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CosmoSurf® CE-100

CosmoSurf® CE-100 is a naturally derived, water-resistant polymer that offers exceptional benefits in cosmetic formulations. This liquid film former not only imparts a soft, light, and dry texture to the skin upon application but also enhances the water resistance of cosmetic products. Its inclusion, particularly when combined with Octyldodecyl citrate crosspolymer, can result in long-lasting and comfortable makeup formulations that withstand moisture, providing a seamless and durable finish.

Manufacturer: SurfaTech
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CosmoSurf® CE-140/CE-150

CosmoSurf® CE-140/CE-150 is a high-performance, natural-based water-resistant polymer formulated with a solid C18 stearyl alcohol intermediate. This innovative ingredient offers a balanced functional profile, creating a soft, silky barrier on the skin that melts at body temperature upon application. Its unique composition makes it perfect for Sun Care formulations, providing exceptional film-forming properties and delivering a natural water-resistant claim for enhanced product performance.

Manufacturer: SurfaTech
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CosmoSurf® CE-250

CosmoSurf® CE-250 offers exceptional performance in cosmetics with its natural-based water-resistant polymer, featuring C22 behenyl alcohol intermediate for a high melt point profile. This unique combination provides cosmetics with enhanced stabilization and increased barrier properties, ensuring the product remains intact and effective even in challenging conditions. Additionally, it imparts natural, substantive film-forming properties, enhancing the overall performance and longevity of cosmetic formulations.

Manufacturer: SurfaTech
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CosmoSurf® DCB-20

Discover the future of cosmetics with CosmoSurf® DCB-20, a patented innovation derived from natural renewable monomers. This remarkable product not only exhibits outstanding powder dispersion and film-forming properties but also offers a sustainable alternative to silicon-containing products. By enhancing pigment surface wettability, aiding dispersion, and forming a transfer-resistant film, CosmoSurf® DCB-20 surpasses polyacrylate film-forming agents. Experience the lightweight, non-sticky feel of this natural polar oily polymer, which excels in dispersion, film formation, and emollience, setting a new standard for eco-conscious cosmetics.

Manufacturer: SurfaTech
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CosmoSurf® DDG-20

CosmoSurf® DDG 20, with its INCI name as Bis-octyldodecyl dimer dilinoleate/propandiol copolymer, finds its versatile application in pigmented formulations like sun care and color cosmetics. This polymer offers the advantage of creating smooth, low-viscosity dispersions of untreated pigments while showcasing remarkable film-forming capabilities. Furthermore, it enhances the natural film-forming properties in high SPF sun care products, promoting water-resistant qualities, all while being an environmentally conscious, biodegradable natural copolymer that aids in preserving our oceans.

Manufacturer: SurfaTech
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CosmoSurf® DDG-28

CosmoSurf® DDG-28 is a naturally derived, biodegradable dispersant, SPF booster, and film former designed specifically for pigmented formulations. Derived from natural raw materials, it offers exceptional dispersing properties, SPF enhancement, and a primary film-forming ability with enhanced skin sensory benefits. This complex ester system not only improves pigment dispersion and stability but also provides water-resistant properties, making it an ideal choice for pigmented facial formulations requiring a soft, silky spread and broad-spectrum protection, including zinc oxide formulations. It offers a green, natural alternative to synthetic dispersants while delivering superior skin feel and SPF performance.

Manufacturer: SurfaTech
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CosmoSurf® DGSi

CosmoSurf® DGSi, a multi-domain polymer in sunscreen formulations, excels in harmonizing non-polar actives with polar environments. Its unique properties ensure the creation of consistent, well-dispersed products on the skin across various formulations. This silicone hybrid copolymer, developed with “green silicone,” boasts a low surface tension that enhances the aesthetics of oil phases, even when used sparingly, elevating the overall cosmetic appeal of the product.

Manufacturer: SurfaTech
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CosmoSurf® PG1-IS

CosmoSurf® PG1-IS offers exceptional emolliency and forms a distinctive waterproof film upon skin application due to its composition of stearic and isostearic acids. This polymer’s remarkable properties stem from its combination of solid and liquid domains, enabling it to create a water-resistant yet flexible and easy-to-apply waxy film in cosmetic formulations. It enhances product performance by providing long-lasting moisture retention and a smooth, protective barrier on the skin.

Manufacturer: SurfaTech
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CosmoSurf® SCD 140

CosmoSurf® SCD-140 is a patented product derived from natural renewable materials. It serves as a natural waterproofing agent, offering exceptional skin aesthetics in terms of both appearance and feel. It is used to replace ethylene (polyacrylic ester) polymers, increasing solubility, improving rheological properties, and facilitating film formation. It provides a mild to slightly waxy sensation in the final product formula, enhancing formula stability. Key features include its natural sunscreen and waterproof film-forming properties, elevating SPF and skin sensation.

