Acrylates Copolymer is a milky-white liquid, a low-viscosity cross-linked acrylic polymer. It has excellent suspending, stabilizing, and thickening properties, preferably within a pH range of 6.3 to 8, and continues to thicken up to pH 11.
Delivery vehicle
Delivery systems play an increasingly important role in developing advanced formulations for the personal care market. While pharmaceutical chemists have long searched for delivery vehicles that give sustained release, cosmetic chemists have turned to delivery systems more recently as a means of sustaining delivery and improving the stability of actives.
Newer delivery vehicles provide a pathway to easing the formulation of sensitive ingredients and enhancing the finished product's cosmetic elegance.
Different delivery systems and vehicles, such as liposomes, microencapsulation, and microparticle technologies, have been explored and commercialized. Each of these systems has its strengths and weaknesses. Therefore, it is difficult for any one delivery system to provide the proper set of universal properties that can be used across all types of formulations and with all classes of actives.
Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer is a general name of cross-linked polymers of polyacrylic acid esterified with alkyl chains (length C10-30).
Allyl Methacrylates Crosspolymer is a synthetic porous polymer derived from the suspension polymerization method, similar to that used to make latex paints. It forms spherical particles with a median size of about 40 μm.
Carbomers are acrylic polymers used as an emulsifier, stabilizer, or thickener in skincare formulations. Its viscosity-building effect makes it suitable for use as a co-stabilizer in skincare applications, while its crystal clear appearance also makes it ideal for use in hair gels.
Cetyl Palmitate is a cetyl ester of palmitic acid that has similar properties to whale wax. It is a solid with a melting temperature range of 46-53ºC.
Gold is one of the precious, softest, and electroconducting metals and, under certain conditions, forms stable colloids with nanoparticles that are easily absorbed by the skin.
Cyclodextrin is a general term for cyclic oligosaccharides (glucopyranoses) biotechnologically derived from starch by enzymatic degradation with a CGT (Cyclodextrin Glucose Transferase enzyme).
Di-PPG-3 Myristyl Ether Adipate is a transparent liquid polymer and a low-viscosity emollient with an ESSF (Emollient Skin Spreading Factor) value of 3.8. It promotes the targeted delivery of actives and pigments.
Ethyl oleate is the ester of ethanol and oleic acid (C18:1), a vegetable-based, non-animal origin ingredient that has applications in many skincare and pharmaceutical formulas and offers multiple functional benefits.
Lactic Acid/Glycolic Acid Copolymer (PLGA) is a polymer consisting of Lactic and Glycolic acid units (monomers) specially designed to improve ingredient delivery systems, especially microspheres containing actives.
Oleic acid is a naturally occurring fatty acid commonly found in vegetable and animal fats.
Pectin is a general term describing a group of heteropolysaccharides abundant in plant cell membranes. Pectins are polymers of mainly galacturonic acid sub-units, combined with rhamnose, apiose, galactose, arabinose, xylose, and other glycosyl residues.
PEG-40 Stearate is a mix of esters of stearic acid with approximately 40 units of polyoxyethylene glycol. It's a multifunctional vegetable-based ingredient used primarily as a lipophilic emulsifier and valuable as a humectant, dispersing agent, solubilizer, and surfactant.
Propylene Glycol Alginate (PGA) is a general name of 1,2-propane-diol esters with alginic acid (algin), usually obtained from Laminaria or Macrocystis species of brown seaweeds after a series of purification steps.
Schizophyllan is a natural β-glucan polysaccharide produced by the mushroom Schizophyllan Commune. It is used in anti-aging, sun care, and products for mature skin, thanks to its antioxidant, anti-photoaging, and skin whitening properties.
Squalene is a linear triterpene, a polyunsaturated hydrocarbon oil previously obtained from shark livers and some fish oils, but now available from vegetable sources or produced biotechnologically by microorganisms.
Galactomannans from Caesalpinia Spinosa, in particular, have a 3:1 mannose:galactose ratio (Man:Gal) and relatively regular distribution of galactose along the main chain.
Tricaprylin (also known as glycerol tricaprylate; its former designation was Tricaprylate) is a triglyceride ester of caprylic acid and glycerine. Refined and deodorized, it is a clear, bland-smelling liquid that is miscible with most organic solvents, including pure ethanol.