Thickening Agents

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Alusion®

Alusion® High Purity Alumina Platelets offer formulators a multi-functional ingredient that stands out for its unique platelet morphology, providing superior slip, adhesion, and transparency. The powder is enhanced with next-gen zinc oxide coating, boosting SPF capabilities, making it ideal for a wide range of cosmetic products from sunscreens to foundations. Additionally, Alusion® is not only recognized for its soft focus effects and luminescent finish but also offers a strong adhesion that outperforms other common cosmetic ingredients like talc and silica.

Manufacturer: Antaria
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Bees-N-Love

Natura-Tec Bees-N-Love is a sustainable and eco-friendly vegan alternative to beeswax, designed to replicate the functionality of beeswax in cosmetic formulations. This innovative ingredient offers high compatibility with natural ingredients and is ideal for colored and solid cosmetics such as foundations, highlighters, lipsticks, and protective lip balms. Bees-N-Love matches beeswax in terms of breaking index, crystal network, and overall texture, while providing enhanced softness, spreadability, and reduced stickiness. With a melting point of 65°C, it ensures stability and performance, making it a perfect choice for formulators seeking a cost-effective and environmentally responsible solution.

Manufacturer: Natura-Tec
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BGT™ SHCG

BGT™ SHCG combines an emollient ester with a natural surfactant, creating a unique chemical structure that enhances product performance. This innovative ingredient is especially effective in producing high-viscosity fatty amino acid salt facial cleansing creams that maintain stability across various temperatures. BGT™ SHCG also reduces surfactant irritation, provides moisturizing and repairing effects, leaving the skin soft and hydrated post-wash. Its ability to form stable liquid crystal emulsions and carry a high concentration of active components makes it an excellent choice for developers seeking to improve the efficacy and feel of their skincare formulations.

Manufacturer: Bio Genetic Technology
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Carnauba Wax T1

Carnauba Wax T1, derived from the leaves of the Brazilian palm tree Copernicia cerifera, offers unparalleled advantages in cosmetic formulations. Known for its high melting point and exceptional purity, this natural wax serves as an excellent thickening agent in skincare products, creating creamy, mattifying emulsions. In makeup applications, it enhances water resistance and longevity, while its unique chemical composition optimizes pigment dispersion and imparts a smooth, gliding texture to the final formulations.

Manufacturer: Natura-Tec
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Coco Gly Doc

Coco Gly Doc is a groundbreaking viscosity builder and adjuster, specially formulated to enhance the sensory experience of toiletries and hair care products. Infused with lipo-amino acids like Olivoil PCA and Cocoyl Glycine, it not only offers effective thickening in cold processes but also provides mild cleansing and foam-boosting properties. The inclusion of olive oil-derived lipids ensures a luxurious emollient after-feel, elevating the overall product experience.

Manufacturer: Kalichem SRL
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DL Candelilla Wax

DL Candelilla Wax offers excellent emollient properties, providing a smooth and protective texture in cosmetic formulations. Its natural composition makes it a preferred choice for vegan and cruelty-free product formulations. Additionally, DL Candelilla Wax exhibits strong binding capabilities, enhancing the stability and longevity of cosmetic products, making it an ideal choice for formulators seeking plant-based alternatives to traditional waxes.

Manufacturer: Deveraux Specialties
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DL Carnauba Wax

Meet DL Carnauba Wax, the cosmetic world’s natural guardian against the melt. Derived from nature, this wondrous ingredient acts as a formidable coating and binding agent, ensuring your favorite skincare and cosmetic products retain their form, whether on your vanity or your skin. Especially lauded for its safety for human consumption, DL Carnauba Wax stands out as the go-to choice for lip products, giving you peace of mind with every swipe and pout. Elevate your cosmetics with the strength and safety of nature’s finest wax.

Manufacturer: Deveraux Specialties
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DL Kokum Butter

Experience the botanical brilliance of DL Kokum Butter, a pristine plant-derived elixir sourced from the seeds of the majestic kokum tree. Celebrated for its exceptional moisturizing prowess, this butter effortlessly infuses skin with hydration without the worry of clogging pores. Whether it’s in lotions, balms, or salves, its natural potency transforms cosmetic and pharmaceutical products into nourishing havens for the skin.

