Products in Nail Care: Mica

Gelest Sericite HS (SAA-HSA) is a white to off-white powder treated with disodium carboxyethyl siliconate. This pigment is used in various color cosmetic formulations. The hydrophilic treatment allows for superior dispersion in water for high loading. This pigment has a higher tinting strength and a reduced tendency for color flotation and plate-out.

Eldorado™ Satin Wine Red, a red, lustrous powder comprised of mica and iron oxides, offers versatile application options. Eldorado™ Satin Wine Red can be employed independently, blended, or used as accents with other colors. Their unique formulation adds metallic depth and highlights to eye shadow, eyeliners, lipsticks, nail enamels, shampoos, soaps, and various personal care formulations. Renowned for their adaptability, many Eldorado™ Satin Wine Red are an ideal choice for sun care products, ensuring a vibrant and dynamic range for cosmetic creations.

Majestic™ Watermelon is a free-flowing watermelon-red powder made from mica and D&C Red 7 Calcium Lake. Its fine particle size and vivid pigmentation provide formulators with the means to easily achieve rich and vibrant tones.

Gemini™ CS-18 (FDM-CS-18) is a mica-based pearl pigment featuring a traveling color flop effect. This smooth and attractive pigment, with a relatively small particle size, is easy to apply to any formula. It offers high coverage, making it ideal for special effects in nail and eye shadow formulations.

Eldorado™ Bronze Shimmer is a tan, lustrous powder comprising mica and iron oxides. Versatile Eldorado™ Pigments, like this one, can be used alone, blended, or added as accents to enhance eye shadow, eyeliners, lipsticks, nail enamels, shampoos, soaps, and various personal care formulations. Known for adding metallic depth and highlights, many Eldorado™ pigments, including this one, are ideal for creating sun care products.

Eldorado™ Satin Red is a copper-lustrous powder composed of mica and iron oxides. Offering versatility, Eldorado™ Satin Red can be applied independently, blended, or used as accents in conjunction with other colors. They bring forth metallic depth and highlights in various personal care formulations, including eye shadows, eyeliners, lipsticks, nail enamels, shampoos, and soaps. Many Eldorado™ Satin Red are particularly well-suited for sun care products, making them a go-to choice for a range of cosmetic applications.

Gemini™ OR-18 (FDM-OR-18) is a mica-based pearl pigment featuring a traveling color flop effect. This smooth and attractive pigment, with a relatively small particle size, is easy to apply to any formula. It offers high coverage, making it ideal for special effects in nail and eye shadow formulations.

Eldorado™ Wine Red Glitter, a red lustrous powder blending mica and iron oxides, presents deep warm tones, including earthy hues. Versatile Eldorado™ Wine Red Glitter, usable alone, blended, or as accents, infuses eye shadows, eyeliners, lipsticks, nail enamels, shampoos, soaps, and various personal care formulations with metallic depth and highlights. Many Eldorado™ Wine Red Glitter are excellent choices for sun care products.

Majestic™ Mango is a free-flowing mango-yellow powder derived from mica and FD&C Yellow 5 Aluminum Lake. Its fine particle size and highly saturated pigmentation offer formulators the ability to effortlessly achieve rich tones.

Majestic™ Cranberry is a free-flowing, cranberry-red powder crafted from mica and carmine. With its fine particle size and intense pigmentation, it facilitates the creation of rich tones with remarkable ease for formulators.

Marvel™ Aquamarine M2350 is a luxurious mica-based pigment, boasting a captivating rich blue-green hue that embodies high chroma and intense color. Its smooth texture and illuminating patina, coupled with a low particle size, make it an ideal choice for modern high-definition makeup applications.

Chromatique™ Bright Blue Red (MCM-433) is a captivating blue/red lustrous powder crafted from a blend of mica, D&C Red 7, FD&C Blue 1, and medicine. A member of the Chromatique™ Bright Blue Red (MCM-433) series, it imparts vivid and dramatic hues along with a range of pearlescent effects to diverse cosmetic and personal care products. These pigments feature an absorption colorant deposited on either a mica substrate or an interference pearl base, delivering a remarkably intense and rich color effect. In grades employing an interference base, the colorant is meticulously chosen to enhance the reflection color of the interference pigment, resulting in a single color dramatically intensifying through the reflection color complementing the transition color.

