Products in Cosmetic Ingredients: Film Forming

BELSIL® DM 50 is a linear, non-reactive, unmodified polydimethylsiloxane. It is characterized by low surface tension and a high spreading coefficient. Due to their flexible polymer backbone, dimethicones have high permeability to gasses such as water vapor and oxygen, enabling the skin to breathe.

BELSIL® DM 5 is a linear, non-reactive, unmodified polydimethylsiloxane. It is characterized by low surface tension and a high spreading coefficient. Due to their flexible polymer backbone, dimethicones have high permeability to gasses such as water vapor and oxygen, allowing the skin to breathe.

BELSIL® RG 90 is an elastomer gel consisting of a crosslinked, high-molecular-weight organosiloxane polymer dispersed in isododecane. It is supplied as a transparent or semitransparent gel. This gel is effortless to distribute on the skin and provides a pleasant, silky feel. As the isododecane evaporates, it leaves behind a non-tacky film, which enhances the transfer and water resistance properties of cosmetic formulations. Additionally, BELSIL® RG 90 exhibits thixotropic behavior, thinning under shear stress and facilitating the easy incorporation of cosmetic ingredients such as pigments.

BELSIL® DM 10 is a linear, non-reactive, unmodified polydimethylsiloxane. It is known for its low surface tension and high spreading coefficient. Dimethicones, like BELSIL® DM 10, have a flexible polymer backbone that enables high permeability to gasses such as water vapor and oxygen. This property allows the skin to breathe and maintain its natural respiration.

BELSIL® DM 500000 is a linear, non-reactive, unmodified polydimethylsiloxane. It is a dimethicone with a viscosity of 500,000 mm²/s. BELSIL® DM 500000 is characterized by low surface tension and a high spreading coefficient. Due to its flexible polymer backbone, this dimethicone exhibits high permeability to gasses such as water vapor and oxygen, enabling the skin to breathe.

TEGO® Cosmo EPL is a Multi-functional amino acid for beauty renewal.

TEGO® FILMSTAR One MB empower UV protection with a NATURAL shield. TEGO® FILMSTAR One MB is a fully bioderived and biodegradable film former. It can support various cosmetic formulations, which need water resistance functionality. Meanwhile, it also provides superior sensorial benefits and broad formulation compatibility. TEGO® FILMSTAR One MB offers similar performance as fossil and non-biodegradable film formers, supporting you to achieve your sustainability goals.

Mimiskin™ is a biodegradable alternative to polymer film formers. It is extremely multifunctional and can be used in a wide range of applications. It has a unique melting shift that mimics human skin to form a transparent and flexible film that is completely compatible with the natural hydrolipidic skin layer, in addition to offering breathable protection. Its main benefits include pollution protection, breathability, cleansing, hydration, sensitive skin appropriateness, skin radiance, and more.

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.

Hyalurosmooth® LS 8998 is extracted from the Indian Cassia angustifolia. Hyalurosmooth® concentrates all the benefits of a mindful lifestyle to cope with the unavoidable effects of stress. With an intense wave of hydration, Hyalurosmooth® helps the skin recover its natural balance and radiance for a perceivably smoother and softer feel. This botanical alternative to hyaluronic acid gives a silky complexion within minutes and keeps skin hydrated for 24 hours.

Luviskol® VA 73 E is a film-forming agent and fixative in hair care, particularly in aerosol sprays, pump sprays, liquid products, mousses, and gels. It is an easy-to-use aqueous solution that is compatible with carbomers and is particularly suitable for alcohol-free formulations, forming a clear solution in water.

Luviskol® Plus is a nonionic film-forming agent for hair setting products with excellent holding power. It is soluble in ethanol, isopropanol, and water/alcohol mixtures, making it suitable for aerosol sprays, pump sprays, and lotions. It provides excellent curl retention, even in high humidity, and a strong hold while leaving hair feeling less sticky. Its low odor makes it perfect for fragrance-free formulations.

Luviskol® VA 73 W is a film-forming agent and fixative in hair care, particularly in aerosol sprays, pump sprays, liquid products, mousses, and gels. It is an easy-to-use aqueous solution that is compatible with carbomers and is particularly suitable for alcohol-free formulations, forming a clear solution in water.

