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Colouring materials used in decorative cosmetics and colour matching

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Poucher’s Perfumes, Cosmetics and Soaps

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The colouring agents used in the development and manufacture of decorative cosmetics are vital for them to perform their primary function, colouring the skin of the user. Many of the colours used in these products are not used elsewhere in the cosmetics and toiletries field although they are often derivatives of those colours.

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Hilda Butler (Editor and Consultant to the Cosmetic Industry)

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Riley, P. (2000). Colouring materials used in decorative cosmetics and colour matching. In: Butler, H. (eds) Poucher’s Perfumes, Cosmetics and Soaps. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-2734-1_5

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