Xirona® Le Rouge
Cosmetic Pigment
Endless possibilities for stable red
and pink shades
Xirona® Le Rouge
Endless possibilities
for stable red
and pink shades
Come and experience a new era of pinks and reds in cosmetic colors:
Xirona® Le Rouge opens a multitude of possibilities for exciting,
innovative cosmetic creations.
Xirona® Le Rouge is a red colored powder pigment with a dramatic
red pearlescence. A subtle color travel effect from red to orange-red
adds a touch of mystery. Xirona® Le Rouge offers endless red and pink
shades with maximum stability in cosmetic formulations in combination with other pearl luster pigments or pure white RonaFlair®
functional fillers. The truly red pigment has a particle size distribution
from 5 to 50 µm and thus provides a satiny to metallic shine effect.
Xirona® Le Rouge is a beautiful and unique addition to our extraordinary series of inorganic color travel pigments based on silica flakes. A
web coating process produces the artificial silica substrate. Silica
flakes of synthetic origin feature an extremely uniform and controllable thickness as well as a smooth and regular surface. Highly
improved chroma and color purity are the result of these silica flake
characteristics in combination with a precisely controlled metal oxide
coating process.
Xirona® Le Rouge, Item No. 17728
Are you interested in
more detailed
information on
Xirona® color travel
pigments? Please see
our specific brochure
“Xirona® cosmetic
pigments – Travel
through the world of
colors" (W304137).
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Xirona® Le Rouge
Inorganic pearlescent red –
high stability
in your products
The following features of Xirona® Le Rouge lead the way to exciting
new pearlescent shades of pink and red without the use of organic
pigments:
· Maximum light stability
· High chemical and physical stability
· Compatible with, and stable in, aqueous
formulas – no color bleeding
· Stable at different pH values
· Very easy to incorporate into oil or
water phases
· Safe to use without concentration limit
· Purely inorganic nature
· Carmine-free
· No allergy risk
· Ecocert conformity
· Unique red metallic shine
· Subtle color travel effect
· Soft skin feel
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These listed features show the clear advantage over common red organic lakes or pearl
luster pigments with organic coatings. The ingredients of Xirona® Le Rouge are not
associated with any allergy risk and thus offer an additional advantage over organic
colorants. Another benefit: now, for such Xirona® Le Rouge-based products as an elegant
pink eye shadow, for example, you may use transparent components without the risk of
color-fading.
Xirona® Le Rouge is approved worldwide for use in color cosmetics and personal care
products, including the eye and lip areas, with no limits on usage levels.
Merck confirms that Xirona® Le Rouge, along with the portfolio of cosmetic pigments, is
in compliance with the REACH regulation.
Make your products sweet pink or red hot with Xirona® Le Rouge!
Explore the infinite variety of sophisticated color cosmetics and personal care
applications that can be created with Xirona® Le Rouge.
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Xirona® Le Rouge
The “first aid” pigment
for passionate red and
pink cosmetic products
Stable red or pink shades in color cosmetics are difficult to achieve
due to the stability issues of organic colorants and their possible
allergic potential or the unpleasant skin feel of pure iron oxide
powders. In addition, manufacturing-related problems may occur if
organic lakes are used. In formulations with lower pH values, or
especially in water-based systems like emulsions, almost all organic
pigments cause incompatibilities.
Forget about common difficulties when creating red and pink shades
– make use of the multi-talented cosmetic pigment Xirona® Le Rouge.
The addition of interference red, blue or violet effect pigments such
as Timiron® Splendid Colors results in highly stable pink shades.
Depending on the ratio, even delicate pastel pinks can be
developed by blending Xirona® Le Rouge with white or
silverwhite cosmetic pigments or fillers. New sophisticated
effects can be achieved in combination with sparkling
Ronastar® and Ronastar® Sparks pigments.
Employing a small amount of Xirona® Le Rouge (e.g. 0.1 %)
creates delicate pink masstone colors without using any additional
organic color dispersion.
Pink cosmetic formulations are superior in light
stability if formulated with Xirona® Le Rouge.
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Examples of cosmetic red pigments:
INCI name USA
Red 6
Red 7
Red 33 Lake
Red 36 Lake
Red 28 Lake
Iron Oxides
| INCI name EU |
| CI 15850 |
| CI 15850 |
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CI 17200
CI 12085
CI 45410
CI 77491
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Stability
Bleeds in water
Bleeds in water
Bleeds in water
Bleeds in
organic
solvents
Weak fastness
Stable
| Allergy risk (*) |
1)
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1)
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0)
1)
1)
0)
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Remarks
Not for eye area (FDA)
Not for eye area (FDA)
Not for eye area;
3 % in lip products (FDA)
EU: 3 % in finished products
FDA: not for eye area;
3 % in lip products
EU: <1 % fluorescein,
< 2 % monobromofluorescein
FDA: not for eye area
No pure red color
|
|
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Product type (EU) (**)
|
see footnote
|
see footnote
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see footnote
see footnote
see footnote
see footnote
0) = allergic risk not known or extremely rare
1) = allergic reactions reported in single cases
(*) = source “Blaue Liste, Editio Cantor Verlag, 1993”
(**) = allowed for all cosmetic application areas
(>> hair dye products have not been considered)
Combinations with clear red or bluish-red colorants as background
colors intensify the vibrant red impression of Xirona® Le Rouge.