Manufacturer: SurfaTech
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DL Biomoist 1%

DL Biomoist 1% offers cosmetic formulators a multifaceted ingredient with numerous advantages. This high-molecular-weight polymer deeply hydrates the skin, providing exceptional smoothness and softness. It’s an effective anti-wrinkle agent and supports skin cell growth, aiding in wound healing. Additionally, DL Biomoist 1% acts as a powerful moisturizer, maintaining skin hydration and promoting new skin cell growth. Its film-forming properties enhance the feel of lubrication, making it suitable for a wide range of skincare and haircare products, including hydrating gels, moisturizing creams, anti-aging formulations, sun care products, and treatments for sensitive or dry skin. Moreover, it excels in varying humidity levels, making it a versatile choice for global development in cosmetic formulations.

Manufacturer: Deveraux Specialties
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DL Biomoist 8

DL Biomoist 8 is a versatile cosmetic ingredient that delivers superior hydration and moisture retention in formulations. It combines the power of Sodium Hyaluronate and Hydrolyzed Hyaluronic Acid, ensuring deep skin penetration for intense hydration. Sodium Hyaluronate is a form of hyaluronic acid, renowned for its intense hydration properties. It helps to retain moisture in the skin, making it plumper, smoother for a youthful appearance. Hydrolyzed Hyaluronic Acid is a lower molecular weight form of hyaluronic acid, penetrating deeper into the skin compared to its higher molecular counterparts, providing deep hydration and aiding in reducing the appearance of fine line and wrinkles. Formulators will appreciate its compatibility and preservative properties with Gluconolactone, a polyhydroxy acid (PHA), is known for its gentle exfoliating properties. It helps to remove dead skin cells, revealing brighter, more even-toned skin. It’s also an antioxidant, providing protection against environmental damage. DL Biomoist 8 is an ideal choice for creating skincare products that provide long-lasting hydration, plumpness, and skin barrier support.

Manufacturer: Deveraux Specialties
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DL Biomoist AcHA

DL Biomoist AcHA is a groundbreaking and cost-effective hyaluronic acid technology, featuring Sodium Acetyl Hyaluronate, a hyaluronic acid derivative with a low molecular weight of approximately 100,000 D. This unique ingredient offers exceptional advantages for cosmetic formulators, enhancing skin hydration, softening, and barrier repair while reducing water evaporation and increasing moisture retention. DL Biomoist AcHA’s hydrophobic properties result in improved sensorial aesthetics, stable emulsions, and efficient delivery of active ingredients, making it an ideal choice for enhancing the performance of skin care products and reducing formulation costs.

Manufacturer: Deveraux Specialties
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CosmoSurf® CE-100

CosmoSurf® CE-100 is a naturally derived, water-resistant polymer that offers exceptional benefits in cosmetic formulations. This liquid film former not only imparts a soft, light, and dry texture to the skin upon application but also enhances the water resistance of cosmetic products. Its inclusion, particularly when combined with Octyldodecyl citrate crosspolymer, can result in long-lasting and comfortable makeup formulations that withstand moisture, providing a seamless and durable finish.

Manufacturer: SurfaTech
View

CosmoSurf® CE-140/CE-150

CosmoSurf® CE-140/CE-150 is a high-performance, natural-based water-resistant polymer formulated with a solid C18 stearyl alcohol intermediate. This innovative ingredient offers a balanced functional profile, creating a soft, silky barrier on the skin that melts at body temperature upon application. Its unique composition makes it perfect for Sun Care formulations, providing exceptional film-forming properties and delivering a natural water-resistant claim for enhanced product performance.

Manufacturer: SurfaTech
View

CosmoSurf® CE-250

CosmoSurf® CE-250 offers exceptional performance in cosmetics with its natural-based water-resistant polymer, featuring C22 behenyl alcohol intermediate for a high melt point profile. This unique combination provides cosmetics with enhanced stabilization and increased barrier properties, ensuring the product remains intact and effective even in challenging conditions. Additionally, it imparts natural, substantive film-forming properties, enhancing the overall performance and longevity of cosmetic formulations.

Manufacturer: SurfaTech
View

CosmoSurf® DCB-20

Discover the future of cosmetics with CosmoSurf® DCB-20, a patented innovation derived from natural renewable monomers. This remarkable product not only exhibits outstanding powder dispersion and film-forming properties but also offers a sustainable alternative to silicon-containing products. By enhancing pigment surface wettability, aiding dispersion, and forming a transfer-resistant film, CosmoSurf® DCB-20 surpasses polyacrylate film-forming agents. Experience the lightweight, non-sticky feel of this natural polar oily polymer, which excels in dispersion, film formation, and emollience, setting a new standard for eco-conscious cosmetics.

Manufacturer: SurfaTech
View

CosmoSurf® DDG-20

CosmoSurf® DDG 20, with its INCI name as Bis-octyldodecyl dimer dilinoleate/propandiol copolymer, finds its versatile application in pigmented formulations like sun care and color cosmetics. This polymer offers the advantage of creating smooth, low-viscosity dispersions of untreated pigments while showcasing remarkable film-forming capabilities. Furthermore, it enhances the natural film-forming properties in high SPF sun care products, promoting water-resistant qualities, all while being an environmentally conscious, biodegradable natural copolymer that aids in preserving our oceans.

