Natura-Tec Plantsil™ XLite is an ultra-light, plant-based silicone alternative that addresses the growing demand for eco-friendly cosmetic formulations. It is COSMOS approved and stands out for its low viscosity and rapid absorption, making it a viable substitute for cyclomethicones. Derived from renewable and easily biodegradable sources, it offers excellent skin and hair compatibility without any greasiness, enhancing the texture and spreadability of skincare and makeup products while intensifying pigment color. Moreover, it serves as an exceptional conditioner, leaving hair manageable and soft, particularly suitable for fine hair. Natura-Tec Plantsil™ XLite’s versatility makes it an ideal choice for a wide range of cosmetic applications, including moisturizing creams, anti-aging products, shaving balms, lipsticks, and shampoos.
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Plantsoft™ L
Natura-Tec Plantsoft™ L derived from renewable vegetable sources, effectively replicates animal-derived Lanolin in cosmetic formulations. It closely matches Lanolin in terms of texture and sensory attributes, offering comparable spreadability, shine, tackiness, thickness, and elasticity. With its remarkable water-binding capacity and semi-occlusive qualities, Plantsoft™ L prevents moisture loss and rejuvenates the skin, particularly for dry or chapped skin. It also acts as an excellent emulsion stabilizer, effectively binds water in stable emulsions, forms a protective barrier to prevent water evaporation between skin cells, and regulates formulation viscosity. Additionally, it serves as a crystal inhibitor and enhances substantivity in makeup products like lipstick and mascara. Its safety is affirmed through occlusive and oral mucosa tests, making it suitable for various cosmetic applications, including anti-aging creams, hand creams, aftersun products, body care, baby care, soaps, and aftershave products.
Manufacturer: Natura-Tec
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The natural emollient Natura-Tec Plantsoft™ LUX L is absorbed by the skin, restoring its correct moisture balance and softness without impairing natural skin functions. Because of the polar nature of its compounds, it is a good emulsion stabilizer and can bind high amounts of water by forming stable emulsions. To prevent intercellular water evaporation, Natura-Tec Plantsoft™’s lipids form a semi-occlusive film on the skin and create a protective barrier. Natura-Tec Plantsoft™ LUX L will help to control the viscosity of formulations. In make-up application such as lipstick and mascara, it can function as a crystal inhibitor and substantivity enhancer. It is safe for use in all type of cosmetic formulations, no negative reaction was observed following occlusive application (patch test).
Manufacturer: Natura-Tec
ViewPlantsoft™ Oil
Natura-Tec Plantsoft™ Oil, derived from renewable vegetable sources, effectively emulates Lanolin oil. It replicates Lanolin’s sensory attributes, including spreadability, shine, tackiness, thickness, and elasticity. This oil, akin to Lanolin, contains lipids crucial for skin moisture regulation, preventing moisture loss, and rehydration. Its cumulative benefits aid in restoring softness and elasticity to dry or chapped skin, acting as a lubricant for a soft, smooth appearance. Plantsoft™ Oil’s exceptional properties make it an excellent choice for various cosmetic formulations for skin, hair, and nails, offering superior emollient, moisturizing, filming, and gloss-enhancing capabilities. It particularly benefits color-treated hair and individuals exposed to sun and wind, making it suitable for moisturizing skincare, suncare products, makeup applications, and moisturizing haircare formulations.
Manufacturer: Natura-Tec
ViewPlantsoft™ Wax
Natura-Tec Plantsoft™ Wax, derived from renewable vegetable sources, closely mimics animal-derived Lanolin Wax with its high melting point. It shares similar sensory characteristics such as hardness, shine, tackiness, and thickness. This ingredient’s lipids are crucial for skin moisture control, aiding in maintaining hydration, regulating the skin’s hydrolipidic film, and restoring softness and elasticity, particularly for dry or chapped skin and hair. Additionally, Plantsoft™ Wax serves as a versatile emollient, enhancing moisturization, surface gloss, and substantivity in cosmetic formulations, making it an excellent choice for skincare, lipstick, lip balm, pencils, mascaras, hair waxes, conditioners, and decorative cosmetics.
