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Maybelline New York Countdown eyeshadow palette

Maybelline New York · Makeup

Countdown eyeshadow palette — ingredient safety report

Every ingredient on the label, checked against published safety data. Profile tags on each card show who should take extra care. Label data from Open Beauty Facts, a community database — formulations change, so verify against your packaging.

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Moderate concern

Contains ingredients worth knowing about. Review the flags below against your skin's needs.

Concern score 55/100 · 39 ingredients analyzed

Driven by Titanium DioxideIARC Group 2B, EU CosIng Annex III (declarable / restricted)

Risk categories found

Environmental impact1 ingredient · max 3/10Allergy risk2 ingredients · max 3/10Cancer concern1 ingredient · max 2/10

Flagged ingredients (6)

Ingredients with a documented concern, from official datasets and our reviewed database.

Dimethicone

emollient · occlusive

Severity 3/10Editorial
  • Environmental impact:Not biodegradable; accumulates in the environment via wash-off.

The workhorse silicone — inert and non-sensitizing on skin (even FDA-approved as a skin protectant), with persistence in the environment as its main criticism.

CI 19140

colorant

Severity 3/10Editorial
  • Allergy risk:Rare hypersensitivity reactions, better documented in food than cosmetics.

Tartrazine yellow dye; approved for cosmetics with rare sensitivity reactions reported.

CI 42090

colorant

Severity 2/10Editorial
  • Allergy risk:Rare reports of sensitivity.

A widely approved blue dye with a benign cosmetic safety record.

HEXYLENE GLYCOLRegulatory dataIrritationEU CLP Skin Irrit. 2EU CLP Eye Irrit. 2HEXYLENE GLYCOLRegulatory dataIrritationEU CLP Skin Irrit. 2EU CLP Eye Irrit. 2

No concerns found (16)

Ingredients that are unflagged in our reviewed database, reviewed safe by the CIR panel, or on an EU permitted list.

Recognized ingredients (3)

Catalogued in official cosmetic-ingredient inventories (EU CosIng and others) with no safety flag on record. Being recognized isn't a safety guarantee — it means the ingredient is on record but no authority has published a concern.

  • CALCIUM ALUMINUM BOROSILICATE· bulking
  • CALCIUM SODIUM BOROSILICATE· bulking
  • CALCIUM ALUMINUM BOROSILICATE· bulking

Colorants (5)

Color Index (CI) pigments and dyes, regulated as EU permitted colorants (Annex IV).

  • CI 7491
  • CI 7266 (NANO]/BLACK 2
  • CI 7007/ULTRAMARINES
  • CI 7288 /CHROMIUM OXIDE GREENS CI77510/FERRIC FERROCYANIDE
  • CI 77492. CI 77499 /IRONOXI75470/CARMINE

Not enough data (9)

Not found in any dataset we hold (often trade-name blends or very niche ingredients), so we can't assess them — this is not a safety judgment either way.

  • TALC SYNTHETIC FLUORPHLOGOPITE
  • DISOSTEARYL MALATE
  • DEHYDROACETIC ACID PHENOXYETHANOL OCTARGECENE
  • PENTAERYTHRIYRADIT-BUTYL HYDROXYHYDROCINNAMATE
  • (+/-MAY CONTAIN: MICA
  • TRIETHYLHEXANON OCTYLDODECYL STEAROYL STEARATE
  • CAPRYLYL GIYCOL
  • ISODODECANE. PHENOXYETHANUL. CA DIMETHYL SILYLATE [NANO] / SILA DIMETHYL SILYLATE
  • 4 - MAY CONTAIN: MICA

This report is informational, not medical advice. Assessments summarize published findings (EU CosIng, IARC, ECHA, CIR, SCCS and others) about ingredients — not clinical testing of this specific product. Exposure, concentration and individual sensitivity all matter. Consult a dermatologist for medical concerns.

Lower-concern makeup

Same category, better ingredient safety score than this product — somewhere to look next if this one raised concerns.

Full ingredient list (as analyzed)

TALC SYNTHETIC FLUORPHLOGOPITE, SILICA, DISOSTEARYL MALATE, CAPRYLYL GLYCOL, ALUMINA, DIMETHICONE, CALCIUM ALUMINUM BOROSILICATE, DEHYDROACETIC ACID PHENOXYETHANOL OCTARGECENE, ISODODECANE, HEXYLENE GLYCOL, PENTAERYTHRIYRADIT-BUTYL HYDROXYHYDROCINNAMATE, AQUA / WATER, MALTODEXTRIN, TIN OXIDE, ALUMINUM HYDROXIDE, (+/-MAY CONTAIN: MICA, CI 7491, CI77492L&17/499/IRON OXIDES, CI 77891/ TITANIUM DIOXIDE, CI 77713/ MAGNESIUM CARBONATE C CARMINE, CI 7266 (NANO]/BLACK 2, CI 7007/ULTRAMARINES, CI 19140/ YELLOW 5 LAKE, CI 7288 /CHROMIUM OXIDE GREENS CI77510/FERRIC FERROCYANIDE, CI 77742/MANGANESE VIOLET, CI 42090/BLUE 1 LAKEJ (F.IL Code D185942 4 14996 INGREDIENTS: TALC, SYNTHETIC FLUORPHLOGOPITE, CALCIUM SODIUM BOROSILICATE, TRIETHYLHEXANON OCTYLDODECYL STEAROYL STEARATE, CAPRYLYL GIYCOL, ALUMINA, DEHYDROACETIC ACID, ISODODECANE. PHENOXYETHANUL. CA DIMETHYL SILYLATE [NANO] / SILA DIMETHYL SILYLATE, HEXYLENE GLYCOL, TIN OXIDE, CALCIUM ALUMINUM BOROSILICATE, SILICA, MALTODEXTRIN, 4 - MAY CONTAIN: MICA, CI 77891/ TITANIUM DIOXIDE, CI 77491, CI 77492. CI 77499 /IRONOXI75470/CARMINE, CI 19140/ YELLOW 5 LAKE

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