How we scored it
Aluminum magnesium silicate clay; minerals are natural origin under this site's method.
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
Mined from natural clay deposits and processed by drying and milling. No synthetic route is used commercially.
In plain English
An absorbent, mattifying clay used in masks and powders to soak up oil and add bulk. A naturally occurring clay mineral, mined from the ground.
CosIng definition: Fuller's Earth is a non-plastic variety of kaolin containing an aluminum magnesium silicate.
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.
- 2FULLER’S EARTH. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3FULLER'S EARTH. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=FULLER%27S%20EARTH