Key Ingredients in Foundations

The most common ingredients in foundations are Water, Dimethicone, Glycerin, Butylene Glycol, Disteardimonium Hectorite. Below is what each one does, how often it appears, and the manufacturers with experience formulating foundations.

Most common ingredients

  1. Water1,000 products
  2. Dimethicone682 products
  3. Glycerin666 products
  4. Butylene Glycol523 products
  5. Disteardimonium Hectorite515 products
  6. Cyclopentasiloxane496 products
  7. Silica454 products
  8. Trimethylsiloxysilicate446 products
  9. Isododecane420 products
  10. Phenoxyethanol392 products
  11. Titanium Dioxide371 products
  12. Sodium Chloride355 products
  13. Cetyl PEG/PPG-10/1 Dimethicone350 products
  14. PEG-10 Dimethicone320 products
  15. CI 77891314 products
  16. Mica303 products
  17. Magnesium Sulfate302 products
  18. Phenyl Trimethicone277 products
  19. Ethylhexyl Methoxycinnamate268 products
  20. CI 77492239 products
  21. Niacinamide229 products
  22. Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride222 products
  23. Tocopheryl Acetate194 products
  24. Aluminum Hydroxide192 products
  25. Triethoxycaprylylsilane187 products

Manufacturers that produce foundations

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