DIATOMACEOUS EARTH
Diatomaceous earth is a mineral material made chiefly from the siliceous frustules—the structures surrounding diatoms—and fragments of those structures. Its presence in a formula is tied to a particulate mineral material, whose nature accounts for the technical roles associated with this ingredient.
DIATOMACEOUS EARTH: what it is
Diatomaceous earth is a mineral material made chiefly from the siliceous frustules—the structures surrounding diatoms—and fragments of those structures. Its presence in a formula is tied to a particulate mineral material, whose nature accounts for the technical roles associated with this ingredient.
DIATOMACEOUS EARTH: what it does in cosmetics
In a formula, it may serve as an abrasive through its solid particles, as an anticaking agent that helps keep particulate materials from clumping, as a bulking agent that adds body to the mixture, and as an opacifying agent that reduces visual transparency.
Products containing this ingredient
See which products include it and the name used in each composition.
