Products in Film Formers: Smooth Feel

A long lasting film-former designed for color cosmetics applications providing excellent sebum and wear resistance and is formulated in a bio-based carrier allowing cosmetic formulations having a higher naturality content. Features & Benefits Film-former Flexible film Sebum resistance Water resistance Resistance to rub-off Good film integrity High volatility carrier 100% Renewable-based carrier 60% natural origin content (ISO 16128)

DOWSIL(TM) FA 4004 ID Silicone Acrylate is a film former designed for long lasting benefits in color cosmetics and skin care applications. It exhibits good compatibility with organic sunscreens, pigments and cosmetic ingredients. It provides sebum resistance, wash off resistance as well as comfort to wear. 

XIAMETER(TM) PMX-1501 Fluid is an ultra-high viscosity dimethiconol delivered in a volatile cyclopentasiloxane carrier fluid. In hair applications it provides smoothness, slipperiness, and heat protection. In skin care applications this product provides film barrier properties with a long lasting lubricious and velvety skin feel.

DOWSIL(TM) FA 4002 ID Silicone Acrylate is a film former designed for long lasting benefits in color cosmetics and skin care applications. It exhibits good compatibility with organic sunscreens, pigments and cosmetic ingredients. It provides sebum resistance, wash off resistance as well as comfort to wear. 

EPITEX(TM) 66 Polymer is a film former that provides outstanding water resistance, improved feel on skin and ease of processing in a variety of formulation types, including O/W, W/O and W/S formulations. Compatible with other typical sunscreen ingredients, and suitable for use in creams, lotions and pump sprays.

XIAMETER(TM) OFX-5220 Fluid is a liquid silicone glycol copolymer. XIAMETER(TM) OFX-5220 Fluid is a resin modifier that can be used with hair fixative products such as hairsprays, mousses, setting lotions and styling gels. Resins modified with XIAMETER™ OFX-5220 Fluid demonstrate improved hold when compared to resins without the modifier, making it ideal for formulating hair styling products with strong hold. XIAMETER™ OFX-5220 Fluid also allows formulators to create resins that are softer, more flexible, and less tacky.

Beauté by Roquette® ST 720 Starch is a water-soluble, transparent film-forming agent designed for high performance hair care products. Benefits Plant-based alternative to synthetic polymers (PVP, PVA, silicon resins) or modified cellulose Creates a flexible, smooth, and continuous barrier Reduces frizz Delivers long-lasting curl retention Provides an effective barrier against atmospheric pollutants Prevents color transfer Leaves a smooth feel on skin Features Produced from pea starch Non-occlusive film

Beauté by Roquette® ST 012 Starch acts as an absorbent, anti-caking agent, matting agent, sebum absorber and water repellent for a variety of skin care, color cosmetic and fragrance applications. Benefits Reduces the greasiness and tackiness of cosmetic formulations Allows a cream-to powder type of texture Provides a smooth feel and final velvet touch Mineral powder and synthetic polymers substitute Features Plant-based ingredient, derived from corn Readily biodegradable

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® RG 100 is an elastomer gel composed of an organosiloxane polymer dispersed in cyclopentasiloxane. This semitransparent gel serves as a thickener in formulations, ensuring smooth applications. When subjected to shear stress, BELSIL® RG 100 thins, making it easy to incorporate cosmetic ingredients such as pigments. It is effortless to distribute on the skin and provides a pleasant, non-greasy, silky skin feel. As the volatile silicones evaporate, a non-tacky film is left behind, enhancing the water resistance of formulations.

BELSIL® DM 1000000 is a linear, non-reactive, unmodified polydimethylsiloxane. It is a dimethicone with a high viscosity of 1000000 mm²/s. It exhibits low surface tension and a high spreading coefficient. Its flexible polymer backbone grants it high permeability to gasses such as water vapor and oxygen. This permeability enables the skin to respire.

BELSIL® DM 300000 is a linear, non-reactive, unmodified polydimethylsiloxane. It is a dimethicone with a high viscosity of 300000 mm²/s. It is characterized by low surface tension and a high spreading coefficient. Thanks to its flexible polymer backbone, this dimethicone exhibits high permeability to gasses such as water vapor and oxygen, allowing the skin to respire and maintain a healthy environment.

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® 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 12500 is a linear, non-reactive, unmodified polydimethylsiloxane. It is a dimethicone with a viscosity of 12500 mm²/s. 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 respire.

BELSIL® DM 20 is a linear, non-reactive, unmodified polydimethylsiloxane. It is known for its low surface tension and high spreading coefficient. Dimethicones, including BELSIL® DM 20, possess a flexible polymer backbone that enables them to have high permeability to gasses such as water vapor and oxygen. This property allows the skin to breathe and maintain its natural respiration.

BELSIL® EG 6000 elastomer gel is a blend of a silicone copolymer network and a volatile dimethicone. This gel has a transparent and colorless appearance, delivering a delightful sensation during application and post-use. Notably, BELSIL® EG 6000 can function as a thickener in formulations. Furthermore, it exhibits shear thinning behavior, enabling the creation of cosmetic products that spread smoothly upon application and facilitate the incorporation of pigments into formulations.

BELSIL® DM 500 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® GB 1020 is a blend of low-viscosity dimethicones and a high-molecular-weight dimethiconol. This unique composition combines the beneficial properties of both low-viscosity fluids and the extremely high-viscosity dimethiconol. The low-viscosity dimethicones exhibit excellent spreading capabilities, facilitating the even distribution of the high-viscosity conditioning agent, dimethiconol.

