Ingredient · INCI listed
Silica
A mineral used to absorb oil, blur texture, and give formulas a smooth, mattifying finish. A cosmetic workhorse with no active skincare claim of its own.
Data summary
Products containing
43
Most common in
11 products
sunscreens
Typical pairing
Niacinamide (Vitamin B3)
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In the catalog
Silica by the numbers.
We've catalogued 43 products that use silica, most often in sunscreens (11 products) but also across treatments and moisturizers. Formulations carrying it score 71/100 on average (above the catalog norm); the strongest is Tower 28 SOS Save Our Skin Daily Rescue Facial Spray at 88/100.
Of those, 4 products score 80 or higher in our analysis. It co-occurs most with Vitamin E (8 shared formulas) and Niacinamide (8 shared formulas). The median price of a silica product here is $28.
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