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DEFINITIONS OF SPARKLE LEVEL

Sparkles - intense glittery bits, which flash different colors, like aqua, purple, silver, gold etc. These are 100% eye safe but are quite similar in appearance to ultrafine glitter, but much smoother feeling, not gritty to the touch.

Iridescent - A color that changes hue as you look at it at different angles, like an oil slick does. This is an effect created by "interference" pigment mixed with other colors. Iridescence can be subtle and imparts only faint shimmeriness. We also have some highly unique iridescent shades that flash three or more colors.

Shimmer - Smaller mica particles than "sparkles", but still lots of sparkle in direct light... more than in most pressed shimmer/frost eye shadows, for example.

Pearl - Very much like, well, a pearl. Silky looking, and usually opaque. While this effect isn't matte and is reflective, there are usually no really obvious particles reflecting light back. This is what you get with a typical pressed shimmer/frost eyeshadow.

PIGMENT INGREDIENTS

Contains: Mica (77019), Titanium Dioxide (77891)

May contain: Iron Oxides (77499, 77491), Boron Nitride, Calcium Aluminum Borosilicate, Calcium Sodium Borosilicate, Silica, Tin Oxide (778161), Ferric Ferrocyanide (77510), Carmine (75470), Chromium Green Oxide (77288)

LIP GLOSS INGREDIENTS

Contains: Castor Seed Oil, Cetyl Stearyl Alcohol, Olive Fruit Oil, Beeswax, Hydrogenated Castor Oil, Glycine Soybean Lipids, Lauryl Laurate, Carnauba Wax, Candillia Wax, Mica, Titanium Dioxide (77891).

May contain: Silica, Tin Oxide (778161), Calcium Aluminum Borosilicate, Iron Oxides (77499, 77491), Carmine (75470), Bismuth Oxychloride (77163).

Note: Bismuth Oxychloride is considered by a growing number of people to be an unpleasant and unnecessary additive in foundations. However, it is only a tiny trace amount found in a few of our lip colors; it simply isn't detectable by the consumer in such trace amounts (especially as a lip color additive, rather than a whole-face type product). Nevertheless, we will provide a list of lip colors containing it below, as some people are sensitive to it.

Bismuth Oxychloride is found in: Sex Kitten.

PIGMENTS AND LIPGLOSSES CONTAINING CARMINE

Alexandra

Amanita

Child of Hounds

China White

Fuchsias for Simon

Apocalypse Meow

Low Red Moon

Mausie

Naughty Kitty

Plasic Pink

Red Light District

Red Sunshine

Sex Kitten

Spank Me

Spun Sugar

Starfall