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Always On Cream Eye Shadow

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Merle Norman
Exploration Eye Palette

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Always On Cream Eye Shadow

Exploration Eye Palette

Eye Shadows	Eye Shadows
Pigmented powders or creams to add color.	Pigmented powders or creams to add color.
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Always On Cream Eye Shadow

Exploration Eye 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

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Always On Cream Eye Shadow

Exploration Eye Palette

No. of common ingredients = 0
Isododecane, lauroyl lysine, dicalcium phosphate, dextrin palmitate, silica dimethyl silylate, microcrystalline wax/cera microcristallina/cire microcristalline, zinc stearate, octyldodecanol, euphorbia cerifera (candelilla) wax/candelilla cera/cire de candelilla, dimethicone/vinyl dimethicone crosspolymer, cetyl dimethicone, dimethicone, hydrogenated styrene/methyl styrene/indene copolymer, hydrogenated styrene/isoprene copolymer, silica, laureth-4, pentaerythrityl tetra-di-t-butyl hydroxyhydrocinnamate, 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 (ci 42090), blue 1 lake (ci 42090), bronze powder (ci 77400), chromium hydroxide green (ci 77289), chromium oxide greens (ci 77288), copper powder (ci 77400), ferric ammonium ferrocyanide (ci 77510), ferric ferrocyanide (ci 77510), manganese violet (ci 77742), ultramarines (ci 77007), yellow 5 (ci 19140), yellow 5 lake (ci 19140) 15	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)

No. of common ingredients = 0

Total Number of ingredients = 36

Total Number of ingredients = 32

Isododecane, lauroyl lysine, dicalcium phosphate, dextrin palmitate, silica dimethyl silylate, microcrystalline wax/cera microcristallina/cire microcristalline, zinc stearate, octyldodecanol, euphorbia cerifera (candelilla) wax/candelilla cera/cire de candelilla, dimethicone/vinyl dimethicone crosspolymer, cetyl dimethicone, dimethicone, hydrogenated styrene/methyl styrene/indene copolymer, hydrogenated styrene/isoprene copolymer, silica, laureth-4, pentaerythrityl tetra-di-t-butyl hydroxyhydrocinnamate, 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 (ci 42090), blue 1 lake (ci 42090), bronze powder (ci 77400), chromium hydroxide green (ci 77289), chromium oxide greens (ci 77288), copper powder (ci 77400), ferric ammonium ferrocyanide (ci 77510), ferric ferrocyanide (ci 77510), manganese violet (ci 77742), ultramarines (ci 77007), yellow 5 (ci 19140), yellow 5 lake (ci 19140)

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)