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Soft Touch Eye Pencil Duo

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Soft Touch Eye Pencil Duo

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Eyebrow Pencils/Pens	Eyebrow Pencils/Pens
Products for defining and filling in brows	Products for defining and filling in brows
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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
Cyclopentasiloxane, synthetic wax, isododecane, polybutene, hydrogenated cottonseed oil, simmondsia chinensis (jojoba) seed oil, ceresin, ozokerite, microcrystalline wax (cera microcristallina), tocopherol, ascorbyl palmitate, tin oxide, titanium dioxide (ci 77891), aluminum powder (ci 77000), bismuth oxychloride (ci 77163), black 2 (ci 77266), blue 1 lake (ci 49090), bronze powder (ci 77400), calcium sodium borosilicate, chromium hydroxide green (ci 77289), chromium oxide green (ci 77288), copper powder (ci 77400), ferric ammonium ferrocyanide (ci 77510), manganese violet (ci 77742), red 40 lake (ci 16035), silica, ultramarines (ci77007), yellow 5 lake (ci 19140), zinc oxide (ci 77947), carmine (ci 75470), mica (ci 77019), iron oxides (ci 77489, ci 77491, ci 77492, ci 77499), synthetic fluorphlogopite 15	Ethylhexyl stearate, copernicia cerifera (carnauba) wax/cera carnauba/cire de carnauba, c10-18 triglycerides, tocopherol, silica, (+-) mica, titanium dioxide (ci 77891), iron oxides (ci 77491), iron oxides (ci 77492), iron oxides (ci 77499), aluminum powder (ci 77000), bismuth oxychloride (ci 77163), blue 1 lake (ci 42090), carmine (ci 75470), chromium hydroxide green (ci 77289), chromium oxide greens (ci 77288), ferric ammonium ferrocyanide (ci 77510), ferric ferrocyanide (ci 77510), manganese violet (ci 77742), ultramarines (ci 77007), yellow 5 lake (ci 19140)

No. of common ingredients = 0

Total Number of ingredients = 33

Total Number of ingredients = 21

Cyclopentasiloxane, synthetic wax, isododecane, polybutene, hydrogenated cottonseed oil, simmondsia chinensis (jojoba) seed oil, ceresin, ozokerite, microcrystalline wax (cera microcristallina), tocopherol, ascorbyl palmitate, tin oxide, titanium dioxide (ci 77891), aluminum powder (ci 77000), bismuth oxychloride (ci 77163), black 2 (ci 77266), blue 1 lake (ci 49090), bronze powder (ci 77400), calcium sodium borosilicate, chromium hydroxide green (ci 77289), chromium oxide green (ci 77288), copper powder (ci 77400), ferric ammonium ferrocyanide (ci 77510), manganese violet (ci 77742), red 40 lake (ci 16035), silica, ultramarines (ci77007), yellow 5 lake (ci 19140), zinc oxide (ci 77947), carmine (ci 75470), mica (ci 77019), iron oxides (ci 77489, ci 77491, ci 77492, ci 77499), synthetic fluorphlogopite

Ethylhexyl stearate, copernicia cerifera (carnauba) wax/cera carnauba/cire de carnauba, c10-18 triglycerides, tocopherol, silica, (+-) mica, titanium dioxide (ci 77891), iron oxides (ci 77491), iron oxides (ci 77492), iron oxides (ci 77499), aluminum powder (ci 77000), bismuth oxychloride (ci 77163), blue 1 lake (ci 42090), carmine (ci 75470), chromium hydroxide green (ci 77289), chromium oxide greens (ci 77288), ferric ammonium ferrocyanide (ci 77510), ferric ferrocyanide (ci 77510), manganese violet (ci 77742), ultramarines (ci 77007), yellow 5 lake (ci 19140)

Notable ingredients

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Sunscreen/UV filter: Titanium dioxide (ci 77891), Zinc oxide (ci 77947)

Antioxidant: Ascorbyl palmitate, Tocopherol

Solvent: Cyclopentasiloxane, Isododecane

Sunscreen/UV filter: Titanium dioxide (ci 77891)

Antioxidant: Tocopherol

Solvent: C10-18 triglycerides

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Ingredients with their functions

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Cyclopentasiloxane

Function: Emollient/Moisturizer, Skin conditioning, Solvent