Manufacturer: Natura-Tec
ViewProteOat
ProteOat, derived from oat flour through enzymatic hydrolysis, offers a natural alternative to hyaluronic acid with its remarkable long-term moisturizing benefits. Enriched with avenanthramides, potent antioxidants renowned for their anti-irritant and redness-reduction prowess, ProteOat is an exceptional ingredient for sensitive and irritated skin in skincare products. It not only hydrates effectively but also aids in smoothing fine lines, reducing wrinkles, and enhancing skin surfactant tolerance, making it invaluable in anti-aging and moisturizing creams. Additionally, its excellent film-forming and conditioning properties make it a superb choice for hair care products, imparting a silky touch and radiant shine to the hair.
Manufacturer: Natura-Tec
ViewProteSoy
Natura-Tec ProteSoy, derived from soy plants, serves as a potent natural protein source with a unique composition encompassing all essential amino acids. Employing a specialized production technique yielding minimal aroma and flavor, it strengthens and enhances flexibility when integrated into cosmetic formulations. Notably, this ingredient safeguards skin and hair from chemical and environmental damage, functions as a non-occlusive moisture-binding film former in skincare, diminishing the appearance of fine lines, and imparts excellent film-forming and moisturizing qualities in hair care products, resulting in increased volume and manageability.
Manufacturer: Natura-Tec
ViewProteWheat
Derived from plant sources, Natura-Tec ProteWheat offers a wealth of amino acids and a notable glutamine content that proves beneficial for both skin and hair. Glutamine, an essential amino acid and antioxidant crucial for cell regulation and immune support, is a key component of this ingredient, boasting a protein content exceeding 75%, an azote content of over 12%, and an average molecular weight below 3500 Daltons. In skincare, it enhances skin texture and softness by retaining moisture and providing nourishment, thereby promoting skin firmness and reducing wrinkle formation while also improving skin surfactant tolerance. In hair care applications, ProteWheat excels with its film-forming and conditioning attributes, leaving hair feeling silky and enhancing its shine. It’s a versatile ingredient suitable for a wide range of cosmetic formulations, including anti-aging and moisturizing creams, sun care products, baby care items, conditioners, shampoos, hair lotions, hair sprays, shaving products, bath soaps, and shower gels.
Manufacturer: Natura-Tec
ViewRice Bran Oil-Refined
Natura-Tec Rice Bran Oil – Refined is a potent cosmetic ingredient abundant in essential unsaturated fatty acids like Omega 9 and Omega 6, along with valuable unsaponifiables such as natural tocopherols (vitamin E), tocotrienols, and gamma-oryzanol. This unique composition enhances its compatibility with skin lipids, promoting skin protection and rejuvenation. Its natural components have the remarkable capacity to stimulate skin cells, resulting in firmer, smoother, and healthier skin, all while being rapidly absorbed and leaving a non-greasy, velvety feel. Additionally, it nourishes hair follicles and aids in hydration, making it an ideal choice for skincare products targeting damaged and aged skin, moisturizing hand creams, body milks, regenerative and anti-wrinkle facial creams, as well as haircare products like conditioners and masks.
Manufacturer: Natura-Tec
ViewRice Bran Wax
Natura-Tec Rice Bran Wax is a versatile natural ingredient sourced from rice bran, rich in high molecular weight monoesters (C-46 to C-66), and containing natural components like Squalene, Tocopherol, and Tocotrienol. This wax boasts exceptional crystallinity and soft oil jellifying properties, resulting in a non-tacky, silky feel on the skin. It serves as an effective occlusive moisturizer, enhances the spreadability of cosmetic products, aids in stable emulsion formation, and creates a protective skin barrier while improving structure and oil retention in decorative formulations, making it an ideal choice for various cosmetic applications, including lipsticks, moisturizing creams, hair conditioners, and candles.