We recommend using a ratio of 1:9 for organic lake and Xirona®
Le Rouge. The unstable part of the organic colorant is significantly
reduced by using only a very small amount of it while the strong
red shade is intensified in the desired direction.
The incorporation of Xirona® Le Rouge into cosmetic formulations
such as nail polishes, lipgloss, pressed powders as well as gel products
and emulsions follows the same basic rules as those of the wellknown Merck/Rona pigments. There is no limitation on the usage
level of the product. Xirona® Le Rouge disperses well in both oil and
water systems and does not need milling and deagglomeration.
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Chemical/physical data – Xirona® Le Rouge
Composition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iron Oxide, Silicon Dioxide
INCI Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CI 77491 (Iron Oxides), Silica
CAS No. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1309-37-1, 7631-86-9
EINECS No. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215-168-2, 231-545-4
Appearance/color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pearlescent red powder
Particle size (80 % within range) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.0 – 50.0 μm
pH (10 % aqueous dispersion DIN ISO 787-9) . . . . . 8.0 – 12.0
For more detailed information, please refer to the Technical Data Sheet.
Ordering information
Item No.
17728
Name
| Xirona® Le Rouge cosmetic pigment
For more information/samples, please contact:
Merck KGaA, Darmstadt/Germany at
[email protected]
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Package Sizes
| 30 g, 1 kg, 15 kg
Lipstick
S 11-32 Red!
Ingredients
Art. No.
Suppliers
INCI
[%]
Xirona® Le Rouge
| 1.17728 |
(1)
| CI 77491 (IRON OXIDES), SILICA
| 10.00
Xirona® Volcanic Fire
| 1.17469 |
(1)
| CI 77891 (TITANIUM DIOXIDE), SILICA, MICA, TIN OXIDE
|
5.00
Wax white
| 1.11544 |
(1)
| CERA ALBA (BEESWAX)
|
8.75
Paracera C 44
|
|
(2)
| COPERNICIA CERIFERA (CARNAUBA WAX), CERESIN
|
5.25
Adeps lanae
|
|
(3)
| LANOLIN
|
3.50
Isopropyl myristate
|
|
(4)
| ISOPROPYL MYRISTATE
|
5.60
Paraffin viscous
| 1.07160 |
(1)
| PARAFFINUM LIQUIDUM (MINERAL OIL)
|
2.10
Propyl-4-hydroxybenzoate
| 1.07427 |
(1)
| PROPYLPARABEN
|
0.10
|
0.05
A
B
Oxynex® K liquid
| 1.08324 |
(1)
PEG-8, TOCOPHEROL, ASCORBYL PALMITATE, ASCORBIC ACID,
| CITRIC ACID
Covapate Unired LC 3779
|
|
(5)
| RICINUS COMMUNIS (CASTOR) SEED OIL, CI 15850 (RED 7)
|
2.00
Covapate Unired LC 3703
|
|
(5)
| RICINUS COMMUNIS (CASTOR) SEED OIL, CI 15850 (RED 6)
|
2.00
Castor oil
|
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(3)
| RICINUS COMMUNIS (CASTOR) SEED OIL
| 55.45
|
|
(6)
| PARFUM
|
C
Fragrance Pearl FC10599
Procedure:
Notes:
Suppliers:
Heat the ingredients of phase B to 75 °C. Add phase A
A brilliant, intense red lipstick. Xirona®
(1) Merck KGaA/Rona®
ingredients and stir until the melt is homogeneous.
Le Rouge and two color dispersions
Transfer the mixture into a molding machine, which
create this fully red color. Xirona®
(2) Paramelt
is heated up to 65 °C, add the perfume and stir about
Volcanic Fire adds a sensational
(3) Henry Lamotte GmbH
15 minutes. Fill into a lipstick mold which has been
highlight with its color travel from
(4) Cognis GmbH
preheated to about 55 °C. Cool down the mould and
red to copper to gold. A lipstick for
(5) Les Colorants Wackherr
transfer the cold bullets to mechanisms. A highly glossy
that special occasion – to dress and
(6) Parfex
appearance can be obtained by subsequent flaming.
to impress!
