pigment for foundation

FD&C Blue 1 Lake is a dual-listed colorant — approved under both FDA food additive and cosmetic colorant regulations — making it one of the few blue pigments formulators can specify across personal care, nail, and certain food-contact or food-adjacent product categories without switching colorant systems. As a lake form of Brilliant Blue FCF (CI 42090), it is insoluble in water and most cosmetic solvents, which eliminates the dye migration issues that affect soluble FD&C Blue 1 in wax, oil, and pressed powder matrices.

D&C Red 21 Lake is a cosmetic-grade lake colorant that delivers an opaque, warm orange-red tone with a matte finish. Based on the halogenated fluorescein dye (Solvent Red 43) precipitated onto an aluminum substrate, it is a standard D&C colorant in lip, nail, and face product formulations where flat, intense color is required. Unlike dye solutions, the lake form is insoluble in most cosmetic vehicles — making it suitable for oil-based, anhydrous, and emulsion systems where color migration or bleeding would be a problem.