Granpowder USQ - Grant Industries - Polymethylsilsesquioxane

Knowde Enhanced TDS

Identification & Functionality

INCI Name: HDI/Trimethylol Hexyllactone Crosspolymer,
Polymethylsilsesquioxane
Cosmetic Ingredients Functions: Anti-Aging Agent,
Anti-Caking Agent,
Anti-Tack Agent,
Slip Agent,
Viscosity Modifier
Technologies: Cosmetic Ingredients
Product Families: Cosmetic Ingredients — Cosmetic Actives
Skin Actives
Cosmetic Ingredients — Functionals
Rheology Modifiers,
Sensory Modifiers,
Texturizers & Fillers

Features & Benefits

Benefit Claims: Aesthethic Enhancement,
Anti-Aging,
Anti-Caking,
Creamy Texture,
Dispersing,
Elegant Feel,
Enhanced Slip,
Flow Enhancement,
Heat Stability,
Improved Texture,
Non-Tacky,
Non-Thickening,
Silky Feel,
Soft After-Feel,
Soft-Focus Effect,
Superior Skin Feel,
Water Repellency,
Wrinkle Refinement
Labeling Claims: Clean at Sephora,
Credo Clean Standard,
Plant-Based,
Ulta Beauty's Conscious Beauty
Performance Highlights: High performing spherical powder blend

Provides enhanced esthetics to formulations

Delivers excellent slip, fluidity and overall skin feel

Optimized soft focus, light diffusion and wrinkle correction

Enhanced through dual peak distribution of powder blend

Strong de-tackifying and anti-caking properties

Creamier feel compared to Gransil PSQ -Non-thickening effect

Excellent water-repellency and resistance -Superior heat stability versus competitive material

Non-thickening effect in formulation

Microsphere Powders Key Benefits:

soft focus, light diffusion, wrinkle correction

provides good slip, fluidity, excellent de-tackifying properties

excellent skin feel, non-thickening, thixotropic

Ideal for mass market applications

Granpowder USQ:

PSQ/Polyurethane powder blend -enhanced soft feel and light diffusion properties -dual peak distribution of particle size for performance optimization

Applications & Uses

Markets: Personal Care
Applications: Personal Care — Beauty & Care
Color Cosmetics,
Hair Care,
Skin Care,
Sun Care,
Treatment Products
Application Format: Leave On
Skin Care Applications: Anti-Aging Products
Sun Care Applications: After Sun Products
Formulations Guidelines: Can be formulated into oil-in-water emulsions, water-in-oil emulsions and anhydrous systems

Add to the oil phase of all emulsion types

Properties

	Value	Units	Test Method / Conditions
Arsenic Content	max. 2	ppm	—
Average Particle Size	2 - 20	μm	—
Heavy Metals	max. 2	ppm	—
Non-Volatile Matter (105°C, 1.5g, 3hrs, Gravity Oven)	97.00 - 100	wt%	—

Packaging & Availability