Manufacturer: Natura-Tec
ViewRice Milk PE
Natura-Tec Rice Milk, extracted through a high-pressure process for ultimate purity, harnesses the full range of beneficial components found in rice plants, including essential fatty acids, phytosterols, vitamins A and E, ferulic acid, gamma oryzanol, and essential amino acids. This unique formulation combines both water-soluble and lipid-soluble elements, synergistically promoting skin and hair regeneration. With its high concentration of medium molecular weight polysaccharides, it facilitates the creation of conditioning emulsions. Rice Milk is GMO and gluten-free, acting as a superb moisturizer that calms the skin and leaves a luxurious velvety texture. Its rich composition also provides protective and anti-aging effects by reducing free radical formation. Additionally, it easily integrates into bath, shower, and shaving products, alleviating dryness and irritation while maintaining foam quality. In hair care, it enhances manageability, shine, strength, and volume due to its vitamin and colloidal polysaccharide content. This versatile ingredient finds applications in shower products, skin care, and hair care formulations, offering a wide range of benefits for various cosmetic products.
Manufacturer: Natura-Tec
ViewRice Starch
Natura-Tec Rice Starch is a finely powdered, plant-based ingredient known for its exceptional absorption properties. Its small particle size significantly increases surface area, enhancing its absorption capabilities. When added below 50°C in cosmetic formulations, it imparts an exquisite soft-touch sensation, while heating it above 70°C in the water phase transforms it into a gelling agent. This versatile ingredient is perfect for decorative cosmetics, skincare, and haircare products, offering a long-lasting matte appearance in skincare, soothing properties for irritated skin, and oil-absorbing benefits for beautiful hair. Additionally, it allows for the creation of “Talc free” products and acts as a co-gelling agent in emulsion systems when used at higher temperatures.
Manufacturer: Natura-Tec
ViewPlantsil™ XLite
Natura-Tec Plantsil™ XLite is an ultra-light, plant-based silicone alternative that addresses the growing demand for eco-friendly cosmetic formulations. It is COSMOS approved and stands out for its low viscosity and rapid absorption, making it a viable substitute for cyclomethicones. Derived from renewable and easily biodegradable sources, it offers excellent skin and hair compatibility without any greasiness, enhancing the texture and spreadability of skincare and makeup products while intensifying pigment color. Moreover, it serves as an exceptional conditioner, leaving hair manageable and soft, particularly suitable for fine hair. Natura-Tec Plantsil™ XLite’s versatility makes it an ideal choice for a wide range of cosmetic applications, including moisturizing creams, anti-aging products, shaving balms, lipsticks, and shampoos.
Manufacturer: Natura-Tec
ViewPlantsoft™ L
Natura-Tec Plantsoft™ L derived from renewable vegetable sources, effectively replicates animal-derived Lanolin in cosmetic formulations. It closely matches Lanolin in terms of texture and sensory attributes, offering comparable spreadability, shine, tackiness, thickness, and elasticity. With its remarkable water-binding capacity and semi-occlusive qualities, Plantsoft™ L prevents moisture loss and rejuvenates the skin, particularly for dry or chapped skin. It also acts as an excellent emulsion stabilizer, effectively binds water in stable emulsions, forms a protective barrier to prevent water evaporation between skin cells, and regulates formulation viscosity. Additionally, it serves as a crystal inhibitor and enhances substantivity in makeup products like lipstick and mascara. Its safety is affirmed through occlusive and oral mucosa tests, making it suitable for various cosmetic applications, including anti-aging creams, hand creams, aftersun products, body care, baby care, soaps, and aftershave products.
