Products in Cosmetic Ingredients: Conditioning

Gluadin® Soy Benz is a hydrolized soy protein suitable for skin and hair care cosmetics, such as conditioners, hair balms, and shampoos. It appears as a yellow liquid with a characteristic inherent odor. This vegetable derived protein is composed of soy protein hydrolysate.

Cosmedia® CTH (E) is a thickening and stabilizing agent with emulsifying capabilities for cosmetic formulations. This product is especially suitable for cationic systems, conditioners, and other low pH formulations. The polymer comes as an off-white liquid dispersion for simple manufacturing without neutralization. It has a superior sensory profile for skin and hair.

Cegesoft® SBE is a highly concentrated form of Shea butter with a high level of unsaponifiable matter, consisting of valuable tocopherols and cinnamic acid esters from triterpene alcohol. It is supplied as a pale-yellow soft paste with a bland odor and is suitable for a variety of skin care applications.

Dehyquart® GUAR HP is a superior conditioning agent for all types of opaque/pearlized rinse-off formulations, providing an extra effect with its high performance cationic guar quality. It offers superior wet and dry combability, improved foam quality, and a positive influence on anti-hair breakage.

Luviquat® PQ 11 AT 1 acts as a setting polymer and conditioning agent. It is a substantive cationic copolymer of vinylpyrrolidone (VP) and quaternized vinylimidazole (QVI). Luviquat® PQ 11 AT 1 finds application in formulating conditioners, shampoos, shower and bath products, and hair styling aids (perms, bleaches, and colorants).

Eumulgin® B3 is a universally applicable, non-ionic emulsifier for cosmetic oil-in-water emulsions. It is suitable for a variety of personal care applications including face care, body care, hair care, and sun care. It is supplied in the form of white to slightly yellowish pellets.

Cetiol® SB 45 is based on the semisolid fat of the shea nut. Skin care products with a rich feel have a special, nurturing appeal. Cetiol® SB 45 gives sunscreens and body butters a luxurious and exotic touch. The natural emollient has the added benefit of supporting sunscreening effects due to its high content of unsaponifiable matter. It is perfect for baby skin care as well as moisturizing and anti-aging products.

Emulgade® SE-PF is a self-emulsifying base with consistency-giving properties, suited for the preparation of cosmetic and pharmaceutical oil-in-water creams and lotions. It has high emollient flexibility and good electrolyte stability. It is a mixture of consistency-giving factors and nonionic emulsifiers, appearing as white to slightly yellowish pellets with a faint characteristic odor.

Scalposine™ was developed by BASF using an amino acid that is identical to that naturally found in the skin. Urban lifestyles can cause an unhealthy hair and scalp environment (or something similar). That’s why consumers are excited about hair care products that encourage a healthy scalp. Scalposine™ is a new scalp detox solution that reduces scalp oiliness and replenishes beneficial microbiota.

Rheocare® HSP 1180 has a lubricious sensation during application and a soft and plush after-feel even at low concentrations. This anionic polymer is free of preservatives and is suitable for cold processing. It is ideal for innovative face- and body-care concepts that offer a luxurious sensory experience.

Salcare® Super 7 AT 1 is a highly concentrated cationic aqueous solution of a diallyl dimethyl ammonium chloride and acrylamide copolymer. It is supplied as a clear, colorless to pale yellow, viscous liquid. This product is recommended for use in skin and hair care formulations.

Dehyquart® S18 NA is a surfactant that is used for manufacturing hair care products, specifically hair conditioners. Because of its cationic nature at acidic pH levels, Dehyquart S18 NA has a positive impact on the wet and dry combability of hair.

Elestab® CPN is a preservative used in cosmetic formulations. It is commonly used in a variety of personal care products, including emulsions, gels, tonics, shampoos, and other products intended for use on the skin, hair, and body. Elestab® CPN offers effective microbiological protection, helping to ensure that personal care products remain safe and effective throughout their recommended usage period.

Salcare® SC 96 is an off-white, non-aqueous dispersion of polymer in oil. It acts as a moisturizing agent, thickener and stabilizer, conditioning agent, and opacifying agent. Offers good spreading, suspending, and stabilizing properties. Used in conditioning, face cleansing, and personal care wipes

Sanicapyl® is a natural complex made with an extract of Piper nigrum berries (black pepper) titrated in piperine, an extract of Inga alba bark, and sodium lauryl lactylate. It has soothing anti-irritation properties and provides a purifying cleanse to the skin that helps in the recovery of damaged skin. Additionally, it is suitable for all hair types and improves the appearance of hair radiance and sensorial properties.

Dehyquart® GUAR TC is a conditioning agent suitable for all kinds of transparent to clear rinse-off formulations, such as transparent volume shampoos, especially when used in combination with Plantasil® Micro. It is a transparent clear cationic guar quality that provides good conditioning performance for transparent cleansing systems, significantly improved wet and dry combability, a positive influence on anti hair-breakage, a soft skin feel, and a quality improvement of foam.

Cutina® PES builds up good viscosity and stability of an o/w emulsion with different emulsifier systems (ionic and non-ionic), while at the same time creating a non-waxy and caring skin feel. It comes in off-white, wax-like pellets with a little intrinsic odor, and the consistency of wax with sensorial properties. This product is ideally used for body care, face care, sensitive skin, and baby care applications.

BASF Vitamin E-Acetate Care is an active ingredient that is used in cosmetic products for skin and hair applications. It is an effective moisturizing agent that improves the elasticity and smoothness of the skin. It is used in cosmetic emulsions, such as sunscreens, body lotions, hand creams, body creams, day and night facial creams, and multi-vitamin creams.

