This clay has a beautiful dusty rose color and is used in face masks, soaps and colored cosmetics. It derives its color from the iron oxide content in this clay and is also known as pink kaolin. Rose clay or pink clay is a mild clay which will gently cleanse and exfoliate the skin. A facial mask may be used once a week to draw out toxins and impurities from the skin. Wash your hands thoroughtly, in a clean container (not aluminum) mix a small amount of rose clay with distilled water and apply to clean skin, leave on 15 to 20 minutes, rinse off with warm water and pat skin gently until dry. Rose clay is gentle enough even for the driest skins. It’s very mild. Other additives you may add to the mask instead of water are plain yogurt, honey, liquid vegetable glycerine, whipped egg whites or mayonnaise. Rose clay may be used to naturally color soaps. Depending on how much you add to your soap recipe, you can obtain the palest of pinks to the darkest of pinks. Rose Clay: Origin - USA; CAS # - 1332-58-7; INCI - Kaolin, Aluminum Silicate; Mesh - 325.