Bentonite Clay

Bentonite Clay 1
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AKA: Montmorillonite, Bentonite Powder
3 Piece Classic Suncare Travel Set
COOLA
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Clearing Mask
Indie Lee
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Detox & Clarify Collection
Goldfaden MD
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Dutch Dirt Mask
Bloom Effects
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Facial Detox
Goldfaden MD
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Zinc Oxide Sunscreen Spray - Mineral
COOLA
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Ready, Set, Smooth
Goldfaden MD
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Complexion Boost
Saie
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Slip Tint™ Undetectable Baked Setting Powder
Saie
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Sun Melt
Saie
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Toasty Fall Bundle
Saie
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SuperSuede™ Baked Powder Blush
Saie
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SuperSuede™ Radiant Baked Bronzer
Saie
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The Blush Stack
Saie
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The SuperSuede™ Stack
Saie
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Skin Renewal Mask (75mL)
Grown Alchemist
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Double Polishing Peel
Alpyn Beauty
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The Radiance Ritual
Alpyn Beauty
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I-Waken Resurfacing Mask
Indie Lee
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Think Deep Pore Minimizing Detox Mask with Pomegranate + Charcoal
LYS Beauty
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Atmosphere Protection®Cream
OSEA
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Atmosphere Protection®Cream - 0.6 fl oz
OSEA
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Synthetic
Clay
Not Clean
OriginDerived from volcanic ash and mineral deposits, bentonite clay is a naturally occurring aluminum silicate mineral. Extracted through mining and purified by washing, drying, and grinding into fine powder.
Bentonite Clay is a cosmetic ingredient.
CAS #
1302-78-9
Form
Powder
State
Solid
Skin Types
●all-skin-types
Best For
Oiliness
Pregnancy & Breastfeeding Safe
Yes
Functions
Absorbent
Absorbs Excess Oil
Adds Body & Volume
Stabilizes Emulsion
Controls Viscosity
Locks In Moisture
Wound Healing
Adds volume
Keeps product blended
Controls product thickness
Glucosamine.
T S Barclay, C Tsourounis, G M McCart
The Annals of pharmacotherapy, 1998
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Fibrous Clays in Dermopharmaceutical and Cosmetic Applications: Traditional and Emerging Perspectives.
Cao L, Xie W, Cui H, Xiong Z, Tang Y et al.
International journal of pharmaceutics, 2022
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Fibrous Clays in Dermopharmaceutical and Cosmetic Applications: Traditional and Emerging Perspectives.
Cao L, Xie W, Cui H, Xiong Z, Tang Y et al.
International journal of pharmaceutics, 2022
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Fibrous Clays in Dermopharmaceutical and Cosmetic Applications: Traditional and Emerging Perspectives.
Cao L, Xie W, Cui H, Xiong Z, Tang Y et al.
International journal of pharmaceutics, 2022
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Quaternium-18 and Quaternium-18 Bentonite.
Cherian P, Bergfeld WF, Belsito DV, Klaassen CD, Liebler DC et al.
International journal of toxicology, 2023
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Quaternium-18 and Quaternium-18 Bentonite.
Cherian P, Bergfeld WF, Belsito DV, Klaassen CD, Liebler DC et al.
International journal of toxicology, 2023
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Quaternium-18 and Quaternium-18 Bentonite.
Cherian P, Bergfeld WF, Belsito DV, Klaassen CD, Liebler DC et al.
