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A Delivery System For Treatment Bar Soaps

A Delivery System for Treatment Bar Soaps

Many desired additives are not compatible with soap due to either the chemistry or the manufacturing process. Here, the authors describe an encapsulated delivery system incorporating polymers that survives the extrusion process and adheres to skin.

Naturally Derived Low Dioxane Solutions for Cleansing Products

The demand for personal care products made with natural, renewable materials shows no sign of abating. Lubrizol is responding by launching two new products: a naturally derived thickener, Glucamate™ CCO thickener, a product that builds viscosity without ethoxylation while offering broad ingredient compatibility; and a new high-solids surfactant, Sulfochem™ ES-70DXS surfactant, that pushes 1,4 dioxane levels closer to single digits and is extremely easy to handle. What’s more, the cleansing products they enable still deliver the sensory and safety properties that consumers expect.

Kao Increases Fatty Alcohol Capability in the Philippines

Kao Corp. completed the construction at its Pilipinas Kao Inc. (PKI) business in the Philippines to enhance production capacity for fatty alcohols.

Lubrizol Introduced High-foam, Plant-based Surfactant for Cleansing

Lubrizol Advanced Materials has created a concentrated, plant-based surfactant that provides rich creamy foam in cleansing applications.

Ingredient Profile: Decyl Glucoside

Alkyl polyglucoside (APG) surfactants continue to be a popular choice of formulators seeking to improve the sustainability of cleansing products for personal care, hard surface cleaning, dishwashing, laundry and industrial/institutional applications.

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Polyacrylate-33 for Thickening and Suspending in Low Surfactant Cleansers

Described herein is a hydrophobically-modified acrylic copolymer, polyacrylate-33, which is designed for low-to-medium surfactant-containing cleansers. The ingredient is shown to display high thickening efficiency and good suspension properties and shear-thinning rheology in sulfate-based and sulfate-free chassis. Further, it enables transparent formulations in the presence of salt with improved foaming and sensorial properties.

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Effect of Perfumes on the Viscosity of Surfactant Systems

It is well-known that perfumes can affect the viscosity of bubble bath or shampoo formulations. Usually they have a thinning effect, but they can also cause a viscosity increase. The effect and its magnitude will vary with perfume type and also with the product formulation. Small changes in the latter can cause large changes in a perfume's effect on the viscosity.

Growth in Beauty, Other Industries Sustains Market for Surfactants in Brazil, Argentina

According to a report from Frost & Sullivan, the personal and household care segments, in particular, will be key end users chiefly due to the greater purchasing power of the middle class, who are spending more on fast-moving consumer goods.

Silverson Solves Conversion Problems in the Lab

Having problems with conversions during product development in the lab? There's now an app for that. Silverson Machines Inc. has launched Silverson Conversion Tools, an app available in Apple’s App Store that contains a versatile set of conversion and calculation tools suitable for use in almost any process environment.

Symrise Launches Multifunctional Stabilizer

Symrise has introduced a multifunctional stabilizer for cosmetics that also exhibits antioxidant, soothing and preservative boosting functions.

Worlée Launches Castor Oil Alternative to PE and PP Exfoliants

Worlée has launched natural exfoliant beads as alternatives to plastic microparticles (PE and PP).

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Alternative Ingredients for Sustainable Shampoo Development

In this article, several ingredients are reviewed for the development of sustainable shampoo formulations. Some are plant-based alternatives to existing, petrochemically sourced ingredients. Others are mild, sulfate-free and/or ethoxylate-free alternatives; thickening solutions for naturally derived polymers; and efficacy boosters that reduce the use of non-renewable actives with equal benefit for the consumer.

Oral Care to Reach $6 Billion by 2017

While health still primarily drives oral care purchases, consumers also continue to seek oral care products that offer multiple benefits.

Kao Corp. Completes Surfactants Plant in Indonesia

PT. Kao Indonesia Chemicals, a group company of Kao Corp., has completed construction of a new surfactant and industrial chemical plant at Karawang International Industry City (KIIC) in Indonesia.

Seppic Launches Rheology Modifier for Clear Cleansing

Seppic has expanded into the personal hygiene market with the launch of its new rheological modifier Eliclear 4U (INCI: Acrylates Copolymer).

Surfactants and Cleansing Products

Today, cleansing products are available in solid bar, liquid and gel forms and can be based on alkaline salts and synthetic and natural surfactants. When substituted for alkaline salts, synthetic and natural surfactants improve the foam structure and mildness of formulas.

Successfully Formulating at the Skin’s Natural Surface pH

Formulating high-performance skin care systems at low pH levels (4.0 to 5.5) can be beneficial for consumers and formulators in many ways, according to Florence Pecquerie, applications scientist and formulator for Lubrizol. Here, she reviews the current knowledge on skin surface pH, discusses the importance of pH on the efficacy of organic acid preservatives in formulation and introduces a new crosslinked acrylic acid homopolymer.

Sodium Laurylglucosides Hydroxypropyl Sulfonate For Sulfate Free Formulations

Sodium Laurylglucosides Hydroxypropyl Sulfonate for Sulfate-free Formulations

The use of sulfonated alkyl polyglucosides (SAPG) to replace lauryl sulfates and lauryl ether sulfates in sulfate-free formulations has previously been discussed. These primary surfactants were created with environmental and human safety in mind. The current paper describes more recent work with this material, specifically focusing on the lauryl version of SAPG.