Products in Pigments & Colorants: Black

Gelest Black Iron Oxide SR (BIA-SRA) is a black iron oxide powder with the addition of polymethyl silsesquioxane and trimethylsiloxysilicate. The hydroxyl-terminated silsesquioxane network in the coating improves adhesion to skin and hair, making it ideal for use in color cosmetic formulations. This pigment is the best candidate for use in long-wearing and water-resistant makeup.

Gelest Black Iron Oxide ML (BIA-MLA) is a black iron oxide powder treated with dimethicone PEG-3 laurate. This treatment allows for high pigment loading, water repellency, and low viscosity dispersion to maximize color intensity. It is used in various color cosmetic formulations.

Gelest Black Iron Oxide SS (BIA-SSA) is a black iron oxide powder treated with stearyl triethoxysilane. This hydrophobic treatment imparts the excellent wetting properties of the shorter-chain silanes with a more emollient skin feel in powders and dispersed systems. It is a pigment that is used in various color cosmetic formulations.

Gelest BIB-HSA is a black iron oxide powder treated with disodium carboxyethyl siliconate. This pigment is specifically utilized in different color cosmetic formulations. Gelest BIB-HSA offers a higher tinting strength and demonstrates a reduced tendency for color flotation and plate-out.

Cameleon™ Black is an encapsulated pigment that is globally approved and does not require a dedicated production line for pigments or color cosmetics. CameleonCaps™ are durable during formulation and scale-up, yet they break easily upon application, providing a dramatic and consistent color transformation. Additionally, it avoids the issue of agglomeration that can occur with naked pigments.

Cameleon™ CelluBlack is a cellulose-based encapsulation of black iron oxide. It is free of polymethyl methacrylate, globally approved, durable during formulation and scale-up, and yet breaks easily beneath the fingertips upon application for a dramatic and consistent color transformation. Unlike naked pigments, there is no risk of agglomeration with Cameleon™ CelluBlack, ensuring a consistent and even application of the color pigment.

DeeperCaps™ Black encapsulates pigments that match dark skin tones and facilitate the formulation of cosmetic products for people with dark skin. The microcapsules prevent any unintentional mixing of the pigments during the formulation process, avoiding any unwanted results. When the DeeperCaps™ capsules are finally broken upon application, they provide a perfect skin tone match and a natural finish, adhering effortlessly to the skin and leaving no white-cast effect. The capsule shells are flexible and long-lasting, breaking only upon application.

Gransperse Black-CDS-65 is an inorganic pigment with the color black, providing the benefit of reduced production time without requiring grind time for pigment strength development. Like other gransperse pigments, it ensures consistent batch-to-batch quality and reproducibility and features a pourable viscosity with optimized pigment loading for superior coverage and efficient color adjustment.

Gransperse Black-CU-65 is an inorganic pigment with the color black. It has a natural origin and offers benefits such as color stability and high pigment loading. It ensures consistent batch-to-batch quality and reproducibility and features a pourable viscosity with optimized pigment loading for maximum coverage. This product provides efficient color adjustment capabilities.

BioGenic Magicolor beads are produced through a unique, patented multi-layer encapsulation technology, offering a high load of iron oxide pigments (40-50%) and titanium dioxide. The pigment's true color is only revealed upon application. This technology can be used in emulsion systems, pressed powders, and anhydrous lip products. Use levels vary depending on the desired color profile and formulation type. Particle size: 50-60 µm.

Sympholight “O” Series has high oil dispersibility and provides a film that is highly uniform in color, resulting in a beautiful finish. Since these pigments do not require a high shear process, manufacturing time and resources may be reduced.

PearlFlakes, a new generation of color cosmetic pigments, providing rich luster and brilliance to formulations. Designed specifically for lip products and cream eyeshadows, PearlFlakes are also versatile to incorporate into a variety of formulations for color and skin. PearlFlakes are not typical powder-pigments but flake-like pigments that are easier to be incorporated, mixed or dispersed into liquid, cream or semi-solid formulations.

Bismica MAXs are pearl pigments that have a uniquely bonded combination of pigments, bismuth oxychloride and muscovite mica. These pearlescent pigments provide intense color impact. They are used primarily in pressed powders, eyeshadows and lip products.

Aquaspersabil series consists of surface treated pigments with improved dispersibility into the water phase. They can achieve high loads by evenly distributing particles in the medium.

Arcopearl® Black is a synthetic fluorphlogopite (synthetic mica) that is exceptionally dark black pigment.

BioGenic Magicolor beads are produced through a unique, patented multi-layer encapsulation technology, offering a high load of iron oxide pigments (43-53%) and titanium dioxide. The pigment's true color is revealed upon application. This technology can be used in emulsion systems, pressed powders, and anhydrous lip products. Use levels vary depending on the desired color profile and formulation type. Particlesize: 55-90 µm. The Magicolor 140 series provide a more naturally-derived coating option.

Oleosperse Series is comprised of reactive silicone blends applied to pigment surfaces. The resulting polymers are resistant to separation, extraction, shear forces, and temperature. Oleosperse pigments are easily dispersible in oils and silicone systems, preventing water uptake.

