Cosmetic & Personal Care
Oils, waxes, emulsifying systems, humectants, silk proteins, surfactants and functional materials for specification-led cosmetic development.
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Zinc Oxide
Zinc oxide (CAS 1314-13-2) is consumed in greater tonnage by the rubber industry than by all its other uses combined. It activates the sulphur vulcanisation system, without which accelerators barely work at all.
Alkyl Polyglucoside (APG)
Alkyl polyglucoside (CAS 68515-73-1, INCI Coco-Glucoside) is the rare non-ionic surfactant that stays effective in strong caustic. That alkali stability is why it is specified in heavy-duty and CIP cleaning formulations.
Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS)
Polydimethylsiloxane (CAS 63148-62-9) is the basic silicone fluid, built on a silicon-oxygen backbone rather than a carbon one. That backbone is what gives it thermal stability and a viscosity that barely changes with temperature.
Isobornyl Acetate
Isobornyl acetate (CAS 125-12-2) is a terpene ester with a clean, fresh pine and camphor odour. It is the standard synthetic replacement for pine needle oil in functional fragrance, where cost and stability rule out the natural.
Sericin Powder
Sericin (CAS 60650-88-6) is the gum protein that binds silk fibres together in the cocoon, and it is removed during degumming. Recovering it turns what was an effluent stream into a hydrophilic cosmetic protein.
Silk Amino Acids
Silk amino acids (CAS 96690-41-4, INCI Hydrolyzed Silk) are silk protein broken down completely to free amino acids. At the lowest molecular weight of the silk range, they act as humectants rather than film formers.
Silk Peptide
Silk peptide (CAS 96690-41-4, INCI Hydrolyzed Silk) is silk protein hydrolysed only partway, leaving short chains rather than free amino acids. That intermediate size is what allows it to form a film while staying soluble.
Silk Powder
Silk powder (INCI Silk Powder) is intact fibroin micronised rather than hydrolysed, so it is insoluble. It works optically and by touch, scattering light to soften the appearance of fine lines and giving a dry, silky slip.
Sodium Cocoyl Isethionate (SCI)
Sodium cocoyl isethionate (CAS 61789-32-0) is a crystalline anionic surfactant, which is what allows a cleansing bar to be pressed at all. Liquid surfactants cannot hold bar structure; SCI can.
Sodium Hyaluronate
Sodium hyaluronate (CAS 9067-32-7, INCI Sodium Hyaluronate) is the water-soluble sodium salt of hyaluronic acid, supplied as a white powder. Molecular weight, not purity, is what separates one grade from another.
Coconut Oil
Coconut oil (INCI Cocos Nucifera Oil) is a highly saturated lauric oil used in cosmetics as an emollient and cleansing base. Its small lauric molecules penetrate hair more readily than most oils, which is the basis of its use in hair care.
Castor Oil
Castor oil (INCI Ricinus Communis Seed Oil) is the polar oil that makes lipstick work. Its ricinoleic acid content wets and disperses pigment that non-polar oils leave clumped, and gives the wet, high-gloss film of the category.
Hydrogenated Castor Oil (Castor Wax)
Hydrogenated castor oil (INCI Hydrogenated Castor Oil) is unusual among waxes in retaining free hydroxyl groups. Those groups hydrogen-bond to one another, so very small additions gel an oil phase and stop pigments settling.
PEG-40 Hydrogenated Castor Oil
PEG-40 hydrogenated castor oil (INCI PEG-40 Hydrogenated Castor Oil) is a high-HLB solubiliser. It forms micelles too small to scatter light, which is what keeps a fragranced water-based product completely clear rather than cloudy.
Beeswax
Beeswax (INCI Cera Alba or Cera Flava by grade) is used in cosmetic formulation as a structuring and occlusive wax. At 5 to 20 percent it sets a balm or stick; at lower levels it thickens emulsions and stabilises the oil phase.
Synthetic Beeswax
Synthetic beeswax (INCI Synthetic Beeswax) reproduces the ester profile and working behaviour of natural beeswax to a fixed specification. It carries no honey aroma, which matters where a fragrance brief has to stay clean.
Synthetic Vegan Beeswax
Synthetic vegan beeswax (INCI Synthetic Beeswax) matches the structuring behaviour of beeswax using only non-animal feedstocks throughout, so the finished product can carry a vegan claim without a supply-chain caveat.
Carnauba Wax
Carnauba wax (INCI Copernicia Cerifera Cera) is used in cosmetic formulation where maximum hardness and gloss are required. A few percent raises the melting point of a stick appreciably and gives mascara and lipstick their shine.
Candelilla Wax
Candelilla wax (INCI Euphorbia Cerifera Cera) is the vegan structuring wax of choice in colour cosmetics. It is roughly twice as hard as beeswax at equal addition, so substitution is made at about half to two thirds the quantity.
Rice Bran Wax
Rice bran wax (INCI Oryza Sativa Cera) is specified in cosmetics as a vegan oleogelator. At 2 to 4 percent it turns a liquid oil into a self-supporting gel, which is how anhydrous balms are built without hydrogenated fats.