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Merck makes no representation or warranty of any kind, express or implied, including merchantability or fitness for a particular use,
with respect to such information or its application. Purchasers must independently determine the suitability of our ingredients for the
purchaser's intended product, use or process. Purchaser is responsible for observing all laws and regulations relevant to such products,
uses or processes. The foregoing information and suggestions are also provided without warranty of non-infringement as to the
intellectual property rights of third parties, and shall not be construed as any inducement to infringe the rights of third parties.
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Nail Polish
S 11-33 Fiery Nails
Ingredients
Art. No.
Suppliers
INCI
Xirona® Le Rouge
| 1.17728 |
(1)
| CI 77491 (IRON OXIDES), SILICA
Xirona® Volcanic Sparks
| 1.17736 |
(1)
| DIOXIDE), SILICA, TIN OXIDE
[%]
|
2.00
|
1.00
CALCIUM ALUMINUM BOROSILICATE, CI 77891 (TITANIUM
Coloring Base Ref. 683
|
|
(2)
Coloring Base Ref. 686
|
|
(2)
BUTYL ACETATE, ETHYL ACETATE, PHTHALIC ANHYDRIDE/
TRIMELLITIC ANHYDRIDE/GLYCOLS COPOLYMER,
NITROCELLULOSE, ISOPROPYL ALCOHOL, ACETYL
TRIBUTYL CITRATE, CI 15880 (RED 34 LAKE), ACRYLATES
| COPOLYMER, STEARALKONIUM HECTORITE
|
ETHYL ACETATE, BUTYL ACETATE, NITROCELLULOSE,
PHTHALIC ANHYDRIDE/TRIMELLITIC ANHYDRIDE/
GLYCOLS COPOLYMER, CI 15850 (RED 6 LAKE), ISOPROPYL
ALCOHOL, ACETYL TRIBUTYL CITRATE, STEARALKONIUM
| HECTORITE
|
(2)
BUTYL ACETATE, ETHYL ACETATE, NITROCELLULOSE,
ACETYL TRIBUTYL CITRATE, PHTHALIC ANHYDRIDE/
TRIMELLITIC ANHYDRIDE/GLYCOLS COPOLYMER,
ISOPROPYL ALCOHOL, STEARALKONIUM HECTORITE,
ADIPIC ACID/FUMARIC ACID/PHTHALIC ACID/
| TRICYCLODECANE DIMETHANOL COPOLYMER, CITRIC ACID | 95.00
Thixotropic Nail Lacquer
Base 155
|
|
Procedure:
Notes:
Suppliers:
Mix all ingredients by stirring
This deep red nail polish glamorizes and covers nails
(1) Merck KGaA/Rona®
at 1000 rpm for 10 minutes.
well with a fiery look. It can be combined excellently
Avoid introducing air.
with the lipstick S 11-32 Red! for a breathtaking look.
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1.00
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(2) Durlin/France
Xirona® Le Rouge and two red color dispersions are
creating this intensive, rich red shade. Xirona®
Volcanic Sparks sets additional highlights with its
elegant sparkle and its red/coppery color travel effect:
A red nail polish that really stands out from the
crowd!
Merck provides information on application technologies and relevant regulations based upon our current knowledge and opinion.
Merck makes no representation or warranty of any kind, express or implied, including merchantability or fitness for a particular use,
with respect to such information or its application. Purchasers must independently determine the suitability of our ingredients for
the purchaser's intended product, use or process. Purchaser is responsible for observing all laws and regulations relevant to such
products, uses or processes. The foregoing information and suggestions are also provided without warranty of non-infringement as
to the intellectual property rights of third parties, and shall not be construed as any inducement to infringe the rights of third parties.
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MERCK provides information on application technologies and relevant regulations based upon our current
knowledge and opinion. MERCK makes no representation or warranty of any kind, express or implied, including
merchantability or fitness for a particular use, with respect to such information or its application. Purchasers
must independently determine the suitability of our ingredients for the purchaser’s intended product, use or
process. Purchaser is responsible for observing all laws and regulations relevant to such products, uses or
processes. The foregoing information and suggestions are also provided without warranty of non-infringement
as to the intellectual property rights of third parties, and shall not be construed as any inducement to infringe
the rights of third parties.
Europe
Merck KGaA
64271 Darmstadt
Germany
Phone: +49 6151 72-7774
Fax:
+49 6151 72-3110
e-mail: [email protected]
www.merck4cosmetics.com
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USA
Phone: +1 484 652 5600
Fax:
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8-1, Shimomeguro 1-chome
Meguro ku
Tokyo 153
Japan
Phone: +81 3 5434-4711
Fax:
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w304138
October 2011, (2nd edition,
first published April 2006)
For more information please contact