BioGenic Magicolor 150 beads are produced through a unique, patented multi-layer encapsulation technology, offering a high load of iron oxide pigments (20-30%) and titanium dioxide. The pigment's true color is revealed upon application. This technology can be used in emulsion systems, pressed powders, and anhydrous lip products. Use levels vary depending on the desired color profile and formulation type. Particlesize: 200-300 µm.

BioGenic Magicolor 150 beads are produced through a unique, patented multi-layer encapsulation technology, offering a high load of iron oxide pigments (20-30%) and titanium dioxide. The pigment's true color is revealed upon application. This technology can be used in emulsion systems, pressed powders, and anhydrous lip products. Use levels vary depending on the desired color profile and formulation type. Particlesize: 200-300 µm.

Sympholight “TE” Series has superior water-dispersibility and chemical stability, resulting in more homogeneous finished products. It has applications in cosmetics and personal care such as liquid foundation, mascara, eye liner, and skincare emulsions.

Bismicas are pearl pigments that have a uniquely bonded combination of pigments, bismuth oxychloride and muscovite mica. These pearlescent pigments provide vibrant color with a subtle satin luster. They are used primarily in pressed powders, eyeshadows, and lip products.

Isopropyl Titanium Triisostearate is a synthetic compound derived from fatty acid. When Iron Oxides are surface treated with Isopropyl Titanium Triisostearate, they display strong color development properties with increased adhesion to the skin. TPT is very reactive to almost all pigments and forms a uniform coating of lipophilic isostearate groups. There are abundant fatty ester groups on the treated surface; therefore, the titanate treated pigments can be easily wetted by and dispersed in organic vehicles, like esters, mineral oils or petrolatum. Oil absorption is substantially reduced, allowing the loading of pigments in the formula to be increased. TPT treated pigments are suitable for liquid foundations, lipsticks, blushes, eye shadows, and sunscreens.

Primrose silica coated pigments are hydrophilic pigments that are ideal for O/W and water-rich systems. The silica coating, with a refractive index similar to human skin, provides a soft focus effect by increasing diffuse reflection. As the trends towards O/W systems continues, Primrose pigments help overcome some of the typical drawbacks of O/W systems such as gritty feel, weak color development, and wet/dry color stability. In turn, chemists will be able to formulate systems with the “fresh” watery feel of O/W systems with the added benefit of soft focus color pigments

MiyoAQUA is a hydrophilic surface treatment based on alginate. This anionic polysaccharide is found naturally in oceans around the world in the cell walls of brown algae and kelp. Inorganic pigments such as iron oxide and pigmentary titanium dioxide surface treated with sodium alginate are highly hydrophilic and provide excellent dispersibility and re-dispersibility into the water phase.

SA/SAT is the Ultimate Patented Silicone treatment for application to cosmetic pigments and substrates and is composed of Bonded Dimethicone. Bonded Dimethicone treated products have many advantages compared to materials that are either treated with conventional Methyl Hydrogen Polysiloxane (MHPS), or simply mixed with Dimethylpolysiloxane fluid (DMPS). While many other types of treatments may dull pearlescent pigments, SA/SAT Treatment brings out their natural luster and shine.

ACT is a hybrid surface treatment consisting of vegetable derived amino acid, fatty acid metal soap and silane. Each component provides unique properties that synergistically make the ACT treatment one of the most effective treatments developed to date. (USP 6,482,441.) ACT treatment is applied to pigments and cosmetic substrates using Miyoshi America’s proprietary unique process, which allows for micronization and uniform surface treatment of individual particles

NAI (replacing the original AI, animal-derived treatment) is based on the chemical bonding of Disodium Stearoyl Glutamate to pigments and substrates. The NAI treatment was quickly embraced worldwide because of its unique benefits. The Compatibility of NAI treated pigments in silicone-based systems has been amply demonstrated by their usage in a number of commercially available W/S liquid foundations. NAI and NAID is longwearing and provides a moist, dewy feel while being much easier to disperse in oils and silicones.

Black Iron Oxide/Lavanya Kuku is a black powder. It is an Inorganic Pigment.

Vegetable Carbon black/Lavanya Shyama is a fine black free flowing powder.

Natural phyto-pigments that maintain and enhance the tone of dark colored hair. Protects against oxidative damage from the sun and reduces the yellowing of gray hair.

Neelicol Black PN is a black powder. It is a Water Soluble Dye.

Mystic™ Deep Indigo, a member of Sandream's New Intense Black series, comprises heavily pigmented small particle pearls, ideal for creating a dramatic effect. These rich tones elevate the formulation of unique, high-definition makeup, offering enhanced depth and intensity.

Midnight™ Rouge is a lustrous powder blending red and black hues, crafted from mica and iron oxides. Midnight™ Rouge colors offer a deep, rich coloration and tone, evoking the mysteries of the night. This captivating color palette draws inspiration from a selection of mica-based pearl pigments.

Neeligran Black PN Granular is black granules. It is a dust free product.