Products in Baby Care

Dehymuls® PGPH is used as a water-in-oil emulsifier for the preparation of low-viscous water-in-oil emulsions. In combination with Lameform® TGI and/or Monomuls® 90-O 18, W/O creams can be formulated that contain greater fractions of high molecular oils, e.g., vegetable oils. It is a yellow, turbid, opaque, and viscous liquid with a slightly fatty characteristic odor. Dehymuls® PGPH is flexible in use with ethanol and emollients, independent of emollients, and cold-processable.

Eutanol® G 16 S is a slow spreading emollient that can be used in all types of cosmetic products. It is a clear, light-yellow oil with a neutral odor and is composed of ester of guerbet alcohol and fatty acids. This traditional emollient is perfect for modern cosmetic applications and provides a luxurious feel on the skin.

Gluadin® Soy Benz is a hydrolized soy protein suitable for skin and hair care cosmetics, such as conditioners, hair balms, and shampoos. It appears as a yellow liquid with a characteristic inherent odor. This vegetable derived protein is composed of soy protein hydrolysate.

Plantapon® PSC Benz is a mild surfactant with very good foaming properties. It is a mixture of C8-16 fatty alcohol glucoside, disodium C12-18 alkyl sulfosuccinate, and glycerin. The product appears as a clear, slightly yellowish liquid with a characteristic odor.

Eumulgin® EO 33 is a polyethylene glycol distearate that acts as a solubilizer for some oils and fatty materials. This material is well known for its thickening abilities in some formulations, particularly those based on amphoterics and soaps. It is supplied as white to yellowish pellets.

Cetiol® 868 is a medium-spreading emollient that is suitable for a wide range of cosmetic applications. This ingredient appears as a clear, slightly yellowish oil and is primarily composed of ethylhexyl stearate. It is a versatile ingredient that can be used in various product categories, including after-sun formulations, baby care and cleansing products, body care, color care, face care, face cleansing, personal care wipes, self-tanning products, and sun protection formulations.

Euperlan® PK 3000 AM is a cold-processable, pumpable pearlshine concentrate and amphoteric surfactant with a typical faint odor. It is a dispersion that is suited for the preparation of very dense and brilliant surfactant preparations. This product has a dry residue of 41 - 45%, a sodium chloride content of maximum 1.3%, and a pH value of 3.0 - 3.5 (10% sol).

Gluadin® WP is a hydrolyzed wheat protein suitable for surfactant preparations, skin and hair care products. It appears as a light-colored powder with a slight inherent odor. This vegetable-derived protein has applications in after-sun, baby care and cleansing, body care, color care, conditioning, face care, face cleansing, hair coloring, liquid soap, personal care wipes, shampoo, shower/bath products, and styling.

Eumulgin® B 2 Flex is a universally applicable, non-ionic emulsifier that is used for the manufacture of cosmetic oil-in-water emulsions. It is supplied in white to slightly yellowish pellets and is primarily used in skin care and hair and scalp care products.

Generol® RE 5 is a water-in-oil emulsifier suitable for a variety of water-in-oil skin care emulsions, appearing as a yellowish color and wax-like consistency. It can be used in applications such as after sun, baby care and cleansing, body care, color care, face care, face cleansing, self-tanning and sun protection.

Pluracare® F 127 NF Prill is a copolymer of ethylene oxide and propylene oxide and has the general functionality of surfactants, emulsifiers, solubilizers and stabilizers in preparations where the quality of poloxamer may be required. This product has an average molecular weight of 12,600, a viscosity of 3,100 cP, and a pour/melt point of 56°C.

Eumulgin® Prisma is a high-performance emulsifying and stabilizing agent that ensures consistent quality in skincare products. Eumulgin® Prisma is an exceptionally versatile solution for sprays, creamy textures, and gels in sun care, face, and body applications. The primarily nature-based O/W emulsifier functions efficiently in very low concentrations and maintains a stable viscosity over extended periods. Its skin friendliness, pleasant skin feel, and easy processability make it perfect for a wide range of products, from night creams to decorative cosmetics.

