10 Super Weird Ingredients You Won’t Believe Are In Your Cosmetics

Oceana Setaysha
· April 11th, 2016

6 min read

10 Super Weird Ingredients You Won’t Believe Are In Your Cosmetics

2. Rust

Ever feel like you’re just throwing your money away with cosmetics? We wouldn’t be surprised if you feel like that after realising that rust is a common cosmetic ingredient. Listed on the back as ferrous oxide, it’s just rust wearing a fancy dress, and is used to give cosmetics a pink colour. In fact, it’s found in calamine lotion, easily something we were all smothered in at some point or another. You can also find it listed as pigment brown six or pigment red 101. What is it really?

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Oceana Setaysha

Senior Writer A passionate writer since her early school days, Oceana has graduated from writing nonsense stories to crafting engaging content for...Read Morean online audience. She enjoys the flexibility to write about topics from lifestyle, to travel, to family. Although not currently fulfilling the job of parent, her eight nieces and nephews keep her, and her reluctant partner, practiced and on their toes. Oceana holds a Bachelor of Arts with a major in Writing and Indonesian, and has used her interest in languages to create a career online. She's also the resident blonde at BarefootBeachBlonde.com, where she shares her, slightly dented, wisdom on photography, relationships, travel, and the quirks of a creative lifestyle. Read Less

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