BELSIL® DM 100000 is a linear, non-reactive, unmodified polydimethylsiloxane. It is a dimethicone with a viscosity of 100,000 mm²/s, characterized by low surface tension and a high spreading coefficient. Due to its flexible polymer backbone, this dimethicone has high permeability to gasses (e.g. water, vapor, oxygen), which allows respiration of the skin.

BELSIL® eco DM 60 000 is an unmodified, linear polydimethylsiloxane derived from renewable raw materials, certified according to the "TÜV NORD Standard REDcert²." This product features low surface tension and a high spreading coefficient. The flexible polymer backbone of dimethicones enables excellent gas permeability, allowing the skin to breathe by facilitating the passage of gasses such as water vapor and oxygen.

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.

CELQUAT L-200 is a low viscosity, highly cationic conditioner/film former useful in a broad range of styling, cleansing, and skin care products. This water soluble modified cellulosic is highly cationic over the entire useful pH range, is substantive to hair and skin, and provides such esthetic benefits as excellent combability, hold, gloss, and anti-static properties, and a smooth feel.

CELQUAT H-100 is a high viscosity cationic conditioner/film former useful in a broad range of styling, cleansing, and skin care products. This water soluble modified cellulosic is highly cationic over the entire useful pH range, is substantive to hair and skin, and provides such esthetic benefits as excellent combability, hold, gloss, and anti-static properties, and a smooth feel. It can also contribute to thickening effects and is suitable for styling gels, creams, and other products where higher viscosity with hold and conditioning are desired.

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.

BELSIL® REG 1102 is a resin elastomer gel composed of a silicone copolymer network combined with a non-volatile, low-viscosity dimethicone. This gel is transparent and imparts a delightful sensory experience both during and after application. BELSIL® REG 1102 serves as an effective thickener in formulations while ensuring a smooth application. Moreover, it demonstrates shear-thinning behavior, which enables the easy spreading of cosmetic products during application and facilitates the incorporation of pigments into formulations.

BELSIL® eco REG 1102 resin elastomer gel is a non-emulsifying silicone copolymer network blended with a non-volatile, low-viscosity dimethicone, based on renewable raw materials according to "TÜV NORD Standard REDcert²". It is a transparent gel that provides a very pleasant sensory experience both during application and afterwards. BELSIL® eco REG 1102 can act as a thickener in formulations while delivering a smooth application. In addition, it exhibits shear-thinning behavior. This attribute allows for the formulation of cosmetic products that spread easily during application and facilitates the incorporation of pigments into a formulation.

BELSIL® ADM 6300 E is a nonionic macroemulsion of an aminofunctional polydimethylsiloxane. It acts as a film-forming conditioning agent in hair care applications. When applied and dried, it creates a protective and elastic coating around the hair, providing a soft and silky touch. It is particularly effective in reducing combing forces, both in dry and wet conditions, especially for thick hair.

BELSIL® REG 1103 B is a hydrophilic resin elastomer gel that consists of a silicone copolymer network blended with a non-volatile, low-viscosity dimethicone and a silicone polyglucoside. The inclusion of silicone polyglucoside, a nonionic surfactant with an HLB (hydrophilic-lipophilic balance) value of approximately 6-7, enables the gel to absorb water and function as a secondary emulsifier. This transparent gel offers a pleasant sensory experience, both during and after application. BELSIL® REG 1103 B serves as an effective thickener in formulations while providing a smooth application. Additionally, it demonstrates shear-thinning behavior, facilitating the easy spreading of cosmetic products during application and aiding in the incorporation of pigments into formulations.

BELSIL® CM 7026 VP-P is a high-melting silicone wax, ranging from white to cream in color. It exhibits excellent resistance to hydrolysis and demonstrates a strong affinity for various substrates. This silicone wax is primarily used in skin protection, skin care, sunscreens, and decorative cosmetics. When incorporated into skin care products, it enhances formulation efficiency and contributes to a soft, non-sticky skin feel.

BELSIL® ADM 8301 E is a film-forming, nonionic microemulsion of an aminofunctional polydimethylsiloxane. It is a highly efficient conditioning agent specifically designed for hair care applications. When applied and dried, it forms a protective and elastic sheath around each hair fiber. This helps restore the natural hydrophobic surface of the hair, reducing color fade in colored hair and providing protection during heat treatments.

BELSIL® P 1101 is a silicone-organic hybrid material that is available as a 50% solution in denatured ethanol. It serves as a hair styling and conditioning polymer, effectively blending the strong holding capabilities of a hair styling resin with the desirable properties of silicone, such as softness and silkiness. BELSIL® P 1101 is suitable for use in various formulations, including aerosols, pump sprays, and balm/gel-type products.

BELSIL® DM 60000 is an unmodified polydimethylsiloxane, known as a linear and non-reactive dimethicone, with a viscosity measuring 60000 mm²/s. This product stands out for its low surface tension and high spreading coefficient. Dimethicones, owing to their flexible polymer structure, exhibit excellent gas permeability, enabling the skin to respire by facilitating the passage of gasses such as water vapor and oxygen.

CHT Beausil™ FLUID 8170 EM is a nonionic silicone emulsion for personal care applications. It is a 60% active non-ionic emulsion of 350 cSt polydimethylsiloxane. This emulsion is produced with an industry-leading small and consistent particle size. This tight particle size distribution ensures easy formulation and outstanding performance. It is designed to be used in a variety of cosmetic applications where a smooth feel and long-lasting shine are desired.

CHT Beausil™ WAX 018 serves more than just the role of an emollient in the realm of personal care. These silicone waxes are alkyl-modified polydimethyl siloxanes, differing from classic silicone fluids in formulations. The alkyl modification imparts unique physical and chemical properties, contributing to the outstanding performance of CHT Beausil™ WAX 018 in various applications within the personal care industry.