Products

Cegesoft® HF 62 is a hydrogenated vegetable oil that can modify the rheological properties of emulsions. This ingredient is primarily composed of hydrogenated vegetable oils and appears as beige pellets with a bland odor. 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, and self-tanning products.

Neutrol® MGDA is a highly stable, eco-friendly complexing agent (also called a chelating agent) for personal care applications. This is BASF’s Care Creations®, which is readily biodegradable and stands out due to its excellent ecological and toxicological profile. Complexing agents are used in cosmetic products to form very stable complexes with metal ions, thereby inactivating their negative influences on the final formulation.

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.

Biophytex® LS 9832 is a soothing botanical complex that is rich in saponosides and flavonoids. Its comforting effect can help to alleviate the appearance of couperose and eye bags, bringing a healthy and even tone to sensitive and reactive skin. This product is suitable for use in skin care treatments and serums, eye treatments, face care, and cosmetics applications.

Kolliwax® SA is a white to almost white, wax like-mass supplied as free flowing mirco pearls. On account of its consistency giving characteristics Kolliwax® SA is mainly used for viscosity regulation in pharmaceutical emulsions.

Euperlan® PK 771 BENZ is a cold-processable, pasty pearl shine concentrate with a typical faint odor. The product is suitable for dense and particularly brilliant surfactant preparations with a silky shine. This product is recommended for use in skin care, cleanser, mother and baby, hair care, shampoo and conditioner, bath and body, face care, pet care, pet care TSCA, and pet care DSL with quantity restrictions.

Kollicream® 3C is a clear, mildly yellowish, medium polar oil. It has a slightly fatty odor. Due to its high spreading value the product is suited for the use in pharmaceutical skin care preparations such as low fatting emulsions and skin oils.

Luviflex® Soft is a film-former that provides hair with volume, a soft feel, good dry compatibility, and a certain setting effect. These properties make it ideal for use in mousses that provide body to the hair, as it creates a film that gives hair a fuller appearance. Overall, Luviflex® Soft is an effective film-former for achieving hair volume, a soft texture, easy combability, and a setting effect.

Plantacare® 1200 UP is a nonionic surfactant with good dermatological compatibility and viscosity-enhancing effects. It is therefore suitable for use as an additive or a co-surfactant in cosmetic surfactant cleansing preparations. It is a cloudy, viscous, aqueous solution of a C12 - C16 fatty alcohol polyglycolide.

Phytosoothe® LS 9766 helps to protect the skin barrier, which is essential for the body's defense against the environment. The stratum corneum's lipids and structural elements create a physical barrier, while microorganisms on the skin surface and deeper layers form the microbiotic barrier, which defends against pathogens. However, both barriers are vulnerable to damage from environmental factors. Phytosoothe® LS 9766 accelerates the skin's natural recovery after impairment, supporting a healthy microflora, increasing hydration, and reducing trans-epidermal water loss.

Hyalufix® GL is a bioactive substance that offers an entirely new approach to the use of hyaluronic acid by assisting the skin’s natural formation of hyaluronic acid. Hyaluronic acid is a wonder of cosmetics. It naturally hydrates, increases volume, and supports the skin’s natural homeostasis process, making it a key substance to counteract signs of aging. This product is extracted from galanga leaves. It significantly reduces the volume of the nasolabial fold, one of the deepest marks of aging, and creates the appearance of a denser, smoother, and more radiant skin.

Cetiol® C5 is a naturally based, light emollient for skin care applications. It is approved by natural certifications around the world. It is a fast-spreading emollient with a pleasant, dry skin feel. Cetiol® C 5 is particularly designed to offer a good alternative to volatile silicones like cyclomethicones. It works well in face and body care applications as well as wipes, hair care, and sun care.

Proteasyl® TP LS 8657 Connected skin is a firm and elastic skin benefiting from proteoglycans and fibers emitting a strong tonicity signal at all levels in the skin. With age, these tonicity signal emitters become depleted in the skin causing the tonicity signal to lower. In addition, proteases jam the tonicity signal by breaking the proteoglycans and fiber network. Proteasyl® TP LS 8657 is a natural polypeptidic ingredient that quickly works with the body’s ability to enhance skin elasticity.

Lanette® SX is a cream base for cosmetic oil-in-water emulsions used for skin and hair care. It is self-emulsifying and anionic in nature, and is an alternative to stearate-based cream bases. It is composed of a mixture of cetylstearyl alcohol and an anionic emulsifier, and appears as white pellets with a faint intrinsic odor.

RetiSTAR® is an oily dispersion containing retinol, tocopherol, sodium ascorbate, and PEG-40 Hydrogenated Castor Oil in caprylic/capric triglycerides. The ratio and absolute concentration of these four ingredients are well-balanced to achieve maximum stability of retinol in cosmetic emulsions. Retinol is an active ingredient for sophisticated cosmetic skin care products. It is a highly effective substance for the care of aging skin, protecting against photo-aging, specifically wrinkles, fine lines, age spots, and loss of elasticity.

Arganyl® LS 9781 is a powerful water-soluble antioxidant that effectively protects against environmental stresses such as pollution or UV exposure, which can have a dramatic impact on our skin and accelerate skin aging. It helps keep skin looking and feeling young and healthy by preventing a series of oxidative reactions triggered by these external stressors.