International journal of toxicology, 2023
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Final Report on the Safety Assessment of Quaternium-18, Quaternium-18 Hectorite, and Quaternium-18 Bentonite
Cosmetic Ingredient Review (CIR) Expert Panel
International Journal of Toxicology
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Final Report: Amended Safety Assessment Naturally-Sourced Clays as Used in Cosmetics
Cosmetic Ingredient Review (CIR) Expert Panel
International Journal of Toxicology
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Final Report: Safety Assessment of Alkonium Clays as Used in Cosmetics
Cosmetic Ingredient Review (CIR) Expert Panel
International Journal of Toxicology
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Quaternium-18 and Quaternium-18 Bentonite
Cosmetic Ingredient Review (CIR) Expert Panel
International Journal of Toxicology
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bentonite
European Commission
EU Cosmetic Ingredient Database (CosIng)
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Benzalkonium Montmorillonite
European Commission
EU Cosmetic Ingredient Database (CosIng)
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Clay
European Commission
EU Cosmetic Ingredient Database (CosIng)
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Hydrogenated Tallowalkonium Bentonite
European Commission
EU Cosmetic Ingredient Database (CosIng)
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Montmorillonite
European Commission
EU Cosmetic Ingredient Database (CosIng)
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Quaternium-18 Bentonite
European Commission
EU Cosmetic Ingredient Database (CosIng)
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Quaternium-18/Benzalkonium Bentonite
European Commission
EU Cosmetic Ingredient Database (CosIng)
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Quaternium-90 Bentonite
European Commission
EU Cosmetic Ingredient Database (CosIng)
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Stearalkonium Bentonite
European Commission
EU Cosmetic Ingredient Database (CosIng)
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Bentonite Clay: A Potential Natural Sanitizer for Prevent...
Partha Das, Bharat Venkata Tadikonda
ACS chemical neuroscience, 2020
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Bentonite Clay: A Potential Natural Sanitizer for Prevent...
Partha Das, Bharat Venkata Tadikonda
ACS chemical neuroscience, 2020
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Bentonite Clay: A Potential Natural Sanitizer for Prevent...
Partha Das, Bharat Venkata Tadikonda
ACS chemical neuroscience, 2020
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bentonite
Environmental Working Group (EWG)
EWG Skin Deep Cosmetics Database
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Montmorillonite
Environmental Working Group (EWG)
EWG Skin Deep Cosmetics Database
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Quaternium-18 Bentonite
Environmental Working Group (EWG)
EWG Skin Deep Cosmetics Database
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Quaternium-90 Bentonite
Environmental Working Group (EWG)
EWG Skin Deep Cosmetics Database
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Stearalkonium Bentonite
Environmental Working Group (EWG)
EWG Skin Deep Cosmetics Database
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White Clay Powder
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Polyacrylate crosspolymer-11 enhances soil clay dispersibility: An indication for inadvertent environmental impacts from personal care and cosmetic in
Nguyen LN, Nguyen AM, Nguyen MT, Dinh VM, Mai NT et al.
The Science of the total environment, 2022
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Polyacrylate crosspolymer-11 enhances soil clay dispersibility: An indication for inadvertent environmental impacts from personal care and cosmetic in
Nguyen LN, Nguyen AM, Nguyen MT, Dinh VM, Mai NT et al.
The Science of the total environment, 2022
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Polyacrylate crosspolymer-11 enhances soil clay dispersibility: An indication for inadvertent environmental impacts from personal care and cosmetic in
Nguyen LN, Nguyen AM, Nguyen MT, Dinh VM, Mai NT et al.
The Science of the total environment, 2022
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Natural and ion-exchanged illite clays reduce bacterial burden and inflammation in cutaneous meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections in
Otto CC, Kilbourne J, Haydel SE
Journal of medical microbiology, 2016
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Injectable nanoclay gels for angiogenesis.
Page DJ, Clarkin CE, Mani R, Khan NA, Dawson JI et al.
Acta biomaterialia, 2019
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Bentonite in Korea: A Resource and Research Focus for Biomedical and Cosmetic Industries.
Rana MS, Kim S
Materials (Basel, Switzerland), 2024
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Clays and Wound Healing.
Tian G, Wang Z, Huang Z, Xie Z, Xia L et al.
Materials (Basel, Switzerland), 2024
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EWG
4
CIR
Safe
Pregnancy
Yes
Regulatory Status
USA✔ permitted
EU⚠ restricted
JAPAN⚠ restricted
CANADA⚠ restricted
Verified Jun 2026
Data: CosIng · EWG · CIR