Manufacturer: Natura-Tec
ViewPlantsoft™ LUX L
The natural emollient Natura-Tec Plantsoft™ LUX L is absorbed by the skin, restoring its correct moisture balance and softness without impairing natural skin functions. Because of the polar nature of its compounds, it is a good emulsion stabilizer and can bind high amounts of water by forming stable emulsions. To prevent intercellular water evaporation, Natura-Tec Plantsoft™’s lipids form a semi-occlusive film on the skin and create a protective barrier. Natura-Tec Plantsoft™ LUX L will help to control the viscosity of formulations. In make-up application such as lipstick and mascara, it can function as a crystal inhibitor and substantivity enhancer. It is safe for use in all type of cosmetic formulations, no negative reaction was observed following occlusive application (patch test).
Manufacturer: Natura-Tec
ViewPlantsoft™ Oil
Natura-Tec Plantsoft™ Oil, derived from renewable vegetable sources, effectively emulates Lanolin oil. It replicates Lanolin’s sensory attributes, including spreadability, shine, tackiness, thickness, and elasticity. This oil, akin to Lanolin, contains lipids crucial for skin moisture regulation, preventing moisture loss, and rehydration. Its cumulative benefits aid in restoring softness and elasticity to dry or chapped skin, acting as a lubricant for a soft, smooth appearance. Plantsoft™ Oil’s exceptional properties make it an excellent choice for various cosmetic formulations for skin, hair, and nails, offering superior emollient, moisturizing, filming, and gloss-enhancing capabilities. It particularly benefits color-treated hair and individuals exposed to sun and wind, making it suitable for moisturizing skincare, suncare products, makeup applications, and moisturizing haircare formulations.
Manufacturer: Natura-Tec
ViewPlantsoft™ Wax
Natura-Tec Plantsoft™ Wax, derived from renewable vegetable sources, closely mimics animal-derived Lanolin Wax with its high melting point. It shares similar sensory characteristics such as hardness, shine, tackiness, and thickness. This ingredient’s lipids are crucial for skin moisture control, aiding in maintaining hydration, regulating the skin’s hydrolipidic film, and restoring softness and elasticity, particularly for dry or chapped skin and hair. Additionally, Plantsoft™ Wax serves as a versatile emollient, enhancing moisturization, surface gloss, and substantivity in cosmetic formulations, making it an excellent choice for skincare, lipstick, lip balm, pencils, mascaras, hair waxes, conditioners, and decorative cosmetics.
Manufacturer: Natura-Tec
ViewProteOat
ProteOat, derived from oat flour through enzymatic hydrolysis, offers a natural alternative to hyaluronic acid with its remarkable long-term moisturizing benefits. Enriched with avenanthramides, potent antioxidants renowned for their anti-irritant and redness-reduction prowess, ProteOat is an exceptional ingredient for sensitive and irritated skin in skincare products. It not only hydrates effectively but also aids in smoothing fine lines, reducing wrinkles, and enhancing skin surfactant tolerance, making it invaluable in anti-aging and moisturizing creams. Additionally, its excellent film-forming and conditioning properties make it a superb choice for hair care products, imparting a silky touch and radiant shine to the hair.
Manufacturer: Natura-Tec
ViewProteSoy
Natura-Tec ProteSoy, derived from soy plants, serves as a potent natural protein source with a unique composition encompassing all essential amino acids. Employing a specialized production technique yielding minimal aroma and flavor, it strengthens and enhances flexibility when integrated into cosmetic formulations. Notably, this ingredient safeguards skin and hair from chemical and environmental damage, functions as a non-occlusive moisture-binding film former in skincare, diminishing the appearance of fine lines, and imparts excellent film-forming and moisturizing qualities in hair care products, resulting in increased volume and manageability.
