Products in Pigments & Colorants: Purple

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.

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.

Fantasy™ Purple is a captivating purple powder. Fantasy™ Purple boasts concentrated color backgrounds coupled with reflective holographic pearls, creating enchanting rainbow spectra effects.

Ronastar® Purple Sparks cosmetic pigment is a white powder with purple multicolor sparkle effect. Ronastar® high performance pigments combine an extremely high chroma with sophisticated effects. They are based on calcium aluminum borosilicate and have a very clean mass tone. The two silverwhite pigments display extremely brilliant effects combined with rainbow-like multicolor highlights.

Couleurs de Plantes Logwood is native from Central America where it is particularly abundant in areas of Campeche and Honduras. It was a very well-known and used species in pre-Columbian times by the name of Ek or Hec for body and textile dyeing. It was also known and used by the Aztecs under the names Huitzquauitl, Quamochitl or Curaque. This species was at the origin of a very important trade after the discovery of Americas. Intensively exploited by the Spanish for four centuries, Logwood will be massively introduced from the late 18th century in the Caribbean and in the Pacific Islands.

Amerilure Carmine Powder - Purple Type is a natural colorant derived from the shell of the female cochineal insect (Dactylopius coccus Costa). Throughout history, it has been a coveted commodity for its brilliant performance as a textile dye, and scarce access to the resource became reason for skirmishes between feuding city-states during the time of the Medicis. It widely used in cosmetic formulations, yielding a spectrum of concentrated and brilliant colors from light pink to crimson red. Because of the high quality of carmine powder performance in different formulations, the product itself has endured the test of time.