Gemini™ OR-38 (FDM-OR-38) is an off-white lustrous powder composed of mica, titanium dioxide, and silica. Gemini™ Iridescent Pigments create a distinctive dual-color appearance, yielding striking and dramatic effects. Based on TiO2 or iron oxide-coated mice with a thin layer of silicon dioxide and iron oxide, these pigments exhibit light interference from colored highlights. An additional and strong iridescent color is reflected from the finely controlled layer of silicone dioxide, resulting in an interplay of highlight colors that cannot be duplicated by any combination of blended interference pigments.

DP™ Flash Bronze is a tan, lustrous powder composed of mica and iron oxides. This metallic pigment, whether used alone, blended, or as accents to other colors, infuses eye shadow, eyeliners, lipsticks, nail enamels, shampoos, soaps, and various personal care formulations with metallic depth and highlights. Ideal for sun care products.

Eldorado™ Mauve is a red, lustrous powder composed of mica and iron oxides. Versatile and blendable, Eldorado™ Mauve can be used alone or combined, adding metallic depth and highlights to eye shadow, eyeliners, lipsticks, nail enamels, shampoos, soaps, and various personal care formulations.

Majestic™ Carrot is a free-flowing orange powder composed of mica and FD&C Yellow 6 Aluminum Lake. Its small particle size and vibrant pigmentation empower formulators to effortlessly achieve rich tones.

Eldorado™ Red-Brown is a red/gold lustrous powder composed of mica and iron oxides, offering deep warm tones alongside earth-tone colors. These pigments, part of the Eldorado™ Red-Brown, provide versatility, allowing them to be used alone, blended, or as accents to enhance various personal care formulations. Ideal for eye shadow, eyeliners, lipsticks, nail enamels, shampoos, soaps, and more, Eldorado™ Red-Brown adds metallic depth and highlights.

Eldorado™ Satin Bronze is a copper-lustrous powder comprising mica coated with titanium dioxide and iron oxide. Versatile Eldorado™ Satin Bronze can be used independently, blended, or employed as accents to various colors, imparting metallic depth and highlights to eye shadow, eyeliners, lipsticks, nail enamels, shampoos, soaps, and diverse personal care formulations. With many Eldorado™ Satin Bronze being well-suited for sun care products, they offer a broad spectrum of creative possibilities in cosmetic applications.

Gemini™ RG-18 or FDM-RG-18 is a mica-based pearl pigment featuring a traveling color flop effect. With a small particle size, this smooth and attractive pigment is easy to apply to any formula, providing high coverage. Ideal for special effects in nail and eye shadow formulations.

Gemini™ OV-38 (FDM-OV-38) is an off-white lustrous powder composed of mica, titanium dioxide, and silica. Gemini™ Iridescent Pigments create a distinctive dual-color appearance, yielding striking and dramatic effects. Based on TiO2 or iron oxide-coated mice with a thin layer of silicon dioxide and iron oxide, these pigments exhibit light interference from colored highlights. An additional and strong iridescent color is reflected from the finely controlled layer of silicone dioxide, resulting in an interplay of highlight colors that cannot be duplicated by any combination of blended interference pigments.

Gemini™ RC-18/FDM-RC-18 is a green/tan lustrous powder comprising mica, iron oxides, and silica. These iridescent pigments offer a distinctive dual-color appearance, creating striking effects. Based on TiO2, or iron oxide-coated mice, with a thin layer of silicon dioxide and iron oxide, they produce strong iridescent colors. The interplay between highlight colors in Gemini™ pigments is unmatched by any combination of blended interference pigments.

Gemini™ OB-18 (FDM-OB-18) is a tan, lustrous powder composed of mica, iron oxides, and silica. Gemini™ Iridescent Pigments create a distinctive dual-color appearance, yielding striking and dramatic effects. Based on TiO2 or iron oxide-coated mice with a thin layer of silicon dioxide and iron oxide, these pigments exhibit light interference from colored highlights. An additional and strong iridescent color is reflected from the finely controlled layer of silicone dioxide, resulting in an interplay of highlight colors that cannot be duplicated by any combination of blended interference pigments.

Gemini™ IY-38 (FDM-IY-38) is an off-white lustrous powder composed of mica, titanium dioxide, and silica. Gemini™ Iridescent Pigments create a distinctive dual-color appearance, resulting in striking and dramatic effects. Based on TiO2 or iron oxide-coated mice with a thin layer of silicon dioxide and iron oxide, these pigments generate light interference from colored highlights. An additional and strong iridescent color is reflected from the finely controlled layer of silicone dioxide, producing an interplay of highlight colors that cannot be duplicated by any combination of blended interference pigments.

