Ingredient glossary / Colorant
Mica
On the label: Mica · Colorant
What it is
A mineral that gives shimmer; coated with titanium dioxide or iron oxides for colour (then listed as both). Sourcing from child labour in India has pushed makers to synthetic mica (synthetic fluorphlogopite).
Colorants: Colorants tint the product or the skin; in the US each is listed by its FDA name (CI number or D&C name).
Wikidata: Group of phyllosilicate minerals. Q114675 →
In the research
122 PubMed papers mention it with skin, cosmetics or hair; the three most recent:
- Pityriasis Lichenoides Chronica: A Diagnostic and Therapeutic Challenge · Cureus, 2026
- Lightweight interpretable support vector machine SERS (LiSVM-SERS) learning framework for serological diagnosis of psoriatic arthritis and biomarker identification · Spectrochimica acta. Part A, Molecular and biomolecular spectroscopy, 2027
- Multi-pathway human exposure to NORM from facial foundation powders available on the Turkish market: Assessing lifetime cancer risks for adult users · Regulatory toxicology and pharmacology : RTP, 2026
A paper is a paper, not a verdict: titles are listed so you can read them, and a study on cells or mice says little about a cream on a face.
Products whose label lists it
4 on the siteMatched from the ingredient list the supplier printed; the position in the list (first or thirtieth) is on each product page.
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