Filler
Every ingredient in the dictionary that works as a filler — what it is, where it came from, and how long it has been doing the job.
40 ingredients in the dictionary
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Kaolin
KAOLIN
A white aluminium-silicate clay named after the hill near Jingdezhen where it was dug for porcelain; in cosmetics it mattifies by absorbing oil rather than by covering it.
Mica
MICA
A platy potassium aluminium silicate that splits into flakes thin enough to be transparent, supplying the shimmer in most eyeshadows and the substrate for nearly every pearlescent pigment.
Talc
TALC
The softest mineral known, a hydrated magnesium silicate whose stacked platelets slide over one another under a fingertip; the material that gives a face powder its slip.