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GlucoTain and GlucoPure ingredients offer sustainability benefits plus powerful foaming and cleaning properties.

Clariant Receives ACC Sustainability Leadership Award for Surfactants

The company earned the award in the Product Safety, Innovation and Transparency category for its GlucoTain and GlucoPure surfactant ranges.

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Locus Performance Named Top Newcomer in ICIS Surfactants Awards

The company was praised for its fermentation technology that produces zero-carbon sophorolipids with maximized performance and sustainability.

Washing hands are one of the best preventative measures to help avoid contracting sickness and spreading unwanted disease to others.

Formulating on Trend: Hand Cleansers and Surfactant Review

Washing hands is one of the best preventative measures for consumers to maintain health but over-washing can lead to dry, cracked hands. To help remedy this problem, the present "Formulating on Trend" advises which surfactants to use for efficient hand-washing and skin care.

BergaMuls-ET is a natural moisturizing emulsifier and thickening agent that enables efficient formulations for creams, masks and lotions.

Berg + Schmidt’s BergaMuls ET 1 Wins First for BSB Innovation Award

Berg + Schmidt’s BergaMuls ET 1 is a natural thickening emulsifier that won first place in the BSB Innovation Awards as the best natural raw material.

Cosphaderm Tapmix is a smart, antioxidant blend based on natural rapeseed tocopherols.

Cosphatec Creates 2 Natural Actives for Personal Care

Cosphatec has created two natural actives, Cosphaderm Zinc Lactate natural, for multifunctional benefits, and Cosphaderm Tapmix, an antioxidant blend.

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Olivoil® Emulsifiers & Surfactants - Sustainable Sensorial Revolution

Patented Emulsifiers & Surfactants: 100% vegetable, silicon like texture, sustainable sourcing (Palm Free and RSPO certified references), ideal to develop cosmetics with various viscosity and after feel.

Using hyaluronic acid, glycerin and retinol in a formulation can impart a variety of skin attributes such as include anti-aging, hyperpigmentation reduction, anti-acne, smoothing and an increase in water retention.

Formulating on Trend: Combining Humectants and Retinol

In this installment of "Formulating on Trend," the author explains how to combine humectants and retinol, and how the combination of hyaluronic acid, glycerin and retinol can impart a variety of skin benefits.

CireBase LB5 is a natural self-emulsifying cream blend to impart emulsion stability, oil-binding abilities, skin hydration and more for personal care applications.

Cirebelle Creates Self-Emulsifying Cream Base, CireBase LB5

Cirebelle has developed CireBase LB5, a natural self-emulsifying cream blend to impart emulsion stability, oil-binding abilities, skin hydration and more for personal care applications.

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Siltech's Silsurf Di-T108

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Hallstar's Olivem 2090

USDA certifies Locus Performance Ingredients biosurfactants as 100% biobased content.

USDA Certifies Locus PI Sophorolipids as 100% Bio-based

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has certified Locus Performance Ingredients' biosurfactants as 100% bio-based content.

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Formulating Forum: pH Precision

pH is an important factor across fields of interest, particularly known for stomach health but also now crossing into cosmetics and skin care. Discussed here are ways to formulate at specific pH levels for emulsification, viscosity and rheology, stability and more to optimize cosmetics and skin care products.

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[podcast] Making Sunscreens Cleaner and Clearer

In this interview, sponsored by Siltech, Brian Allen explains how the company combined its silicone technology with zinc oxide to create a reef-safe ingredient and prototype formula with a good EWG rating, USDA Biopreferred certification and whitecast rubout time reduction.

Galaxy Surfactants offers its GalEcoSafe range of surfactants for eco-safe products.

Galaxy Surfactants Offers Low Level 1,4-Dioxane in GalEcoSafe Range

Galaxy Surfactants offers its GalEcoSafe range of surfactants, featuring low levels of 1,4-dioxane to abide by future regulatory changes while still offering high performance for personal care applications.

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Hallstar Offers Olive Oil Benefits in W/O Emulsifier: Olivem 2090

Hallstar’s olive oil chemistry enabled the development of Olivem 2090, combining the emulsifying properties of polyglycerol esters of polyricinoleic acids with the skin benefits of olive oil fatty acids.

Roelmi HPC has created its BeauSens ingredient line to provide formulators with sustainable aactives to naturally improve cosmetic skin-feel.

Roelmi HPC Naturally Enhances Skin Feel with BeauSens Line

Roelmi HPC has created its BeauSens ingredient line to provide formulators with sustainable actives that naturally improve the skin feel of cosmetics.

Symrise has launched Hydrolex E, a multifunctional active that helps with product protection.

Symrise’s Hydrolex E Doubles as Humectant and Emollient

The ingredient is suitable for a range of formulations including emulsions, wipes and gels, and surfactant-based products such as shampoos and shower gels.

Barentz will distribute select Colonial chemistries in Illinois and southern Wisconsin.

Colonial Chemical Announces Distribution Agreement with Barentz

Barentz will serve as a specialty chemicals distributor in additional territories beginning May 1, 2021.