Knowde Enhanced TDS
Identification & Functionality
- Cosmetic Ingredients Functions
- Technologies
- Product Families
- Chemical Formula
CH3(CH2)14CO2CH(CH3)2
Features & Benefits
- Benefit Claims
- Product Background
For more than 100 years, Penreco® has specialized in niche product blending to meet customer specific requirements. If you are interested in finding out more about the many attributes of our gelled technology, we can provide supporting clinical studies. Please contact your Penreco sales representative and our technical experts will be happy to find a solution that’s right for you.
- Versagel Features
Versagel technology is used in thousands of cosmetic, pharmaceutical and personal care products around the world. Our innovative patented system for thickening and gelling hydrocarbon materials offers an infinite number of customized rheological properties.
- Clear, colorless (does not discolor with age), hydrophobic, thermally reversible and without syneresis.
- Creates a film barrier for added moisturization, delivers superior stabilization and suspension properties.
- Available in multiple viscosity ranges and compatible with many common ingredients.
- Easier and safer than gels made using metal stearates or fumed silica.
- Provides enhanced fragrance retention and waterproofing properties.
Applications & Uses
- Markets
- Applications
- Application Format
- Bath & Shower Applications
- Color Cosmetic Applications
- Hair Care Applications
- Personal Hygiene Applications
- Skin Care Applications
- Treatment Product Applications
- Product Applications
- Color Cosmetics: lipstick, lip gloss, lip gel
- Skin Care: creams, lotions, face mask/peels, oils
- Hair Care: treatments, serums, oils
- Fragrances
- Soap and Bath Products
- Pharmaceuticals/Nutraceuticals
- Healthcare
- Formulating Lasting Partnerships Products Designed with Care
The Penreco product lines of Versagel®, Versastique™, petrolatums and mineral oils are used in numerous lip care applications such as lip oils, glosses, polish, liners, stains, balms, scrubs and lipstick. Each product line is available in multiple viscosity ranges and is suitable for a wide variety of personal care formulations.
For more than 100 years, Penreco has specialized in niche product blending to meet customer specific requirements. We’re proud to offer safe, stable products that provide a moisturizing agent as well as a gel structure for ease of formulation.
- Lip Care
- The lip’s exposed membrane structure is different from other skin. Lips do not have the many protective layers of stratum corneum that is found in other skin. Lips also do not have the protection provided by the sweat glands and oil glands. Therefore, the lips are more vulnerable to any exposure to natural elements such as wind, cold, sun, etc. Long-term negligence of the lips will result in chapping, cracking, bleeding and the appearance of premature aging. Because of the structure of their skin, lips require consistent moisturization and protection if they are subject to exposure. We take these needs into account to help us produce our Drakeol® Mineral Oil, Petrolatum, VersastiqueTM and Versagel® that are used in lip care applications.
- Versagel® A Better Way to Formulate
Our gelled technology is used in thousands of cosmetic, pharmaceutical and personal care products around the world. Our process gels various substrates in such a way that it promotes superior moisture retention by creating a continuous film enabling oil to be easily spread with no pooling of the product.
- Creates a film barrier for added moisturization, delivers superior stabilization and suspension properties.
- Provides enhanced fragrance retention and waterproofing properties.
- Versagel MX meets the EU Colipa Lip Care Requirements.
- Versagel® & Versastique™ A BETTER WAY TO FORMULATE
Our gelled technology is used in thousands of cosmetic, pharmaceutical and personal care products around the world.
Our process gels various substrates in such a way that it promotes superior moisture retention by creating a continuous
film enabling oil to be easily spread with no pooling of the product.- Creates a film barrier for added moisturization, delivers superior stabilization and suspension properties.
- Provides enhanced fragrance retention and waterproofing properties.
- Versagel MX meets the EU Colipa Lip Care Requirements.
Properties
- Physical Form
- Typical Properties
| Value | Units | Test Method / Conditions | |
| Saybolt Color | 30+ | — | ASTM D156 |
| Flash Point | min. 160 | °C | ASTM D92, D93 |
| Specific Gravity (at 25/25 °C) | 0.852 | — | ASTM D4052 |
| Viscosity (at 25 ˚C) | 82,000 - 108,000 | cPs | ASTM D2983 |
| Polarity LOG P | 8.1 | — | — |
Technical Details & Test Data
- Mineral Oil and Versagel MP Study to Determine Comparative Mildness of Ingredients
Standardized Irritation Scores
A clinical study was conducted using 100 micro liters occlusive patches of product applied to backs of subjects for 14 days. Using the Berger & Bowman Grading Score the skin patches were evaluated and given standardized cumulative irritation scores. The study showed that Drakeol® 7 (D7) was more than 50% less irritating than a commercial baby oil (BO) while Versagel MP 750 had a similarly low irritation score to BO. The study also showed the anionic surfactant sodium lauryl sulfate (SLS) which is a known skin irritant as a positive control. The BO and SLS provided benchmarks that further showed how both Drakeol 7 White Mineral Oil and Versagel MP are very mild ingredients in applications such as moisturizers and offer hydration without irritating sensitive skin.
- Hydrocarbons, Esters and Natural Hydrocarbons
Versagel products are used in a wide variety of formulations. Product properties such as texture and phase stability depend on several factors like the Versagel used, it’s viscosity, other formulation ingredients, relative amounts of all ingredients, order of addition, and other formulation variables. The calculated Log P (Mol Inspiration) can be used to compare the relative polarity of each Versagel. We hope that formulators find these Log P values helpful when deciding which Versagel to incorporate into their formulations. In general, the non-polar Versagel products have higher Log P values and should mix well with non-polar formulation bases. Surfactants and emulsifiers enable mixing of polar and non-polar substances so they can have a significant impact on formula stability when utilized.