Cremophor® GS 32 is a distearate ester of triglycerol, with good physiological compatibility (PEG-free). It is a nonionic emulsifier that is suitable for emulsions with high concentrations of natural oils and UV filters and is an alternative to EO or sulfate-based emulsifiers. It can be used in face and body creams for dry and greasy skin, as well as in sun protection preparations.

Inolixir™ is a unique subcritical water extract of the Chaga mushroom that is harvested from the wild in the birch forests of Canada. By optimizing its extraction method, it is harvested with a high level of polyphenols for improved irritation curbing properties. Having benefits for both tired and sensitive skin, Inolixir™ improves radiance while decreasing the appearance of skin redness, dark eye circles, and fine lines.

Salcare® SC 95 is a versatile conditioning polymer and rheology modifier used in various cosmetic applications. It enhances the performance of skin and hair care products, providing thickening, conditioning, suspending, stabilizing, good spreading, opacifying, and moisturizing effects. It is composed of a cationic homopolymer dispersed in carrier oil.

Gluadin® R Benz is an amber, low-viscous liquid with a characteristic inherent odor. It is a rice protein hydrolysate, suitable as a care additive for the application in personal care products, such as mild surfactant preparations, skin, and hair care products.

Cetiol® SN is a medium-spreading emollient with a traditional usage in modern cosmetic applications. It is a clear, slightly yellowish, odorless oil with polar properties. The product finds its application in skin care, sun care, mother and baby care, bath and body care, face care, and self-tanning formulations.

Gluadin® W 40 BP is a hydrolyzed wheat protein that adheres to the surface of the hair to protect and improve its condition. It is suitable as a care additive for personal care products, such as mild surfactant preparations, skin and hair care products. It is an amber liquid with a characteristic inherent odor, a dry substance content of 40.0-44.0%, a total nitrogen content of 5.2-6.5%, and an ash content of not more than 1.5%.

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.

Lys'Lastine® V supports the release of the skin’s own bridging substance, linking the network that provides resilience and elasticity to the skin. It is clinically demonstrated to reshape the facial contour for a visible 3D effect, increase the feel of elasticity and firmness, and improve the overall look of skin smoothness and texture.

Cutina® PES builds up good viscosity and stability of an o/w emulsion with different emulsifier systems (ionic and non-ionic), while at the same time creating a non-waxy and caring skin feel. It comes in off-white, wax-like pellets with a little intrinsic odor, and the consistency of wax with sensorial properties. This product is ideally used for body care, face care, sensitive skin, and baby care applications.

Dehydol® LS 3 Deo N is a laureth-3 polymer that is used as a thickener in cosmetic surfactant preparations due to its viscosity-increasing properties. It is a surface-active agent that is applied in skin care, body care, and hair care formulations.

Eumulgin® SG is a strong anionic, oil-in-water emulsifier that is effective in very low concentrations. It is easy to disperse and compatible with commonly used raw materials and electrolytes, including water-soluble UV filters. It is highly flexible and can be mixed into the oil phase or water phase in hot or cold process formulations. It is derived from 100% natural, renewable feedstocks and approved by COSMOS, NATRUE and ECOCERT, making it the emulsifier of choice for natural skincare and 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.

Dehyton® PK 45 is an amphoteric surfactant that is suitable for universal application in cosmetic and pharmaceutical surfactant preparations. When combined with anionic surfactants, synergistic effects are achieved, resulting in a dermatological improvement of the consumer product. Its application properties are comparable to those of conventional cocamidopropyl betaine types.

Cutina® EGMS is a white to slightly yellowish powder or pellets used as a pearlizing and opacifying agent in cleansing formulations, shampoos, shower and bath preparations, liquid soaps, and facial cleansing products. It is composed of Ethylene glycol monostearate and is suitable for applications such as baby care and cleansing, conditioning, face cleansing, shampoo, and shower/bath products.

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.

Dehyquart® F 75 T is a quaternary compound of conditioning and emulsifying ingredients. This product is suited for the preparation of hair conditioning creams and emulsions. Its typical application concentrations are 2 - 5%. Due to the high content of quaternary ammonium salt, the addition of further consistency giving factors like, e.g., Lanette® O, is recommended. Dehyquart® F 75 T is a white to yellowish wax-like product that is supplied in pellets. It has a cationic surfactant (MW 800) of 65 - 72%, an acid value of 5 - 12, a pH value (5%) of 2.0 - 3.5, and a color gardner of 0 - 4. The most favorable conditioning and stability properties are obtained in a pH range of 3 - 5.

Gluadin® Kera-P LM is suitable for hair care products that require effective repair and restructuring benefits. Gluadin® Kera-P LM consists of low-molecular-weight vegetable peptides obtained through the enzymatic hydrolysis of vegetable protein. It is capable of penetrating the hair shaft deeply. In particular, it is suitable for hair care products, which require effective repair and restructuring benefits.

Irwinol® LS 9890 is derived from the wax of the bush mango. Irwinol® is a botanical butter made mainly of triglycerides of saturated fatty acids. It forms a substantive protective film on skin that softens the skin, causing it to feel repaired immediately after application without any oily feeling.

Luvimer® 100 P is a hair setting resin composed of a terpolymer of t-butyl acrylate, ethyl acrylate, and methacrylic acid. It appears as a white powder and, when neutralized, is an anionic film-forming agent for use in hair setting products.

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.