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OPACIFYING

Reducing transparency or translucency of cosmetics.

Definition provenance: European Commission CosIng ingredient-function terminology.

224 ingredients in the EU CosIng inventory carry the OPACIFYING function designation.

Ingredients with the OPACIFYING function

Charcoal Powder is the dried, carbonaceous material obtained from the heating of organic substances

CAS 16291-96-6 ; 7440-44-0 (generic)

Corchorus Capsularis Powder is the powder obtained from the steam distillate of the japanese vegetable Corchorus capsularis L., Tiliaceae

COTTON

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Cotton is the cleaned, purified, bleached fibres of cotton derived from the seedcoat of various species of Gossypium.

DEA-Styrene/Acrylates/DVB Copolymer is the diethanolamine salt of a polymer of styrene, divinylbenzene and two or more monomers consisting …

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Diatomaceous Earth is a mineral material consisting chiefly of the siliceous frustules and fragments of various species of diatoms

CAS 61790-53-2 / -

Dolomite is a mineral constituted of calcium magnesium carbonate

CAS 16389-88-1

GLASS

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Glass is am amorphous, inorganic material consisting chiefly of oxides of silicones, aluminium, calcium, magnesium, boron, sodium, potassiu…

CAS 65997-17-3

Glass beads are solid glass beads consisting chiefly of oxides of silicones, aluminium, calcium, magnesium, boron, sodium, potassium and zi…

Gossypium Herbaceum Powder is the powder derived from the Cotton fiber, Gossypium herbaceum L., Malvaceae

CAS 8001-29-4

Guanine (CI 75170)

CAS 73-40-5IV/113

HEDTA

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N-(2-Hydroxyethyl)ethylenediaminetriacetic acid

CAS 150-39-0

HUNTITE

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Huntite is a carbonate mineral consisting chiefly of Mg3Ca(CO3)4.

Silicic acid; synthetic amorphous silicon dioxide

CAS 10279-57-9 / 1343-98-2 / 7631-86-9 / 112926-00-8 / 63231-67-4

HYDROMAGNESITE

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Hydromagnesite is a hydrated magnesium carbonate mineral consisting chiefly of Mg5(CO3)4(OH)2·4H2O.

Iron Powder is the element consisting of powdered metallic iron

CAS 7439-89-6

These widely assigned CosIng terms provide populated comparison pages; they are not presented as semantic equivalents of the current function.

How the OPACIFYING function is used in CosIng

The OPACIFYING function is assigned by the European Commission in the CosIng ingredient inventory. This page currently lists 224 ingredients carrying that function label in the dataset, which helps you move from a functional claim to the exact ingredients that use it.

Reducing transparency or translucency of cosmetics.

Function assignments come from official EU CosIng data. They describe intended cosmetic use, but they do not replace regulatory review of each linked ingredient and any annex records tied to it.