette

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Exploration Eye Palette

"Desert Springs" Eyeshadow 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

Exploration Eye Palette

"Desert Springs" Eyeshadow Palette

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

Exploration Eye Palette

"Desert Springs" Eyeshadow Palette

No. of common ingredients = 0
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) 13	Talc, mica, zinc stearate, octyldodecanol, octyldodecyl stearoyl stearate, isostearyl isostearate, ethylhexyl palmitate, caprylyl glycol, ethylhexylglycerin, sodium dehydroacetate, silica, iron oxide red (ci 77491), iron oxide yellow (ci 77492), iron oxide black (ci 77499), yellow 5 lake (ci 19140), alumina, carmine (ci 75470), red 40 lake (ci 16035), titanium dioxide ( ci 77891), tin oxide, synthetic fluorphlogopite, ferric ferrocyanide (ci 77510)

No. of common ingredients = 0

Total Number of ingredients = 32

Total Number of ingredients = 22

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)

Talc, mica, zinc stearate, octyldodecanol, octyldodecyl stearoyl stearate, isostearyl isostearate, ethylhexyl palmitate, caprylyl glycol, ethylhexylglycerin, sodium dehydroacetate, silica, iron oxide red (ci 77491), iron oxide yellow (ci 77492), iron oxide black (ci 77499), yellow 5 lake (ci 19140), alumina, carmine (ci 75470), red 40 lake (ci 16035), titanium dioxide ( ci 77891), tin oxide, synthetic fluorphlogopite, ferric ferrocyanide (ci 77510)