Spirulina Powder

Spirulina Powder (INCI: Arthrospira Platensis) is a green botanical powder made in the USA for face masks, lotions and hair-care products. It is water-soluble with a little natural sediment, and its vivid color gives “green beauty” products instant visual identity. Packs: 5 oz, 1 pound and 2 pounds.

What Is Spirulina?

Spirulina is a blue-green alga traditionally known as a superfood. This listing is for cosmetic use only and does not provide an oral-use specification. The current product text highlights antioxidants such as beta-carotene and phycocyanin, along with vitamins, minerals and fatty acids.

Why Use Spirulina Powder

A strong green color

Few natural ingredients color a mask as clearly as spirulina. A small amount turns a white base noticeably green. For more detail, read our guide Natural Extracts and Powders for DIY Beauty.

Antioxidant story

Beta-carotene and phycocyanin give the ingredient an appealing antioxidant narrative for superfood-themed lines.

Simple to disperse

The powder mixes into water-based masks, lotions and hair products, with some natural sediment.

Applications

Spirulina suits clay and cream masks, lotions, creams and hair masks. Combine it with chaga mushroom extract powder or aloe vera extract powder in a botanical range, or set its green against the gold of turmeric extract powder in a mask duo. All plant powders are in the botanical extracts category.

How to Use

Disperse spirulina in the water phase or blend it into dry mask powders. Its color and dispersion can affect the finished product, so evaluate a small batch first. Check the actual batch color and test dispersion, settling and staining potential.

Compatibility

Spirulina works with clays, gels, hydrosols and other botanical powders. Because the green is intense, test it with any other colored ingredients to see the final shade, and check that it does not stain packaging or fabric.

Picking a pack

A 5 oz pack covers plenty of mask prototypes. Choose 1 or 2 pounds for regular production of green masks.

Working with an intense color

Spirulina is strongly colored, so small differences in the amount change the shade a lot. Make reference samples at two or three amounts and keep them as a color standard for later batches. Note the gram amount next to each sample so a chosen shade can be repeated exactly, and compare new lots of powder against the stored references before production.

No oral use

The powder is offered for cosmetic products only. Do not present it as a food or supplement ingredient on your labels or in marketing.

Characteristics

INCI: Arthrospira Platensis. Color: green. Solubility: water-soluble, with possible natural sediment. Country of origin: USA. Sizes: 5 oz, 1 pound, 2 pounds. Use: cosmetic only, not for ingestion.

Recipe: Green Spirulina Clay Mask (20 g dry mix)

Ingredients: 3 g Spirulina Powder and 17 g white kaolin clay. Sift the two powders together until the color is even and store the mix in a dry, closed jar. For one mask, stir 6 g of the mix with 7 g of Eucalyptus Globulus Organic Hydrosol into a smooth paste. Apply to clean skin for ten minutes, then rinse thoroughly. Test on a small area first, as spirulina can tint skin and towels.

Storage

The spirulina batch documentation tells you how to store the powder.

All three packs hold the same green powder, so moving up a size does not change your recipe. Order a 5 oz pack to explore the color, then scale to 2 pounds as your green line grows.

Documents

Download the Technical Data Sheet (TDS) and the Safety Data Sheet (SDS) for this product.

FAQ

Is this spirulina sold for eating?

No. It is listed for cosmetic use only.

Will it color my product?

Yes. Test color, settling and staining in the finished product.

What is the INCI?

Arthrospira Platensis.

Where is it made?

The card lists the USA.