Crystal color pearl pigment for cosmetic

Pearlescent pigments are a new type of pearl luster pigments which are the natural mica thin skin covering the metal oxide, it can reproduce the brilliant and colors of nature, pearls, shells, coral and metal. Microscopic is transparent, flat, depending on the light refraction, reflection, transmission to show the color and brightness.

Pearlescent pigment, non-toxic, high temperature resistance, light resistance, acid and alkali resistance, no combustion, not combustion, non-conductive, do not migrate, can satisfy the coatings, plastics, ink, leather, printing and dyeing, rubber, paper, cosmetics and other sectors of the different demands, make the products of these industries look more bright beautiful, radiant.

Pearlescent pigment and the transparent material is mixed, can produce beautiful pearl luster, and can also be transparent pigment or dye mixture, to get the appropriate color, but should avoid to mix with opaque elements or covering power strong pigments ,such as titanium dioxide, iron oxide pigments, so as not to affect the pearlescent effect. Color series pearl pigment according to the color mixing principle to produce a variety of pearl luster.

Pearlescent pigments as non-metallic functional environmental protection pigment, with 100% dry powder supply, easy evenly dispersed. There are many different products depending on the particle size, the particle size can affect the pearlescent, a large particle size of the pearlescent gloss than blink mask overlying weak, the smaller particle size was soft satin luster, but there is a better masking force.

Application of pearlescent pigment

1. Pearl Pigments in Ink Industry

Ziqi pearlescent pigments can be mixed with other colorant in printing ink system. Ziqi series pigments have hundreds of colors and particle sizes and great ornamental effect, which can create different natural pearl luster or metallic luster, can provide you with various brand-new colors for color matching, and make the products unique and eminent.

Ziqi pearl pigments are available for printing inks as conventional pigments. There are various to choose from according to particle size range and should be selected according to the individual printing process. Pearl luster inks can be easily prepared, by the incorporation of pearl luster pigments into the ink medium.

2.Pearl Pigment in Paper and Printing Industry

All kinds of beautiful packages are the fashion characters for all kinds of products in order to create better visible effects. Ziqi pearl luster pigments are suitable to be used in many kind of coated and specialty paper, such as advertisement-used paper, name card paper, calendar paper, wall paper, and many kind of pearl luster packing paper. Pearl luster effects with colors of silver white, golden, rainbow, special polychrome pearl luster effects are available
To create beauty, Ziqi pearlescent pigments are added into ink system, such as Silk-screen printing, Gravure Printing, Flexographic printing. When they are added, the surface of printing will be shown high luster.
To different printing techniques and equipments, besides color, particle sizes should be chosen too. Ziqi pearl pigments have various particle sizes to meet customers’ needs. Usually, pearlescent ink can print on packaging paperboard, magazines, advertisements, wallpaper, tags, packing containers, plastics buttons and planks, etc. to create pearlescent luster.

.ZIQI pearl luster pigments are added in the sizing process: add 3-5%(weight rate) CIPC pearl luster pigments to transparent sizing agent to have special color effects

3. Pearl Pigments in Plastic Industry

Ziqi pearl pigments can be used almost in all thermoplastics and thermostable-plastics. The chemical property of Ziqi pearl pigments is fairly stable and they don’t change in processing. And they are nonmetal pigments and don’t react with acid, alkali, catalysts and other active radicles. So they are widely used in plastic industry: packaging industry in cosmetic, drugs, cookies, ice-cream etc; pearlescent plastic scandals, buttons, kid-toys, cups, dishes, buckets, tubs and crafts; home appliances and computers; plastic decorative materials and so on. They are widely welcomed for their rich colors and luster.
Ziqi pearl luster pigments are suitable for transparent or translucent plastics. Since Pearl Pigment is an internal optical phenomenon, high clarity plastics (PVC, Polystyrene, Acrylics, etc.) give the most striking results. Translucent plastics (Polypropylene, Polyethylene, etc), though possessing some degree of silkiness, also yield attractive products. Other transparent pigments could be blended with Ziqi pigments for use in plastics. Opaque pigments will diminish pearl luster effects while used

Ziqi pearl pigments give new colors and elegance for the plastic industry.

4. Pearl Pigment in Vitreous Enamel Industry and Ceramics

Adding pearl luster to classic style porcelain and ceramic products can make the pictures vivid and beautiful. Mica titanium pearlescent pigments made up by artificial synthesized mica aurum fluoride or water swollen mica flake but not the common white mica, can endure high temperature and are widely used in vitreous enamel industry and ceramics. When using, pearl luster pigments and enamels are mixed, coated on the dry bases and calcite under high oxygenating conditions. Ziqi interference series pearlescent pigments have magic interference effect in these fields.

5. Pearl Pigments in Cosmetics

To be more beautiful is everyone’s dream, pearlescent cosmetics can make your dream
Synthetic pearlescent pigments have been used as colorants in decorative cosmetics for many years. Recently Ziqi series are also becoming increasingly used in cosmetics. They create an attractive pearlescent appearance in products such as base powder, foundation make-up, lipstick, kohl, nail polish and shampoo by adding about 3%. Moreover, mixing pearlescent pigments and glycol stearin or other organic luster colorants, the colors and luster will be more attractive

Pearl Luster Pigments are suitable to be used in lipsticks, eyes-shadows, nail polishes, make-up powders; etc.Heavy metal contents are well controlled and qualified in conformity to cosmetics standard Requirements.

6. Pearl Pigments in leather

Pearl luster pigments applied to leathers and PU/PVC synthetic leathers can be directly mixed into inks to use for printing on surface, also it can be added directly to transparent plastic resins to use for rolling and scraping production

7. Pearl Pigments In paint

Ziqi pearl luster pigments possess physical stability and can be used in water-based, solvent- based paints and powder coatings. Pearlescent paints can be prepared by incorporating the proportioned amount of pearl pigments into a clear lacquer or clear powder coating; this is the same for enamel. Pearl luster pigments are supplied in various grades and each leads to a particular effect. A suitable grade should be selected according to the application. Pearl luster pigments are suitable for electrostatic coating. In addition they have good acid and alkali resistance.

The advantages and disadvantages of pearl powder

Pearl powder shows different results with different particle size. In general, the larger particles, flashing effect is stronger, the background color of the hiding power is weak; and particle size is smaller, the background color of the covering force is more powerful, more soft and shiny.

Ziqi pearl powder as a special effect pigments, because of its unique elegant luster, and different color toner and particle size, formation of downy, shining appearance, make its in many industrial field are more and more applications. Pearl powder can present the elegant luster color of natural pearl, shell, butterfly, fish, rainbow and metal .

Pearlescent pigment is also called the pearl powder, is according to the nature of principle, the use of light refraction and transmission to reproduce the pearly elegant luster. Zi Qi series pearl powder with non-toxic, high temperature resistance, acid and alkali resistance, light resistance, no color, no conductive features