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Plantsil™ Xcite 350

Natura-Tec Plantsil™ Xcite 350 is a plant-based silicone alternative with a viscosity of ?350 cst. It provides a distinct sensation of luxury and a velvety touch, enhancing texture and prolonging penetration time. Ideal for premium formulations and hair care products aiming to prevent heaviness and buildup, this natural alternative to traditional silicones offers high spreadability, creating a non-sticky moisture barrier for elegant skin protection and long-lasting haircare solutions. Additionally, it is a transparent, low-odor liquid that easily blends into modern formulations, elevating the overall texture and sensory experience of the final products.

Manufacturer: Natura-Tec
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Plantsil™ 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
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Porphyraline

Elevate your skincare routine with Porphyraline by Givaudan Active Beauty, a versatile emollient, thickener, and film former that goes beyond the ordinary. Crafted to deliver exceptional moisturization and effective barrier repair, Porphyraline is your go-to solution for baby care, dry skin, mature skin, sensitive skin, and more. From daily skincare to sun protection and after-sun care, this multi-purpose ingredient redefines skin beauty, leaving you with a radiant, healthy glow. Trust in Porphyraline to unlock the secret to naturally beautiful skin.

Manufacturer: Givaudan Active Beauty
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ProBarrier CLR™

ProBarrier™ CLR, a suspension of waxy particles derived from caprylic/capric triglycerides and carnauba wax, offers formulators a cutting-edge solution for skincare products. This innovative ingredient forms a long-lasting, breathable barrier on the skin without clogging pores, making it ideal for protective formulations in harsh environments. It not only enhances skin protection but also delivers a luxurious, lightweight texture for an improved sensory experience during application.

Manufacturer: CLR Berlin
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ProteOat

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
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ProteSoy

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
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ProteWheat

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
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Rice 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
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Rice 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
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Rose Hip Wax

Dive into the velvety embrace of Rose Hip Wax, nature’s answer to unparalleled richness. With its medium to high melting point rooted in hydrogenated vegetable oil, this wax boasts the perfect consistency for anhydrous systems. Not just a wax, but an experience, Rose Hip Wax is where nature’s purity meets luxurious texture, ensuring every application feels like a touch of botanical opulence.

Manufacturer: Natura-Tec
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Silkgel

Silkgel is a unique functional vegan silk derived through white biotechnology, offering innovative possibilities for the cosmetic industry. It provides non-animal alternatives, anti-pollution benefits with film-forming properties, breathable skin protection akin to a second skin, and enhances substance efficacy through increased fixation. Silkgel finds applications in pollution protection sprays, hair conditioners, skin protection creams, detox face primers, and breathable nail polishes, meeting vegan certification standards and associated claims of breathable protection, a “second skin” effect, anti-pollution properties, and enhanced substance fixation.

Manufacturer: Givaudan Active Beauty
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Softolive™

Softolive™, a natural emollient derived from olive oil, effectively reduces skin roughness and dryness, while restoring skin suppleness and flexibility. Ideal for formulations targeting dry, mature, or irritated skin, as well as in makeup, after-sun products, and hair care, it complies with INCI China IECIC regulations and supports emollient and sensory claims in cosmetics.

Manufacturer: Givaudan Active Beauty
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Plantsil™ Xcite 350

Natura-Tec Plantsil™ Xcite 350 is a plant-based silicone alternative with a viscosity of ?350 cst. It provides a distinct sensation of luxury and a velvety touch, enhancing texture and prolonging penetration time. Ideal for premium formulations and hair care products aiming to prevent heaviness and buildup, this natural alternative to traditional silicones offers high spreadability, creating a non-sticky moisture barrier for elegant skin protection and long-lasting haircare solutions. Additionally, it is a transparent, low-odor liquid that easily blends into modern formulations, elevating the overall texture and sensory experience of the final products.

Manufacturer: Natura-Tec
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Plantsil™ 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
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Porphyraline

Elevate your skincare routine with Porphyraline by Givaudan Active Beauty, a versatile emollient, thickener, and film former that goes beyond the ordinary. Crafted to deliver exceptional moisturization and effective barrier repair, Porphyraline is your go-to solution for baby care, dry skin, mature skin, sensitive skin, and more. From daily skincare to sun protection and after-sun care, this multi-purpose ingredient redefines skin beauty, leaving you with a radiant, healthy glow. Trust in Porphyraline to unlock the secret to naturally beautiful skin.

Manufacturer: Givaudan Active Beauty
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ProBarrier CLR™

ProBarrier™ CLR, a suspension of waxy particles derived from caprylic/capric triglycerides and carnauba wax, offers formulators a cutting-edge solution for skincare products. This innovative ingredient forms a long-lasting, breathable barrier on the skin without clogging pores, making it ideal for protective formulations in harsh environments. It not only enhances skin protection but also delivers a luxurious, lightweight texture for an improved sensory experience during application.

Manufacturer: CLR Berlin
View

ProteOat

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
View

ProteSoy

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
View

ProteWheat

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
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Rice 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
View

Rice 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
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Rose Hip Wax

Dive into the velvety embrace of Rose Hip Wax, nature’s answer to unparalleled richness. With its medium to high melting point rooted in hydrogenated vegetable oil, this wax boasts the perfect consistency for anhydrous systems. Not just a wax, but an experience, Rose Hip Wax is where nature’s purity meets luxurious texture, ensuring every application feels like a touch of botanical opulence.

Manufacturer: Natura-Tec
View

Silkgel

Silkgel is a unique functional vegan silk derived through white biotechnology, offering innovative possibilities for the cosmetic industry. It provides non-animal alternatives, anti-pollution benefits with film-forming properties, breathable skin protection akin to a second skin, and enhances substance efficacy through increased fixation. Silkgel finds applications in pollution protection sprays, hair conditioners, skin protection creams, detox face primers, and breathable nail polishes, meeting vegan certification standards and associated claims of breathable protection, a “second skin” effect, anti-pollution properties, and enhanced substance fixation.

Manufacturer: Givaudan Active Beauty
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Softolive™

Softolive™, a natural emollient derived from olive oil, effectively reduces skin roughness and dryness, while restoring skin suppleness and flexibility. Ideal for formulations targeting dry, mature, or irritated skin, as well as in makeup, after-sun products, and hair care, it complies with INCI China IECIC regulations and supports emollient and sensory claims in cosmetics.

Manufacturer: Givaudan Active Beauty
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