Calcium Titanium Borosilicate ●
TL;DR. This ingredient is primarily a shimmer and effect pigment, adding sparkle, pearlescence, and light reflection in color cosmetics, highlighters, lip products, nail products, and eye products. It can also contribute mild opacity and visual texture.
What does Calcium Titanium Borosilicate do in a cosmetic formula?
This ingredient is primarily a shimmer and effect pigment, adding sparkle, pearlescence, and light reflection in color cosmetics, highlighters, lip products, nail products, and eye products. It can also contribute mild opacity and visual texture.
Is Calcium Titanium Borosilicate clean?
From a clean-beauty lens, it is generally viewed as a low-reactivity decorative pigment with low irritation potential in finished formulas. The main checkpoints are particle-size control for loose powders and compliance with cosmetic pigment heavy-metal limits.
Is Calcium Titanium Borosilicate sustainable?
It is made from mined inorganic feedstocks and high-temperature glass processing, so it is not renewable and has a relatively energy-intensive manufacturing profile. It is insoluble and not biodegradable, but it is not expected to bioaccumulate like lipid-soluble organic compounds.
Is Calcium Titanium Borosilicate COSMOS-approved?
It is generally not accepted as a standard ingredient for COSMOS-organic or COSMOS-natural certification because it is a synthetic effect-pigment substrate rather than an allowed natural mineral material. Green Chemistry alignment is limited, with inert behavior in use but mineral sourcing, furnace processing, and lack of biodegradation weighing against it.
How does Calcium Titanium Borosilicate work chemically?
The material is an amorphous inorganic glass flake engineered as platelets that refract and reflect light, sometimes used with metal-oxide coatings to create pearlescent effects. Typical use is often in the low single digits up to about 10% in color cosmetics, with performance driven by particle size, coating uniformity, and dispersion rather than pH chemistry.
Last updated 2026-05-13