Cegesoft® C 24 is an emollient with medium spreadability suitable for a variety of skincare applications. It has a mean polarity with a mean molecular weight. Its applications include skin care, cleanser, sun care, hair care, hair color, bath and body products, personal care, men's body care, antiperspirants, and deodorants, face care, and self-tanning.

Z-COTE® delivers broad-spectrum UV protection and excellent photostability with the added benefit of combating free radicals. The non-greasy, preservative-free solutions synergize with organic UV filters and function in both oil and water phases. Z-COTE® is ideal for sun-care and skin care concepts aimed at families with children and others wishing to protect their skin. There is a large market for gentle sun protection in various formats for babies, children, and consumers with sensitive skin.

BASF DL-alpha-Tocopherol Care is an active ingredient and antioxidant in skin and hair care preparations. It is supplied as a yellow to brown, viscous oil. Its applications include skin care, sun care, bath and body products, personal care, oral care, toothpaste, and mouthwash.

Verdessence™ Alginate (formerly Hydagen® 558P) is an algae-based, natural rheology modifier that also provides an enhanced feel on the skin, making it suitable for skin care formats. In hair applications, it acts as a multifunctional styling fixative and rheology modifier, providing a natural hold and long-lasting curl definition, even in high humidity.

Cutina® HR Flakes is a cosmetic ingredient that serves as a thickener, gelling agent, and stabilizer. Its INCI name is Hydrogenated Castor Oil. It is commonly used in beauty and personal care products such as antiperspirants, deodorants, and liquid soap. Its benefits include improving thickness and viscosity, stabilizing formulations, and providing good consistency and gelling properties.

Cetiol® C 5C is a fast-spreading emollient that is designed as a good alternative to volatile silicones like cyclomethicone with the same light, silky feel. Clear, colorless, and skin-friendly, it supports the incorporation of powders and enhances the solubility of crystalline UV filters. It is approved by COSMOS, NATURE, ECOCERT, BDIH, and NPA, and is biodegradable and 100% derived from natural, renewable feedstocks.

Arlypon® TT combines the advantages of micellar and associative thickeners, such as universal suitability for common surfactant-based formulations and improved temperature stability, to ensure optimum viscosity for surfactant systems that present a thickening challenge. It is especially suitable for difficult-to-thicken ethersulfate-free or ethersulfate-poor systems.

Jordapon® SCI is a very high-activity, solid sodium cocoyl isethionate. It is used in syndet bars, combo bars, liquid soaps, facial cleansers, body cleansers, and shampoos. It has high foaming performance, extreme mildness, as well as soft and silky skin after-feel characteristics.

Luvigel® Star AT3 is an associative thickener for emulsions that performs in a wide pH range (2 - 12) even under tight conditions, such as high electrolyte content. Additionally, it stabilizes very good air bubbles (e.g., for mousse applications). This polymer provides a dry and waxy after-feel.

Eumulgin® S 20 is a non-ionic emulsifier and solubilizer used in cosmetic and pharmaceutical preparations. It is a clear, light yellow to brownish-yellow liquid with a faint odor. The product offers benefits for both skin care and hair and scalp care.

Cegesoft® PS 6 is a slow-spreading emollient that gives a luxurious, long-lasting feel on the skin. Its spreading properties are similar to those of paraffin oil and it is based on a special canola oil high in erucic acid and with a high content of oleic (omega-9) and linoleic (omega-6) acid. It is a clear, slightly yellow, and odorless oil.

Lamesoft® Balance by BASF is a biodegradable, efficient stabilizer for rinse-off products. It stabilizes wax dispersions in cleaning products for skin and hair. This product can be processed cold and is easy to formulate. It exhibits a structure-improving effect to stabilize wax-based opacifiers, even in low-viscosity formulations. This product offers an appealing, uniform rheology in the finished product. It prevents the aggregation of fine wax particles and reduces the sedimentation speed in surfactant systems, especially in micellar thickeners. It improves the foam-forming properties of body cleansing products and hair conditioning in shampoo formulations with cationic conditioning agents. Lamesoft® Balance makes the skin feel pleasant. It is suitable for formulations of natural cosmetic products according to the COSMOS and NATRUE standards.

