Products in Cosmetic Ingredients: Surfactant

BIO-TERGE® AS-40 stands as an anionic surfactant that offers remarkable viscosity, foam characteristics, and mildness. This makes it an excellent candidate for an array of hi&i cleaning and personal care applications, as well as applications in agriculture formulations and construction products like concrete bases, firefighting foams, and dust control.

STEPAN-MILD® SL3-BA is a 30% active disodium salt of a 3-mole ethoxylated lauryl sulfosuccinate. It stands as a mild cleansing agent that finds its way into shampoos, hand soaps, baby shampoos, bubble baths, cleansing products, creams, lotions, and even the manufacture of latexes.

AMMONYX® 4B is a substantive ammonium quaternary used in applications such as hair conditioners, rinses, mousses, creams, and lotions. It fulfills the functions of enhancing skin feel and acting as a textile antistatic agent. It finds relevance in the personal care and industrial product markets.

LATHANOL® LAL Powder is a mild anionic surfactant providing foaming, wetting, and emulsification. Its primary function is as a foam booster. It can be used in bubble baths, shampoos, and cleansing creams. This product is bio-based, naturally derived, plant-derived, preservative-free, sulfate-free, and eo-po-free. It is kosher-certified.

STEPAN-MILD® L3 is a multi-functional ingredient with various roles, including viscosity building, foam boosting, emulsification, and emollience. It's a valuable addition to formulations like shampoo, body wash, liquid soap, bubble bath, facial cleanser, and cream or lotion. Moreover, it aligns with the u.S. Epa safer choice program's standards and is listed on cleangredients.

LATHANOL® LAL COARSE is a mild anionic surfactant providing foaming, wetting, and emulsification. It can be used in bubble baths, shampoos, and cleansing creams. Its primary function is as a foam booster. It can be used in bubble baths, shampoos, and cleansing creams. This product is bio-based, naturally derived, plant-derived, preservative-free, sulfate-free, and eo-po-free. It is kosher-certified.

STEPANOL® LCP is an anionic surfactant that excels in detergency, high foam, and a low cloud point. Its applications encompass shampoos, bubble baths, dishwashing detergents, general cleaners, carpet shampoos, and upholstery cleaners. Derived from natural and plant-based sources, it carries kosher certification and is widely employed in home care, institutional and industrial cleaning, and personal care markets.

NINOL® 40-CO is a cochin oil-based dea amide generated through a type 1:1 reaction between the ester of a fatty acid and diethanolamine. It contributes to viscosity building, foam boosting, and stabilization. Its uses encompass shampoos, bubble baths, light-duty liquids, cutting fluids, drawing compounds, and metalworking cleaners.

AMMONYX® CETAC-30 is a cationic surfactant with its primary application in hair conditioners, hair styling aids, creams, and lotions. Its functions encompass enhancing skin feel and acting as a textile antistatic agent. Its presence spans across the home care, industrial products, institutional and industrial cleaning, and personal care markets. It's worth noting that the product is kosher-certified, preservative-free, and sulfate-free.

AMMONYX® CDO SPECIAL is a cocamidopropyl amine oxide employed in personal care, household and industrial cleaning, and specialty foaming applications. AMMONYX® CDO SPECIAL is an amphoteric surfactant stable under peroxide bleach conditions, serving as a foam booster and textile antistat agent.

STEPAN® PEARL 4 is a unique anionic/ester/nonionic blend that enables the creation of a pearlescent appearance in personal care products like shampoos, bubble baths, hand soaps, and more without requiring additional heating or extended processing time. Its special emulsifier package ensures exceptional pearlescence through cold blending.

AMMONYX® CSO-Z is an amphoteric surfactant suitable for various cleaning applications, including hard surface applications like degreasers and laundry applications. It caters to the home care, institutional and industrial cleaning, and vehicle care markets. It falls under the product families of amphoteric surfactants.

AMPHOSOL® 2CSF stands as a mild amphoteric surfactant, specifically disodium cocoamphodipropionate. It contributes as a secondary surfactant, foam booster, and viscosity builder in personal care, household, and industrial cleaning products. It's versatile, finding its way into contexts such as 2 in 1 shampoo, automatic dishwashing detergents, baby care, bathroom cleaners, body scrubs, body wash, degreasers, facial cleansers, hand dishwashing detergents, and more. It's also noteworthy for being bio-based, kosher certified, naturally derived, plant-derived, salt-free, sulfate-free, and eo/po-free.