Eldorado™ Satin Mauve is a red, lustrous powder composed of mica and iron oxides. This versatile pigment from Eldorado™ Satin Mauve can be utilized independently, blended, or added as an accent to various colors. It imparts metallic depth and highlights to eye shadow, eyeliners, lipsticks, nail enamels, shampoos, soaps, and an array of personal care formulations. With numerous Eldorado™ Satin Mauve being well-suited for sun care products, they offer a broad spectrum of creative possibilities in cosmetic applications.

Eldorado™ Breen is a green or brown lustrous powder comprising mica and iron oxides. Ideal for various cosmetic formulations, Eldorado™ Pigments, including this one, offer versatility as they can be used alone, blended, or added as accents to enhance eye shadow, eyeliners, lipsticks, nail enamels, shampoos, soaps, and more. Known for adding metallic depth and highlights, many Eldorado™ pigments are particularly suitable for sun care products.

Eldorado™ Reddish Brown is a red/brown lustrous powder composed of mica and iron oxides. Versatile Eldorado™ Reddish Brown can be used alone, blended, or added as an accent to enhance various personal care formulations. They impart metallic depth and highlights to eye shadow, eyeliners, lipsticks, nail enamels, shampoos, soaps, and more. Many Eldorado™ Reddish Brown products within the range are particularly suitable for sun care products.

Eldorado™ Wine Red, a red/gold lustrous powder blending mica and iron oxides, introduces deep warm tones, including earthy hues. Versatile Eldorado™ Wine Red, usable alone, blended, or as accents, infuses eye shadows, eyeliners, lipsticks, nail enamels, shampoos, soaps, and various personal care formulations with metallic depth and highlights. Many Eldorado™ Wine Red are excellent choices for sun care products.

Mica 250 MESH is 20 Microns' Mica product that is produced using an innovative, proprietary delaminating process by keeping its surface free from scratches and defects so that the lamellar structure is kept intact. These products give an illuminating touch to products, imparting natural pearl-like luster and acting as a texturizer.

Gemini™ VC-38 or FDM-VC-38 is an off-white lustrous powder composed of mica, titanium dioxide, and silica. These iridescent pigments offer a distinctive dual-color appearance, creating striking and dramatic effects. Based on TiO2-coated mica with a thin layer of silicone dioxide and iron oxide, they produce additional strong iridescent colors. The interplay between various highlight colors in Gemini™ Iridescent Pigments is unmatched by any combination of blended interference pigments.

Gemini™ GB-38 (FDM-GB-38) is an off-white lustrous powder composed of mica, titanium dioxide, and silica. Gemini™ Iridescent Pigments create a distinctive dual-color appearance, producing striking and dramatic effects. These pigments are based on TiO2 or iron oxide-coated mice with a thin layer of silicon dioxide and iron oxide. The finely controlled layer of silicone dioxide adds an additional and strong iridescent color, resulting in an unparalleled interplay of highlight colors that cannot be duplicated by any combination of blended interference pigments.

Gemini™ IR-38 (FDM-IR-38) is an off-white lustrous powder composed of mica, titanium dioxide, and silica. Gemini™ Iridescent Pigments create a distinctive dual-color appearance, producing striking and dramatic effects. These pigments are based on TiO2 or iron oxide-coated mice with a thin layer of silicon dioxide and iron oxide. The finely controlled layer of silicone dioxide adds an additional and strong iridescent color, resulting in an unparalleled interplay of highlight colors that cannot be duplicated by any combination of blended interference pigments.

Timiron® Splendid Copper cosmetic pigment has a reflection color of copper and a transmission color of green. Timiron® Splendid Colors (10-60 μm) are produced by depositing precisely controlled layers of titanium dioxide and silica onto a mica substrate. This requires an advanced coating technology since each color must have its own defined layer thickness to reach the maximum color value. The end result is a range of stunning interference colors.

Timiron® Splendid Violet cosmetic pigment has a reflection color of violet and a transmission color of green. Timiron® Splendid Colors (10-60 μm) are produced by depositing precisely controlled layers of titanium dioxide and silica onto a mica substrate. This requires an advanced coating technology since each color must have its own defined layer thickness to reach the maximum color value. The end result is a range of stunning interference colors.

Colorona® Glitter Bordeaux cosmetic pigment is a burgundy-red sparkling powder. It contains 71.0-80.0% mica and 20.0-29.0% Fe2O3. Our Colorona® metallic color luster pigments display highly lustrous and warm earth tone color shades of different hues. They are composed of mica or synthetic mica coated with iron oxide. Their color effect is determined by the thickness of the iron oxide layer. Some uses for Colorona® Glitter Bordeaux include bar soap, shampoo and eye shadow.