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Dispersions

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Elevate your color with CitroSperse

A family of cosmetic-grade pigment dispersions using polycitronellol, a silicone-free emollient, delivering intense color and an enhanced sensory experience. Available in a range of organic and inorganic pigments.

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Use CitroSperse ingredients for all beauty applications.

CitroSperse Titanium Dioxide

INCI: Titanium Dioxide (and) Polycitronellol (and) Polyhydroxystearic Acid

CitroSperse Titanium Dioxide is the base pigment dispersion for many color cosmetics formulations and can be used for blending, brightening, and bringing out the bold hues of other colorants in the CitroSperse product line.

CitroSperse Red Iron Oxide

INCI: Iron Oxides (and) Polycitronellol (and) Polyhydroxystearic Acid

CitroSperse Red Iron Oxide is essential for creating skin tones and adds a brassy brown hue to lip and cheek products.

Red Iron Oxide shines in foundations, blushes, and lip liners.

CitroSperse Yellow Iron Oxide

INCI: Iron Oxides (and) Polycitronellol (and) Polyhydroxystearic Acid

CitroSperse Yellow Iron Oxide is key to achieving skin tones and can deepen brown and blonde color tints.

Yellow Iron Oxide shines in brow products, mascara, and complexion products.

CitroSperse Black Iron Oxide

INCI: Iron Oxides (and) Polycitronellol (and) Polyhydroxystearic Acid (and) Trihydroxystearin

CitroSperse Black Iron Oxide is a key player in achieving a desired skin tone, and it excels on its own in eyeliners and liquid lipsticks.

Black Iron Oxide is a perfect shade adjustor when aiming to deepen a color and create a darker version of the base color blend.

CitroSperse Blue 1 Lake

INCI: Polycitronellol (and) Blue 1 Lake (and) Sorbitan Oleate

CitroSperse Blue 1 Lake provides brilliant blue hues in eye makeup and lip colors to achieve cool tones and vibrant pay-off.

Blue 1 Lake’s versatility extends to both the lips and eyes and can be used to create more dimension in warm and cool tone lipsticks and glosses.

CitroSperse Yellow 5 Lake

INCI: Polycitronellol (and) Yellow 5 Lake (and) Sorbitan Oleate

CitroSperse Yellow 5 Lake provides vivid golden hues in eye and lip makeup and imparts brightness and warmth to final formulations.

Star products utilizing Yellow 5 Lake include highlighters, eyeliner, and eyeshadow.

CitroSperse Red 6 Lake

INCI: Polycitronellol (and) Red 6 Lake (and) Sorbitan Oleate

CitroSperse Red 6 Lake is perfect for formulations aiming to achieve a classic red look. Its strong color is core to creating both traditional and modern lip shades.

Suggestion applications for Red 6 Lake include blush, lip liner, and lipstick.

CitroSperse Red 7 Lake

INCI: Polycitronellol (and) Red 7 Lake (and) Sorbitan Oleate

CitroSperse Red 7 is key in blending the perfect nude or pink lip color. Small amounts of Red 7 Lake impart impressive color payoff and allow formulators to manipulate color easily.

Suggested applications for Red 7 Lake include lip glosses, lip tints, and liquid lipsticks. Not approved for eye use in the USA.

CitroSperse Ultramarine Blue

INCI: Ultramarines (and) Polycitronellol (and) Polyhydroxystearic Acid (and) Trihydroxystearin

CitroSperse Ultramarine Blue is a true royal blue that makes any eye product pop with bright color. Ultramarine Blue can cool down warm shades, while adding vibrance to cool ones.

Star products utilizing Ultramarine Blue include eyeshadow, eyeliner, and mascara. This pigment can reach cool color spaces that the iron oxides alone cannot.

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