INCI: Magnesium Chloride
A naturally occurring mineral salt used in concentrated body-care formulations and intentional mineral wellness rituals.
What Is Magnesium Chloride?
Magnesium Chloride is a mineral compound composed of magnesium and chloride. It occurs naturally in seawater, salt lakes, and underground mineral deposits and is widely used in mineral baths, topical body-care products, and concentrated magnesium solutions.
Highly soluble in water, Magnesium Chloride can be incorporated into liquid sprays, bath salts, creams, and other body-care formulations. Its versatility makes it especially well suited to mineral-focused rituals ranging from full-body soaking to targeted topical application.
Magnesium Chloride vs. Magnesium
Magnesium Chloride and elemental magnesium are related, but they are not interchangeable measurements. Magnesium Chloride is the complete mineral compound, while elemental magnesium refers specifically to the amount of magnesium contained within that compound.
This distinction is important when evaluating magnesium products. A product's total amount of Magnesium Chloride is not the same as its elemental magnesium content. The amount of elemental magnesium depends on the concentration and form of Magnesium Chloride used in the formulation.
Why Magnesium Chloride Is Used in Body Care
Magnesium Chloride dissolves readily in water, making it particularly useful in concentrated mineral solutions and bathing products. It can also be incorporated into emulsified creams, allowing a mineral-rich water phase to be combined with moisturizing and conditioning ingredients.
This flexibility allows Magnesium Chloride to support different types of mineral body-care experiences, from immersive bath rituals to convenient sprays and richer leave-on creams.
Magnesium Chloride + Mineral Bathing
Mineral bathing has been part of personal-care traditions for generations. Adding mineral salts to warm bath water creates an intentional soaking ritual that combines warmth, water, minerals, and time away from the demands of the day.
Magnesium Chloride is particularly well suited to this type of formulation because of its high water solubility. In a mineral salt blend, it dissolves into the bath water and becomes part of the complete sensory experience.
Magnesium Chloride in Topical Body Care
Concentrated Magnesium Chloride solutions are sometimes referred to as "magnesium oil." Despite the name, magnesium oil is not an oil. It is a concentrated water-based Magnesium Chloride solution that develops a characteristically smooth, slightly slippery feel on the skin.
This concentrated solution can be applied directly as part of a targeted body-care ritual or incorporated into more complex formulations such as creams, where moisturizing ingredients help create a softer and more conditioned application experience.
What About Transdermal Magnesium?
Topical magnesium products are widely used as part of personal wellness and body-care routines. However, claims that meaningful amounts of magnesium are absorbed through intact skin into the bloodstream remain an area of ongoing research.
For that reason, Pure Intox does not position topical Magnesium Chloride as a replacement for dietary magnesium or as a treatment for magnesium deficiency. We formulate it as a mineral body-care ingredient for intentional bathing, massage, and topical wellness rituals.
Why We Use Magnesium Chloride
At Pure Intox, Magnesium Chloride forms the mineral foundation of our magnesium body-care collection. Its versatility allows us to create several different application experiences while maintaining a consistent mineral-focused approach.
In Magnesium Oil Body Treatment, a concentrated Magnesium Chloride solution provides a simple, targeted spray application. In Mineral-Rich Magnesium Cream, Magnesium Chloride is incorporated into a moisturizing cream base that combines the mineral solution with emollients and skin-conditioning ingredients.
In Pure Concentrated Mineral Salts, Magnesium Chloride becomes part of an immersive mineral bathing ritual designed for soaking and intentional body care.
Sourcing & Quality
The Magnesium Chloride used in Pure Intox mineral formulations is sourced from mineral-rich waters of the Great Salt Lake in Utah. The concentrated mineral material is selected for consistency and suitability for body-care formulations.
Ingredient documentation, lot traceability, concentration, and appropriate handling are important considerations when working with concentrated mineral ingredients. These controls help us maintain consistency as Magnesium Chloride is incorporated into different Pure Intox mineral formulations.
Found In Pure Intox Rituals
Magnesium Chloride is featured throughout our mineral body-care rituals, including:
Magnesium Chloride is also the mineral foundation of our Magnesium Oil Body Treatments.