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.

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.

Dulcemin® PW BIO LS 9903 is derived from the proteins of sweet almond seed flour. It forms a protective film, hydrating and soothing skin, while repairing hair weakened by bleaching, coloring, or perming. It finds applications in skin care, hair care, face care, and cosmetics.

Luviskol® VA 64 Powder is a film-forming agent and fixative in hair care, particularly in aerosol sprays, pump sprays, liquid products, mousses, and gels. This white powder is made into an easy-to-use aqueous solution that is compatible with carbomers. It is particularly suitable for alcohol-free formulations, forming a clear solution in water.

Luviskol® VA 64 W is a versatile cosmetic ingredient that can be used in a variety of hair care products, including hair styling sprays, creams, gels, colorants, and treatment products. Its film-forming and fixative properties make it ideal for creating long-lasting hairstyles. Luviskol® VA 64 W is also useful in hair color and treatment products, where it can enhance their efficacy. This 50% solution of a copolymer of vinylpyrrolidone and vinylacetate in water is available in liquid form, making it easy to incorporate into formulations. It is also easy to use and compatible with other cosmetic ingredients. Overall, Luviskol® VA 64 W is a highly effective ingredient that can help create high-performance hair care products.

Luviset® Clear AT 3 is the perfect solution in the complex world of modern hair styling. Due to its non-ionic nature, it has broad compatibility with other raw materials, making it flexible enough to be used in many different and innovative styling products.

Luviset® Clear E is a versatile cosmetic ingredient used in hair care and color cosmetic applications. It provides numerous benefits, such as film-forming, hair fixative, curl retention, and color fixative. It also offers ease of styling, humidity-defying, and non-tacky properties. Additionally, it is compatible with other ingredients and non-sticky.

Verdessence™ Glucomannan (formerly known as Hydagen® Clean), obtained from the tuber of the Konjac plant, is a natural, cold-processable rheology modifier that enables you to create verified eco-friendly formulations. It is suitable for aqueous systems like gels, fluids, and serums as well as novel formats such as patches, jellies, and peel-off formulations.

PatcH2O® A00297 is a powerful ‘anti-thirst’ moisturizing ingredient that provides intense, prolonged hydration that rejuvenates and smooths skin. It's an instant relief that sticks around, increasing skin hydration from 30 minutes after application to up to 5 days after application. The biopolymer network is enriched with a highly concentrated moisturizing complex.

Ultrahold® Power is a versatile and user-friendly anionic hairspray styling polymer that can be used with all propellant types and VOC levels. It can be combined with other styling polymers, including anionic, non-ionic, and cationic, to create a wide range of styling formats such as sprays, creams, and clear gels. With its excellent setting and curl retention, Ultrahold® Power meets market standards and offers protection against heat styling appliances and UV-induced hair damage for both virgin and dyed hair. The polymer also imparts a glossy finish to the hair. The product is an all-around solution for hair care and styling needs.

Purisoft® PW LS 9836 is a peptide obtained by extraction of the seeds of Moringa oleifera, an African tree known as the "miracle tree". By combining the capacity to support the skin’s resistance to environmental stress and forming a protective film on the skin that facilitates the removal of micro-particles, Purisoft® is the gateway to miraculously clean skin.

Almondermin® LS 3380 is a complex of high-molecular-weight heteropolysaccharides from almond, marshmallow, and flax. It moisturizes the skin and supports elasticity, forming a protective film on hair that conditions and protects damaged hair. This makes it an excellent defense for dry, colored, or permed hair.

Hyalurosmooth® PW LS 8997 is a natural, botanically derived, high molecular weight polysaccharide from the seeds of the Indian plant Cassia angustifolia, commonly known as senna. The polysaccharides form a protective film on the skin that strongly binds water and fills in fine lines. By providing intense moisturization the skin appears additionally plumped up, which further contributes to reducing the look of fine lines and wrinkles and smoothing the skin's surface. As a result of the smoother surface, light reflection is also improved, leading to increased skin radiance.