Cutina® FS 45 is a mixture of palmitic acid and stearic acid, serving as an emulsifier and consistency wax for skin care emulsions. It is supplied as small white to yellowish pearls and can be used in various personal care applications, including after sun, baby care and cleansing, body care, color care, face care, face cleansing, self-tanning, and sun protection.

Plantaren® 1300 N is a high-active nonionic surfactant that contains no solvents or hydrotypes. It is recommended as a co-surfactant in shampoos, shower gels, and bubble bath formulations where mildness is required. It is compatible with all other classes of surfactants and exhibits excellent biodegradability. When used in conjunction with difficult-to-thicken surfactants, such as sulfosuccinates, it enhances viscosity build-up and increases foam in low-foaming formulations. Furthermore, Plantaren® 1300 N enhances the deposition of cationic polymers from shampoo formulations, which can improve the conditioning effect.

Cutina® HVG is a highly efficient consistency wax that is compatible with non-ionic, cationic, and anionic ingredients and is most commonly found in raw materials. Its excellent crystallization behavior has a positive impact on the stability and viscosity of the final emulsion. This product can be used in body care, face care, sensitive skin care, baby care, and anti-aging applications.

Lanette® 14 is a myristyl alcohol used for viscosity regulation in cosmetic O/W emulsions. It comes in hydrophilic waxy pellets or flakes, and is suitable for a variety of applications, including skin care, cleanser, sun care, bath and body, men's grooming, and self-tanning.

Plantasil® Micro is a silicone-free conditioning booster for rinse-off formulations. It works in combination with cationic polymers and anionic surfactants. This product is environmentally friendly, easy to formulate, and an economical alternative to silicone. It has the ability to develop transparent formulations and is EO- and silicone-free. This product is cold-processable, easy to use, readily biodegradable, and 100% naturally derived.

Eumulgin® S 21 is a non-ionic emulsifier that is used for manufacturing various O/W emulsions for skin care applications. It is especially suitable for producing O/W anti-perspirant roll-ons and is available in the form of white pellets with a faint characteristic odor. This emulsifier has benefits for skin care.

Cutina® GMS V is a hydrophilic wax that is mainly used for viscosity adjustment in cosmetic oil-in-water emulsions. It is supplied as a white to slightly yellowish powder and provides consistency-giving characteristics to formulations. It has various benefits for skin care, hair care, and scalp care products.

Dehyquart® H 81 is a polyglycol-polyamine condensation resin with a pseudo-cationic character that positively influences hair products. It is a slightly yellow to orange liquid with a mild inherent odor. Dehyquart® H 81 is compatible with anionic surfactants, making it universally applicable as a conditioning component in shampoos and hair after-treatment agents.

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.

Gluadin® WQ PP is hydrolyzed wheat protein suitable as a conditioning agent in hair care and surfactant preparations. GLUADIN® WQ PP finds application in after-sun, body, color & face care, conditioning, liquid soaps, shampoos, and styling products. It is also used in baby care and cleansing, face cleansing, personal care wipes, and shower/bath formulations.

Eutanol® G is a C20-guerbet alcohol that functions as a medium-spreading emollient. This clear, colorless to pale yellow, and odorless oil is suitable for cosmetic preparations where a wide pH range is needed, such as anti-perspirants, deodorants, and depilatory formulations.

Tinogard® TS is a phenolic antioxidant that increases the oxidation stability of oil phases, fragrances, and other sensitive cosmetic formulations and ingredients. Tinogard® TS protects perfumes, natural oils, fatty acids, and other oxygen-sensitive ingredients from oxidation, degradation, and color changes.

Cutina® EGMS is a white to slightly yellowish powder or pellets used as a pearlizing and opacifying agent in cleansing formulations, shampoos, shower and bath preparations, liquid soaps, and facial cleansing products. It is composed of Ethylene glycol monostearate and is suitable for applications such as baby care and cleansing, conditioning, face cleansing, shampoo, and shower/bath products.

Salcare® SC 80 UP is an alkali soluble associative thickener designed for use in a range of applications in the cosmetics industry. Provides viscosity building, associative rheology, and electrolyte tolerance to personal care products. It is typically used to enhance the performance of skin and hair care formulations where a clear gel is required.

Luviquat® UltraCare AT 1 is a quaternized copolymer for hair and skin care. It is an aqueous solution of cationic polymers of different charge densities and different degrees of setting and conditioning. This product is ideally used in shaving preparations, hair and skin conditioners and shampoos, body lotions, and shaving creams.

Cetiol® LDO is a pure emollient and a universal lipid. It is a pumpable, liquid compound that is clearly soluble in surfactant systems without using a pre-dilution step or solubilizer. It is therefore suitable for clear, opaque, and pearlescent personal care surfactant-based cleansers. Combability and the feel of wet and dry hair are substantially improved, and the lipid deposition increases torsional properties, which provide more elasticity and hair strength.

Cetiol® Sensoft is a fast-spreading emollient with a multi-dimensional softness sensation for all cosmetic applications. It is suitable for decorative cosmetics, as well as sun care formulations due to its outstanding solubilizing capacities for crystalline UV filters, pigment dispersing properties, and for face and body care applications. This product is a clear, colorless, almost odorless oil of low polarity and low molecular weight.

Cetiol® SoftFeel is the newest soft-solid emollient developed by BASF Care Creations®. It is made from 100% renewable ingredients and is 100% naturally derived, according to ISO 16128. The versatile ingredient helps to moisturize and leave a soft feeling on the skin. For hair care applications, Cetiol® SoftFeel helps improve the wet and dry combability. It gently manages the frizz of curly hair without weighing it down and offers nourishment to damaged, coily hair. It can also act as a clean alternative to petroleum-based petrolatum, as the ingredients have very similar sensory and occlusivity properties. Cetiol® SoftFeel is applicable in a variety of beauty and personal care applications.