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Liquid Eyeliner (Java Brown)

Product category and function

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Liquid Eyeliner (Java Brown)

Eyeliners	Eyeliners
Products for defining and accentuating the lash line.	Products for defining and accentuating the lash line.
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Ingredient highlights

Pro Pen Eyeliner Sharp Black

Liquid Eyeliner (Java Brown)

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

Pro Pen Eyeliner Sharp Black

Liquid Eyeliner (Java Brown)

No. of common ingredients = 0
Water/aqua/eau, butylene glycol, black 2 (ci 77266), styrene/acrylates/ammonium methacrylate copolymer, peg-60 hydrogenated castor oil, coco-glucoside, citric acid, sodium laureth-12 sulfate, ammonium hydroxide, phenoxyethanol, potassium sorbate, sodium benzoate, iodopropynyl butylcarbamate 9	Aqua (water), styrene/acrylates/ammonium methacrylate copolymer, methylpropanediol, cellulose, poloxamer 407, coco-glucoside, peg-60 hydrogenated castor oil, phenoxyethanol, styrene/acrylates copolymer, potassium sorbate, citric acid, sodium benzoate, caprylyl glycol, sodium laureth-12 sulfate, sodium lauryl sulfate, sodium dehydroacetate, bht, ci 77491 (iron oxides), ci 77510 (ferric ferrocyanide), ci 77499 (iron oxides)

No. of common ingredients = 0

Total Number of ingredients = 13

Total Number of ingredients = 20

Water/aqua/eau, butylene glycol, black 2 (ci 77266), styrene/acrylates/ammonium methacrylate copolymer, peg-60 hydrogenated castor oil, coco-glucoside, citric acid, sodium laureth-12 sulfate, ammonium hydroxide, phenoxyethanol, potassium sorbate, sodium benzoate, iodopropynyl butylcarbamate

Aqua (water), styrene/acrylates/ammonium methacrylate copolymer, methylpropanediol, cellulose, poloxamer 407, coco-glucoside, peg-60 hydrogenated castor oil, phenoxyethanol, styrene/acrylates copolymer, potassium sorbate, citric acid, sodium benzoate, caprylyl glycol, sodium laureth-12 sulfate, sodium lauryl sulfate, sodium dehydroacetate, bht, ci 77491 (iron oxides), ci 77510 (ferric ferrocyanide), ci 77499 (iron oxides)

Notable ingredients

Pro Pen Eyeliner Sharp Black

Liquid Eyeliner (Java Brown)

Solvent: Water/aqua/eau, Butylene glycol

Anti-microbial: Phenoxyethanol

Buffering: Ammonium hydroxide, Citric acid

Antioxidant: Bht

Solvent: Aqua (water), Methylpropanediol

Absorbent: Cellulose

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Ingredients with their functions

Pro Pen Eyeliner Sharp Black

Liquid Eyeliner (Java Brown)

Water/aqua/eau

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.

Butylene glycol

Function: Viscosity controlling, Skin conditioning, Humectant/Moisturizer, Solvent

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

Black 2 (ci 77266)

Also-called: Carbon black | Function: Colorant

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