STEPANATE® SXS-E is an anionic surfactant employed in liquid detergents, heavy-duty cleaning products, wax stripping formulations, and dishwashing detergents. It acts as a solubilizer, coupling agent, and cloud point depressant. This product belongs to the chemical group of hydrotropic sulfonates, serving roles as an emulsifier, adjuvant, and hydrotrope. It's important to note that this product is also kosher-certified.

BIO-TERGE® AS-40 HP is an anionic surfactant known for its viscosity, foam characteristics, and mildness. It has applications in various sectors, including cleaning, personal care, agriculture, and construction products. Its preservation strategy involves excess alkalinity, offering flexibility in choosing preservatives. It's in compliance with the u.S. Epa safer choice program and clean ingredients standards.

STEPANOL® HB7-HA is an anionic surfactant notable for its exceptional foaming properties. It finds widespread application in shampoos, bath products, household cleaning formulations, and industrial cleaning formulations. Its utility spans across home care, institutional, and industrial cleaning, as well as personal care markets.

STEOL® CS-230 HA is an anionic surfactant boasting remarkable foam generation regardless of water hardness, coupled with low skin irritation potential. This 2-mole sodium laureth sulfate, produced in europe, is preserved with excess alkalinity, offering flexibility in preservative selection for final formulations, especially suited for mild cleansing and baby products.

STEPANBLEND® ASF is a 39% solids surfactant blend crafted for mild cleansing formulations. It is anticipated to be free from sulfated surfactants, Diethanolamine (DEA), Ethylene Oxide (EO), and preservatives. This blend demonstrates ample foam volume and efficient viscosity response to salt. Offering the benefits of surfactant blends such as cold mixability and ease of handling, STEPANBLEND® ASF finds utility in various liquid cleansing applications, including shampoos, liquid hand soaps and other bath products.

STEOL® CS-460 is a 60% active, synthetic 3-mole sodium laureth sulfate featuring excellent detergent and foaming properties. This anionic surfactant's ethanol content lends clarity and fluidity at room temperature. Its versatility spans shampoos, laundry detergents, h&i cleaners, textile mill keir boiling and bleaching formulations, textile detergents, and various agricultural applications.

STEPANTEX® DC 90 is a diester fabric softener quaternary that offers commendable softening, antistatic, and rewetting properties. As a liquid cationic surfactant, it is particularly well-suited for creating formulations of fabric softeners intended for both household and industrial use. It falls within the chemical group of dialkyl quaternary esters and functions as a textile antistatic agent. Notably, this product is kosher-certified, can be cold-mixed, and does not necessitate heating during the formulation process.

AMMONYX® M is an amphoteric surfactant produced in europe, functioning as a foam enhancer, wetting agent, detergent, and thickening agent. Its applications span personal care and hi&i cleaning products, including 2-in-1 shampoos, automatic dishwashing detergents, body washes, facial cleansers, hand dishwashing detergents, hand soaps, and various types of hard surface cleaners.

STEPANOL® WA-EXTRA-E is an anionic surfactant produced in europe and preserved with isothiazolones, providing excellent foaming and viscosity-building properties. It can be formulated into a wide variety of personal care and detergent formulations, such as shampoos, liquid hand soap, bath products, dishwashing detergents, fine fabric wash, carpet cleaning products, and textile applications.

STEPANOL® ALS-25 B is an alkyl sulfate that can be used in a variety of liquid cleansing applications, including hand soap, bath products, and household cleaning applications where foam is desired. This anionic surfactant provides excellent foam and viscosity characteristics. A mass balance-rspo-certified version of this product is also available.

STEPANBLEND® NDAF is an anionic and amphoteric surfactant blend that allows flexibility for use as a blend concentrate or in combination with other co-surfactants. This blend exhibits good foam and viscosity characteristics in liquid cleansing applications and is suitable for use in shampoos, liquid hand soaps, facial washes, body washes, and other bath products.

