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Gransil™ PSQ

Gransil™ PSQ is designed to enhance esthetics and offers a range of benefits that redefine your product experience. With anti-aging properties and wrinkle refinement, it ensures a superior skin feel and a silky, elegant touch. This versatile powder brings non-tackiness and non-thickening effects, along with remarkable water repellency and resistance. Embrace the power of Gransil PSQ to create skincare, color cosmetics, sun care, and hair care formulations.

Brand: Gransil (159 products)

INCI Name: Polymethylsilsesquioxane

Functions: Anti-Aging Agent, Anti-Caking Agent, Anti-Tack Agent, Water Repellent

Labeling Claims: Clean at Sephora, Credo Clean Standard, Plant-Based, Ulta Beauty's Conscious Beauty

Benefit Claims: Aesthethic Enhancement, Anti-Aging, Anti-Caking, Durable, Elegant Feel, Emolliency, Enhanced Slip, Flow Enhancement, Improved Texture, Non-Tacky, Non-Thickening, SPF Enhancement, Sensory Enhancement, Silky Feel, Soft Feel, Soft-Focus Effect, Sun Protection, Superior Skin Feel, UV Protection, Water Repellency, Wrinkle Refinement

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Identification & Functionality

INCI Name
Polymethylsilsesquioxane
Cosmetic Ingredients Functions
Anti-Aging Agent,
Anti-Caking Agent,
Anti-Tack Agent,
Water Repellent
CAS No.
68554-70-1
Technologies
Cosmetic Ingredients
Product Families
Cosmetic Ingredients — Cosmetic Actives
Skin Actives
Cosmetic Ingredients — Functionals
Film Formers,
Sensory Modifiers,
Texturizers & Fillers

Features & Benefits

Benefit Claims
Aesthethic Enhancement,
Anti-Aging,
Anti-Caking,
Durable,
Elegant Feel,
Emolliency,
Enhanced Slip,
Flow Enhancement,
Improved Texture,
Non-Tacky,
Non-Thickening,
SPF Enhancement,
Sensory Enhancement,
Silky Feel,
Soft Feel,
Soft-Focus Effect,
Sun Protection,
Superior Skin Feel,
UV Protection,
Water Repellency,
Wrinkle Refinement
Labeling Claims
Clean at Sephora,
Credo Clean Standard,
Plant-Based,
Ulta Beauty's Conscious Beauty
Microsphere Powder Key Benefits
  • High performing spherical powder
  • Provides enhanced esthetics to formulations
  • Delivers excellent slip, fluidity and overall skin feel
  • Optimized soft focus, light diffusion and wrinkle correction
  • Strong de-tackifying and anti-caking properties
  • Non-thickening effect in formulation
  • Excellent water-repellency and resistance
  • Ideal for mass market applications

Applications & Uses

Markets
Personal Care
Applications
Personal Care — Beauty & Care
Color Cosmetics,
Hair Care,
Skin Care,
Sun Care,
Treatment Products
Application Format
Leave On
Sun Care Applications
After Sun Products
Treatment Product Applications
Acne Treatments
Formulation Guidelines
  • Can be formulated into O/W emulsions, W/O emulsions and anhydrous systems
  • Applications include skincare, color cosmetic, sun care and hair care formulations

Properties

Physical Form
Powder,
Solid
Odor
Odorless
Appearance
White powder
Physical Properties
ValueUnitsTest Method / Conditions
Arsenic Contentmax. 2ppmEPA-6010C
Average Particle Size4 - 6μm
Heavy Metalsmax. 20ppm-
Large Particles (at min. 7μm)max. 10%-
Loss on Drying (105°C , 1.5g, 1hr, Gravity Oven)0 - 1.00wt%
Methanol Impuritymax. 0.1%-
Non-Volatile Matter (105°C, 1.5g, 3hrs, Gravity Oven)97.00 - 100wt%AP-38 Grant Industries, Inc.
Particle Size Range2 - 10
pH (2% Solution in water/methanol = 1:1)6.00 - 8.00
Small Particles (at max. 2μm)max. 5.0%-

Packaging & Availability

Packaging Type
Drums
Packaging Information

20 kg drum