Dansonyl® LS 9715 is extracted from the leaves of the African baobab tree. Dansonyl® helps hydrate and protect both skin and hair. It improves the feel of hair and its softness, suppleness, and ease of combing, and creates a protective film on the surface of the hair to protect and reinforce bleached or damaged hair.

Luviskol® VA 37 E is a film-forming agent and fixative used in hair care, particularly in aerosol sprays, pump sprays, liquid products, mousse, and gels. It is an easy-to-use aqueous solution that is compatible with carbomers, and is particularly suitable for alcohol-free formulations, forming a clear solution in water. This product has a K-Value (1% in ethanol) of 28.0-36.0, a solids content of 48.0-52.0%, and a water content of max. 0.50%.

Luviskol® K 30 Super Solution acts as a setting polymer and film former. It is an aqueous solution of a homopolymer of vinylpyrrolidone. Moreover, it offers adhesive properties and is ideal for use in water-based applications where a high degree of clarity is required in the finished product, such as gels. Luviskol® K 30 Super Solution finds application in formulating hair styling aids like gels, hair mousses, and pump sprays.

Luviskol® K 30 powder is a styling agent suitable for hair gels, hair creams, mousses, pump sprays, and liquid hair styling preparations. It is soluble in water, ethanol, and isopropanol and is used in cosmetics for various applications, mainly as film formers but also as thickeners.

BASF AMC Advanced Moisture Complex NP is a synergistic complex of moisturizers that supports the improvement of the skin’s natural capacity to bind water, providing an intense moisturization effect. BASF AMC Advanced Moisture Complex NP brings the skin immediate and long-term hydration that is superior to hyaluronic acid.

Hispagel® 200 NS is a crystal-clear multifunctional moisturizing gel that, due to its rheological properties, water-solubility, and hydration capacity, it can be used as a base for water-soluble and moisturizing aqueous gels, as moisturizing agent for skin care and hair treatment, or as a thickening and stabilizing agent for cosmetic formulations. It has an outstanding spray ability, making it an excellent ingredient for sprayable gels and lotions.

ADM Native Food Grade Corn Starch LM #028184 is a highly refined basic powdered starch manufactured by ADM. This product is used in food applications such as puddings, salad dressings, prepared mixes, and gravies. As an unmodified (thick-boiling) starch, it is typically high in viscosity, with a good body at both low and high solids. Additionally, the setback (viscosity increase upon aging of the starch paste) is characteristically high for this product.

Cekol cellulose gum is a preferred choice as a bio-based and biodegradable hydrocolloid. The raw material selection and adjustment of the production process steps makes it possible to tailor specific Cekol grade’s functionality to different applications. Cekol Cellulose Gum is a water-soluble polymer derived from wood or cotton cellulose and produced to minimum 99.5% purity. Products manufactured from wood cellulose are fulfilling the GMO-free requirements. The product hydrates and dissolves readily in hot and cold water. By choosing the right CEKOL type, the formulator can achieve the desired rheology for any aqueous system, including suspensions and emulsions. Besides controlling the rheology, Cekol cellulose gum is known for its excellent water retaining and film forming capacity.

Amaze XT is a 100% renewable, natural, multifunctional polymeric rheology modifier with exceptional thickening performance, superior suspension capabilities and esthetic properties for use in a wide range of personal care applications. Insoluble functional materials can provide visual appeal, deliver active ingredients and exfoliate. Incorporating and stabilizing these materials requires extra performance on the part of the rheology modifier. Amaze XT polymer provides the required performance. In addition to its thickening abilities, Amaze XT polymer has a high elastic/storage modulus (G’), indicating good suspending ability. Systems formulated with Amaze XT polymer show stable longterm suspension, even at elevated temperatures.

SolAmaze® Natural solution is a novel bio-based, biodegradable product, containing a film-forming polymer that offers superior water resistance and pleasing aesthetics for high SPF emulsion sunscreens. SolAmaze® Natural solution is globally approved and was developed to maintain the performance of leading synthetic polymers while reducing the persistence in the environment.