STEPAN-MILD® LSB is a mild surfactant blend with commendable foam quality and viscosity-building properties. It finds utility in baby products, shampoos, bubble baths, liquid hand soaps, shower gels, and bath products. Furthermore, being bio-based, naturally derived, plant-derived, and sulfate-free enhances its appeal.

STEPANOL® WAT-PE is an anionic surfactant with excellent foam and viscosity characteristics. It is used in products like shampoos, bubble baths, liquid hand soaps, liquid dishwashing detergents, and liquid laundry detergents. This product is also bio-based, kosher-certified, naturally derived, and plant-derived.

MAKON® L101 is a nonionic eo/po block copolymer distinguished for water-in-oil emulsification, low foaming, defoaming, and fast wetting attributes. Its usage spans metalworking, paints and coatings, agriculture, and industrial applications. Its core applications include anti-foaming, defoaming, oil cutting, dispersants, water-in-oil emulsifiers, emulsion polymerization, and textiles. It is a low-ash product.

AMMONYX® CETAC serves as a cationic surfactant employed in hair conditioners, skin creams, and lotions to deliver conditioning and softening benefits. It is also multifunctional, working as a skin-feel enhancer, textile antistatic agent, and adjuvant. Its applications span a wide range, including 2-in-1 shampoo, automatic dishwashing detergents, body wash, creams and lotions, dairy cleaners, degreasers, detanglers, and more. Notably, it is kosher-certified, preservative-free, and sulfate-free.

IGEPAL CO-430 is a nonionic surfactant used as a defoaming agent in low-foaming detergents and cold-water cleaners. It also functions as a dispersing agent for petroleum oils and as a co-emulsifier in nonionic surfactant blends. It has applications in paper processing, industrial metal cleaning, and textile applications.

CEDEPAL® TD-403 MFLD is sodium trideceth sulfate. This mild, branched-chain anionic surfactant provides excellent wetting and foaming properties. This surfactant is well suited for mild cleansing products, baby products, shampoos, liquid hand soaps, and bath products. CEDEPAL® TD-403 MFLD is kosher-certified.

BIO-SOFT® EN8-90 is a nonionic surfactant recognized for its moderate and stable foam properties, along with high detergency. Its broad consumer product applications benefit from its effectiveness at low concentrations. It excels in warm and hot water applications, additionally functioning as a dyeing assistant, emulsifier, and wetting agent.

STEOL® CS-230 KE is a mild anionic surfactant notable for good foaming, wetting, and high detergency. This low-active, 2-mol sodium laureth sulfate is preserved with cit or mit. Its uses encompass laundry products, liquid dishwashing products, car and vehicle washes, textile applications, industrial foamer specialties, as well as shampoos, bath products, and body washes.

AMMONYX® 4 operates as a substantive cationic quaternary, commonly employed in conditioners, cream rinses, mousses, and lotions. Its primary functions are enhancing skin feel and serving as a textile antistatic agent. It finds applications in 2-in-1 shampoos, body washes, detanglers, facial cleansers, hair conditioners, hair styling, and hair and scalp treatments. Its presence spans across the industrial products and personal care markets.

IGEPAL CO-530 is a nonionic surfactant with diverse applications, including paper processing and industrial metal cleaning. It's employed as an emulsifier for silicones and agricultural chemicals, serving as an oil-soluble surfactant, emulsifying agent, detergent, and dispersing agent for petroleum oils. Classified within the chemical group of nonylphenol ethoxylates, its primary function centers around being a deinking agent, which is particularly relevant in paper processing.

STEPANOL® MG is an anionic surfactant recognized for its impressive detergency and high foaming properties. It finds a wide range of applications in detergent and personal care products, including shampoo, bubble bath, body wash, personal cleansing, hand dishwashing detergents, all-purpose cleaners, general cleaners, rug shampoo, and upholstery cleaners.

BIO-SOFT® N-411 is an anionic surfactant in the form of an isopropyl amine salt of linear alkylbenzene sulfonic acid. Its oil solubility and water dispersibility render it ideal for emulsion degreasers, laundry prespotters, dry cleaning products, paint strippers, hard surface cleaners, and as an emulsifier for petroleum-based solvents.