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  • Paraffin X Petrolatum

    Posted by pma on February 25, 2014 at 11:28 pm

    I thought paraffin and petrolatum were the same thing. But this makeup powder has paraffin AND petrolatum. Is it right?

    TALC, ETHYLHEXYL METHOXYCINNAMATE, METHYL METHACRYLATE CROSSPOLYMER, SILICA, SYNTHETIC FLUORPHLOGOPITE, POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATE, BORON NITRIDE, DIETHYLAMINO HYDROXYBENZOYL HEXYL BENZOATE, METHYLENE BIS-BENZOTRIAZOLYL TETRAMETHYLBUTYLPHENOL, DIMETHICONE, TOCOPHEROL, BHT, DIMETHICONE/VINYL DIMETHICONE CROSSPOLYMER, DIMETHICONE/METHICONE COPOLYMER, VINYL DIMETHICONE/METHICONE SILSESQUIOXANE CROSSPOLYMER, SQUALANE, GLYCERYL TRIPALMATE/PALM KERNELATE/OLIVATE/MACADAMIATE/RAPESEEDATE, PARAFFIN, ETHYLHEXYL PALMITATE, BIS-ETHYLHEXYLOXYPHENOL METHOXYPHENYL TRIAZINE, DIPENTAERYTHRITYL HEXAHYDROXYSTEARATE/HEXASTEARATE/HEXAROSINATE, POLYISOPRENE, BEESWAX, MINERAL OIL, METHICONE, ZINC LAURATE, PETROLATUM, SYNTHETIC WAX, METHYLPARABEN, MICA, CALCIUM CERIUM OXIDE, TITANIUM DIOXIDE, IRON OXIDES, ALUMINUM HYDROXIDE
    chemist77 replied 10 years, 1 month ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  • chemist77

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    February 26, 2014 at 10:07 am

    One is wax and the other jelly with paraffin oil as the variable.

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