Manufacturer: Natura-Tec
ViewProteWheat
Derived from plant sources, Natura-Tec ProteWheat offers a wealth of amino acids and a notable glutamine content that proves beneficial for both skin and hair. Glutamine, an essential amino acid and antioxidant crucial for cell regulation and immune support, is a key component of this ingredient, boasting a protein content exceeding 75%, an azote content of over 12%, and an average molecular weight below 3500 Daltons. In skincare, it enhances skin texture and softness by retaining moisture and providing nourishment, thereby promoting skin firmness and reducing wrinkle formation while also improving skin surfactant tolerance. In hair care applications, ProteWheat excels with its film-forming and conditioning attributes, leaving hair feeling silky and enhancing its shine. It’s a versatile ingredient suitable for a wide range of cosmetic formulations, including anti-aging and moisturizing creams, sun care products, baby care items, conditioners, shampoos, hair lotions, hair sprays, shaving products, bath soaps, and shower gels.
Manufacturer: Natura-Tec
ViewRice Bran Oil-Refined
Natura-Tec Rice Bran Oil – Refined is a potent cosmetic ingredient abundant in essential unsaturated fatty acids like Omega 9 and Omega 6, along with valuable unsaponifiables such as natural tocopherols (vitamin E), tocotrienols, and gamma-oryzanol. This unique composition enhances its compatibility with skin lipids, promoting skin protection and rejuvenation. Its natural components have the remarkable capacity to stimulate skin cells, resulting in firmer, smoother, and healthier skin, all while being rapidly absorbed and leaving a non-greasy, velvety feel. Additionally, it nourishes hair follicles and aids in hydration, making it an ideal choice for skincare products targeting damaged and aged skin, moisturizing hand creams, body milks, regenerative and anti-wrinkle facial creams, as well as haircare products like conditioners and masks.
Manufacturer: Natura-Tec
ViewRice Bran Wax
Natura-Tec Rice Bran Wax is a versatile natural ingredient sourced from rice bran, rich in high molecular weight monoesters (C-46 to C-66), and containing natural components like Squalene, Tocopherol, and Tocotrienol. This wax boasts exceptional crystallinity and soft oil jellifying properties, resulting in a non-tacky, silky feel on the skin. It serves as an effective occlusive moisturizer, enhances the spreadability of cosmetic products, aids in stable emulsion formation, and creates a protective skin barrier while improving structure and oil retention in decorative formulations, making it an ideal choice for various cosmetic applications, including lipsticks, moisturizing creams, hair conditioners, and candles.
Manufacturer: Natura-Tec
ViewRice Milk PE
Natura-Tec Rice Milk, extracted through a high-pressure process for ultimate purity, harnesses the full range of beneficial components found in rice plants, including essential fatty acids, phytosterols, vitamins A and E, ferulic acid, gamma oryzanol, and essential amino acids. This unique formulation combines both water-soluble and lipid-soluble elements, synergistically promoting skin and hair regeneration. With its high concentration of medium molecular weight polysaccharides, it facilitates the creation of conditioning emulsions. Rice Milk is GMO and gluten-free, acting as a superb moisturizer that calms the skin and leaves a luxurious velvety texture. Its rich composition also provides protective and anti-aging effects by reducing free radical formation. Additionally, it easily integrates into bath, shower, and shaving products, alleviating dryness and irritation while maintaining foam quality. In hair care, it enhances manageability, shine, strength, and volume due to its vitamin and colloidal polysaccharide content. This versatile ingredient finds applications in shower products, skin care, and hair care formulations, offering a wide range of benefits for various cosmetic products.
Manufacturer: Natura-Tec
ViewRice Starch
Natura-Tec Rice Starch is a finely powdered, plant-based ingredient known for its exceptional absorption properties. Its small particle size significantly increases surface area, enhancing its absorption capabilities. When added below 50°C in cosmetic formulations, it imparts an exquisite soft-touch sensation, while heating it above 70°C in the water phase transforms it into a gelling agent. This versatile ingredient is perfect for decorative cosmetics, skincare, and haircare products, offering a long-lasting matte appearance in skincare, soothing properties for irritated skin, and oil-absorbing benefits for beautiful hair. Additionally, it allows for the creation of “Talc free” products and acts as a co-gelling agent in emulsion systems when used at higher temperatures.
Manufacturer: Natura-Tec
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