Cutina® GMS-SE is a glyceryl stearate that is a self-emulsifying base suitable for the preparation of cosmetic oil-in-water emulsions for skin, bath and body, face care, mother and baby, and hair care. It is a white to off-white powder with a mild, faint odor.

Cutina® HVG is a highly efficient consistency wax that is compatible with non-ionic, cationic, and anionic ingredients and is most commonly found in raw materials. Its excellent crystallization behavior has a positive impact on the stability and viscosity of the final emulsion. This product can be used in body care, face care, sensitive skin care, baby care, and anti-aging applications.

Cegesoft® PFO is an emollient from the passionflower seeds. This product gives a pleasant and silky feeling comparable to that of evening primrose oil. Its slow spreading behavior gives it a long-term skin feeling. This product has a high content of linoleic acid, or omega-6, an essential fatty acid. It is a pale, yellow oil that is almost odorless.

Eumulgin® CO 455 is a solubilizer that is suitable for all kinds of oil-in-water (O/W) skincare emulsions. This ingredient appears as a viscous liquid with a mild inherent odor. Its benefits include applications in skin care products, hair care formulations, and scalp care products.

Emulgade® CPE is a natural-based liquid emulsion concentrate for the preparation of creams and lotions, especially suitable for personal care wet wipe applications. It can be used for the simple cold preparation of most types of o/w emulsions and contains the typical ingredients of cosmetic o/w emulsions.

Emulgade® 1000 NI is a universal, self-emulsifying non-ionic cream base suitable for many skin and hair care applications. It is compatible with anionic and cationic ingredients, and is excellent for creating O/W emulsions containing difficult-to-emulsify actives. This flexible, easy and cost-efficient self-emulsifying O/W cream base is a great choice for formulators.

Plantapon® SUS is an anionic surfactant for cosmetic cleansing preparations, such as shower and bath products, liquid soaps, and facial cleansers. It is composed of disodium C12-18 alkyl sulfosuccinate and appears as a white to light yellowish powder with a characteristic odor.

Cetiol® SoftFeel is the newest soft-solid emollient developed by BASF Care Creations®. It is made from 100% renewable ingredients and is 100% naturally derived, according to ISO 16128. The versatile ingredient helps to moisturize and leave a soft feeling on the skin. For hair care applications, Cetiol® SoftFeel helps improve the wet and dry combability. It gently manages the frizz of curly hair without weighing it down and offers nourishment to damaged, coily hair. It can also act as a clean alternative to petroleum-based petrolatum, as the ingredients have very similar sensory and occlusivity properties. Cetiol® SoftFeel is applicable in a variety of beauty and personal care applications.

Cosmedia® Triple C offers excellent thickening efficiency, emulsifying, and suspending performance. It has high shear thinning and easy spreading properties, as well as opacifying effects, and is suitable for hot or cold processing. With its truly outstanding sensory qualities, Cosmedia® Triple C is ideal not only for conditioners and other hair care products, but also for various body care concepts. Hair care products that provide a superior sensory experience become consumers’ favorites.

Cosmedia® Gel CC is a rheology additive that functions as an emulsion stabilizer and suspending agent. It improves product spreadability and offers improved water resistance in sun care formulations, enhancing overall product performance. It is also a rheology modifier that provides positive sensory effects in skin care products.

Dehyquart® GUAR TC is a conditioning agent suitable for all kinds of transparent to clear rinse-off formulations, such as transparent volume shampoos, especially when used in combination with Plantasil® Micro. It is a transparent clear cationic guar quality that provides good conditioning performance for transparent cleansing systems, significantly improved wet and dry combability, a positive influence on anti hair-breakage, a soft skin feel, and a quality improvement of foam.

Verdessence™ Xanthan (formerly Rheocare XGN) is a crystal-clear polymer that efficiently thickens and stabilizes emulsions and surfactant-based formulations, providing excellent viscosity that is boosted by electrolytes like NaCl. This vegan-compatible xanthan gum is produced from 100% renewable feedstocks, is cold-processable, preservative-free, and eligible for COSMOS approval. It is ideal for clear, high-viscosity formulations with pH values greater than 5.5, including fashionable shampoos, body washes, and facial cleansers, as well as modern tooth gels.