Manufacturer: SurfaTech
View

CosmoSurf® DDG-28

CosmoSurf® DDG-28 is a naturally derived, biodegradable dispersant, SPF booster, and film former designed specifically for pigmented formulations. Derived from natural raw materials, it offers exceptional dispersing properties, SPF enhancement, and a primary film-forming ability with enhanced skin sensory benefits. This complex ester system not only improves pigment dispersion and stability but also provides water-resistant properties, making it an ideal choice for pigmented facial formulations requiring a soft, silky spread and broad-spectrum protection, including zinc oxide formulations. It offers a green, natural alternative to synthetic dispersants while delivering superior skin feel and SPF performance.

Manufacturer: SurfaTech
View

CosmoSurf® DGSi

CosmoSurf® DGSi, a multi-domain polymer in sunscreen formulations, excels in harmonizing non-polar actives with polar environments. Its unique properties ensure the creation of consistent, well-dispersed products on the skin across various formulations. This silicone hybrid copolymer, developed with “green silicone,” boasts a low surface tension that enhances the aesthetics of oil phases, even when used sparingly, elevating the overall cosmetic appeal of the product.

Manufacturer: SurfaTech
View

CosmoSurf® PG1-IS

CosmoSurf® PG1-IS offers exceptional emolliency and forms a distinctive waterproof film upon skin application due to its composition of stearic and isostearic acids. This polymer’s remarkable properties stem from its combination of solid and liquid domains, enabling it to create a water-resistant yet flexible and easy-to-apply waxy film in cosmetic formulations. It enhances product performance by providing long-lasting moisture retention and a smooth, protective barrier on the skin.

Manufacturer: SurfaTech
View

CosmoSurf® SCD 140

CosmoSurf® SCD-140 is a patented product derived from natural renewable materials. It serves as a natural waterproofing agent, offering exceptional skin aesthetics in terms of both appearance and feel. It is used to replace ethylene (polyacrylic ester) polymers, increasing solubility, improving rheological properties, and facilitating film formation. It provides a mild to slightly waxy sensation in the final product formula, enhancing formula stability. Key features include its natural sunscreen and waterproof film-forming properties, elevating SPF and skin sensation.

Manufacturer: SurfaTech
View

DL Biomoist 1%

DL Biomoist 1% offers cosmetic formulators a multifaceted ingredient with numerous advantages. This high-molecular-weight polymer deeply hydrates the skin, providing exceptional smoothness and softness. It’s an effective anti-wrinkle agent and supports skin cell growth, aiding in wound healing. Additionally, DL Biomoist 1% acts as a powerful moisturizer, maintaining skin hydration and promoting new skin cell growth. Its film-forming properties enhance the feel of lubrication, making it suitable for a wide range of skincare and haircare products, including hydrating gels, moisturizing creams, anti-aging formulations, sun care products, and treatments for sensitive or dry skin. Moreover, it excels in varying humidity levels, making it a versatile choice for global development in cosmetic formulations.

Manufacturer: Deveraux Specialties
View

DL Biomoist 8

DL Biomoist 8 is a versatile cosmetic ingredient that delivers superior hydration and moisture retention in formulations. It combines the power of Sodium Hyaluronate and Hydrolyzed Hyaluronic Acid, ensuring deep skin penetration for intense hydration. Sodium Hyaluronate is a form of hyaluronic acid, renowned for its intense hydration properties. It helps to retain moisture in the skin, making it plumper, smoother for a youthful appearance. Hydrolyzed Hyaluronic Acid is a lower molecular weight form of hyaluronic acid, penetrating deeper into the skin compared to its higher molecular counterparts, providing deep hydration and aiding in reducing the appearance of fine line and wrinkles. Formulators will appreciate its compatibility and preservative properties with Gluconolactone, a polyhydroxy acid (PHA), is known for its gentle exfoliating properties. It helps to remove dead skin cells, revealing brighter, more even-toned skin. It’s also an antioxidant, providing protection against environmental damage. DL Biomoist 8 is an ideal choice for creating skincare products that provide long-lasting hydration, plumpness, and skin barrier support.

Manufacturer: Deveraux Specialties
View

DL Biomoist AcHA

DL Biomoist AcHA is a groundbreaking and cost-effective hyaluronic acid technology, featuring Sodium Acetyl Hyaluronate, a hyaluronic acid derivative with a low molecular weight of approximately 100,000 D. This unique ingredient offers exceptional advantages for cosmetic formulators, enhancing skin hydration, softening, and barrier repair while reducing water evaporation and increasing moisture retention. DL Biomoist AcHA’s hydrophobic properties result in improved sensorial aesthetics, stable emulsions, and efficient delivery of active ingredients, making it an ideal choice for enhancing the performance of skin care products and reducing formulation costs.

Manufacturer: Deveraux Specialties
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