OPACIFYING — Cosmetic Ingredient Function
213 cosmetic ingredients in the EU CosIng inventory carry the OPACIFYING function designation. These ingredients are sourced from the European Commission CosIng inventory and may appear across Annex II–VI records.
Reducing transparency or translucency of cosmetics.
Ingredients
Methacrylic Acid/Styrene/VP Copolymer is a copolymer of styrene, methacrylic acid and vinyl pyrrolidone
Methyl Methacrylate Crosspolymer-2 is a copolymer of methyl methacrylate crosslinked with glycol dimethacrylate and methacryloyl propyltrim…
MICA
35360Mica is a series of silicate minerals of varying chemical composition but with similar physical properties. Mica may have well-defined clea…
Microcrystalline Cellulose is the isolated, colloidal crystalline portion of cellulose fibers.
MOROCCAN LAVA CLAY
56973Moroccan Lava Clay is a type of smectite clay mined in Morocco.
Reaction product of Nylon-12 with an aromatic sulfonic acid
OZOKERITE
78292Hydrocarbon waxes (petroleum), chemically neutralized. A complex combination of hydrocarbons produced by a treating process to remove acidi…
Palm Kernel Oil Polyglyceryl-4 Esters is the product obtained by the transesterification of Elaeis Guineensis Kernel Oil and Polyglycerin-4.
PEG-4 DISTEARYL ETHER
58090Poly(oxy-1,2-ethanediyl), .alpha.-octadecyl-omega-octadecyloxy- (4 mol EO average molar ratio)
PISUM SATIVUM STARCH
82763Pisum Sativum Starch is a starch obtained from the Pea, Pisum sativum L. Fabaceae
POLYACRYLATE-10
58234Copolymer of sodium acryloyldimethyl taurate, sodium acrylate, acrylamide, vinylpyrrolidone monomers
POLYACRYLATE-11
58235Copolymer of sodium acryloyldimethyl taurate, sodium acrylate, hydroxyethyl acrylate, lauryl acrylate, acrylamide monomers
POLYMETHYLSILSESQUIOXANE
79017Polymer formed by hydrolysis and condensation of methyltrimethoxysilane
Polymethylsilsesquioxane/Silica Crosspolymer is made by reacting an aqueous suspension of Polymethylsilsesquioxane with Sodium Silicate.
POLYQUATERNIUM-102
90197Polyquaternium-102 is the polymeric quaternary ammonium salt formed from acrylamide, sodium acryloyldimethyl taurate and phosphorylcholine …
POLYQUATERNIUM-103
90198Polyquaternium-103 is the polymeric quaternary ammonium salt formed from hydroxyethylacrylate, sodium acryloyldimethyl taurate and phosphor…
POLYSILICONE-12
58848Cyclosiloxanes, methyl 3-(4-carboxyphenoxy)propyl, esters with cholesterol and 4-hydroxyphenyl 2-methyl-2-propenoate, polymers with cholest…
Octadecanoic acid, reaction products with 1,2,3-propanetriol, neutralized
PUERARIA LOBATA STARCH
82766Pueraria Lobata Starch is the starch obtained from the roots of Pueraria lobata, Fabaceae
PYROPHYLLITE
79147Aluminatesilicate
RICE SH-OLIGOPEPTIDE-2
94165Rice sh-Oligopeptide-2 is a single chain recombinant human peptide, produced by transgenic rice, Oryza sativa , after transient expression …
RICE SH-POLYPEPTIDE-1
94164Rice sh-Polypeptide-1 is a single chain recombinant human peptide, produced by transgenic rice, Oryza sativa , after the transient expressi…
RICE SH-POLYPEPTIDE-3
94163Rice sh-Polypeptide-3 is a single chain recombinant human peptide, produced by transgenic rice, Oryza sativa, after the transient expressio…
RUBBER LATEX
79871Rubber Latex is the milky juice exuded from various species of the rubber tree. It has been processed to increase its solids content and st…
SAPPHIRE POWDER
58277Sapphire Powder is a ground native gem consisting chiefly of aluminum oxide
Sasa Senanensis Leaf Powder is the powder obtained from the dried, ground leaves of Sasa senanensis, Poaceae
Silicon/Titanium/Cerium/Iron Oxides is the product obtained by the calcination of silicon oxide, titanium dioxide, cerium dioxide and iron …
About this function
The OPACIFYING function is assigned by the European Commission in the CosIng ingredient inventory. Ingredients may carry multiple functions depending on their chemical properties and typical cosmetic applications.
Function assignments are sourced directly from official EU CosIng data. Always verify ingredient functions against current source materials before use in regulatory submissions.