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CLAYS IN COSMETICS AND PERSONAL-CARE PRODUCTS

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Clays and Clay Minerals

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Clays are used in various cosmetic formulations, such as sunscreens, toothpastes, deodorants, creams, hair cosmetics, makeups, nail polish, facial masks, and shampoos, among others, to improve the organoleptic and physicochemical characteristics, to increase the stability, or to facilitate elaboration. Together with their technological functionalities, clays are cosmetologically active ingredients with cleaning, anti-aging, anti-wrinkling, and sun-care functionalities. Talc, kaolinite, mica, and some smectites are the clay minerals used most frequently in cosmetic products, but several other phyllosilicates as well as modified and synthetic clays are also used. Sometimes, clays are useful in the design of cosmetics just because they are made of rigid, small, and anisometric particles. Kaolinite and mica are made of hard prismatic particles which are lightly abrasive over the skin, teeth, or hair. Electric charges in smectites result in ion-exchange capacities useful in the loading of active cosmetics but also adsorbing and cleaning waste substances. Intermediate net negative charges of smectites result in layer expansion in polar media and specific rheological properties that are very useful in cosmetic formulations. The absence of charged particles in talc and kaolin make them flow easily resulting in lubricant effects. Protection against radiation from the sun by clay particles and decorative effects complete the possibilities of clays in cosmetics. The nomenclature for clays used as ingredients in cosmetics follows historical use and the names of commercial products, rather than following strict compositional principles. In this sense, an effort was made here to correlate the names of the minerals that make up each of the clay-based cosmetic ingredients.

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  1. Department of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Technology, School of Pharmacy, University of Granada, Campus of Cartuja, 18071 s/n, Granada, Spain

    César Viseras, Rita Sánchez-Espejo, Rosanna Palumbo, Ninfa Liccardi, Fátima García-Villén & Ana Borrego-Sánchez

  2. Andalusian Institute of Earth Sciences, CSIC-University of Granada, Avenida de Las Palmeras 4, 18100, Armilla, Granada, Spain

    César Viseras & Alberto López-Galindo

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    Marina Massaro & Serena Riela

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Viseras, C., Sánchez-Espejo, R., Palumbo, R. et al. CLAYS IN COSMETICS AND PERSONAL-CARE PRODUCTS. Clays Clay Miner. 69, 561–575 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42860-021-00154-5

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