Personal Care Ingredients

LAPONITE-XL 21 XR is a synthetic layered silicate and has been specially developed to give improved performance in personal care products formulated at pH 5.5 and lower. It is insoluble in water but hydrates and swells to give clear and colorless colloidal dispersions in water or aqueous solutions of alcohols. At concentrations of 2 % or greater in water, highly thixotropic gels are obtained. The unique shear thinning and thixotropic rheology of LAPONITE-XL 21 XR improves the skin feel of personal care products. Formulations will have a light, non-sticky texture. LAPONITE-XL 21 XR enhances stability of emulsions and keeps particles, pigments or solid actives suspended. LAPONITE-XL 21 XR has been sterilized by gamma irradiation.

TIXOGEL RCM mastergel, a combination of Cyclomethicone (and) Trihydroxystearin, can provide stable, predictable, reproducible thixotropic viscosity and pigment suspension in a myriad of cosmetic formulation types. It can be easily incorporated into the manufacturing cycle with medium shear dispersion equipment. This product is recommended for use in sun-care preparations, antiperspirants, skin-care products, hair products, lip products, and creams and lotions.

Eye-catching pigment with multiple effects in one product: an  extraordinary color flop, from soft shimmering rosé to interference sky blue, a pure blue interference for intense violet and bluish shades and intense illumination effects.