How we scored it
Elemental aluminium powder; mineral/metal origin refined from bauxite ore, counted natural per ISO mineral convention. 1.0.
What counts. ISO 16128-2 scores the atoms that remain in the final ingredient. Reagents, solvents, catalysts and protecting groups used during manufacture leave no mass behind and are not counted.
Where it comes from
CI 77000 is finely powdered metallic aluminium, refined from bauxite ore mined from the earth. No organic petrochemical feedstock is involved.
In plain English
A shiny metallic powder pigment used to give nail polishes and eyeshadows a metallic shimmer. It is made from refined aluminium metal, originally mined as bauxite ore.
CosIng definition: CI 77000 is classed chemically as an inorganic colour. It consists of finely powdered aluminium.
Structure
aluminum
References
- 1ISO 16128-1:2016 and ISO 16128-2:2017 — Guidelines on technical definitions and criteria for natural and organic cosmetic ingredients and products. ISO, Geneva.
- 2CI 77000. PubChem CID 5359268. National Center for Biotechnology Information. pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗
- 3CI 77000. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 4CI 77000. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=CI%2077000