Manufacturer: Deveraux Specialties
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DL White Beeswax

DL White Beeswax, derived from natural sources and meticulously refined to achieve its pristine white appearance, is an exceptional cosmetic ingredient for product formulators. Produced without the use of Class 1, 2, or 3 solvents, it guarantees a solvent-free manufacturing process, ensuring the utmost purity. Its advantages are manifold, offering high binding strength, remarkable plasticity, and outstanding emulsification properties, which in turn enhance product structure, oil retention, application pay-off, and mold release in stick formulations. This versatile ingredient finds its applications in cosmetics, creams, lotions, pharmaceuticals, ointments, tablet coatings, candles, confections, hard shell candy coatings, as well as wood and floor polishes. DL White Beeswax exhibits compatibility with a wide range of vegetable and mineral waxes, as well as various natural and synthetic resins, making it an indispensable choice for cosmetic formulations.

Manufacturer: Deveraux Specialties
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DL White Ozokerite Wax

DL White Ozokerite Wax is a naturally-derived wax known for its exceptional binding properties, making it an ideal choice for achieving long-lasting and stable formulations. Its smooth texture and ease of use make it a valuable addition to various cosmetic products, such as lipsticks, balms, and creams, where it provides a luxurious feel and enhances product consistency. Additionally, Ozokerite contributes to the overall structure and stability of formulations, ensuring they maintain their integrity over time, while also imparting a natural, matte finish to cosmetics.

Manufacturer: Deveraux Specialties
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DS Bentonite Clay

A finely powdered, odorless and tasteless hydrous Silicate of Alumina, insoluble in water, swelling to about eight times its weight when water is added.

Manufacturer: Deveraux Specialties
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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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Alusion®

Alusion® High Purity Alumina Platelets offer formulators a multi-functional ingredient that stands out for its unique platelet morphology, providing superior slip, adhesion, and transparency. The powder is enhanced with next-gen zinc oxide coating, boosting SPF capabilities, making it ideal for a wide range of cosmetic products from sunscreens to foundations. Additionally, Alusion® is not only recognized for its soft focus effects and luminescent finish but also offers a strong adhesion that outperforms other common cosmetic ingredients like talc and silica.

Manufacturer: Antaria
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Bees-N-Love

Natura-Tec Bees-N-Love is a sustainable and eco-friendly vegan alternative to beeswax, designed to replicate the functionality of beeswax in cosmetic formulations. This innovative ingredient offers high compatibility with natural ingredients and is ideal for colored and solid cosmetics such as foundations, highlighters, lipsticks, and protective lip balms. Bees-N-Love matches beeswax in terms of breaking index, crystal network, and overall texture, while providing enhanced softness, spreadability, and reduced stickiness. With a melting point of 65°C, it ensures stability and performance, making it a perfect choice for formulators seeking a cost-effective and environmentally responsible solution.

Manufacturer: Natura-Tec
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BGT™ SHCG

BGT™ SHCG combines an emollient ester with a natural surfactant, creating a unique chemical structure that enhances product performance. This innovative ingredient is especially effective in producing high-viscosity fatty amino acid salt facial cleansing creams that maintain stability across various temperatures. BGT™ SHCG also reduces surfactant irritation, provides moisturizing and repairing effects, leaving the skin soft and hydrated post-wash. Its ability to form stable liquid crystal emulsions and carry a high concentration of active components makes it an excellent choice for developers seeking to improve the efficacy and feel of their skincare formulations.

Manufacturer: Bio Genetic Technology
View

Carnauba Wax T1

Carnauba Wax T1, derived from the leaves of the Brazilian palm tree Copernicia cerifera, offers unparalleled advantages in cosmetic formulations. Known for its high melting point and exceptional purity, this natural wax serves as an excellent thickening agent in skincare products, creating creamy, mattifying emulsions. In makeup applications, it enhances water resistance and longevity, while its unique chemical composition optimizes pigment dispersion and imparts a smooth, gliding texture to the final formulations.

Manufacturer: Natura-Tec
View

Coco Gly Doc

Coco Gly Doc is a groundbreaking viscosity builder and adjuster, specially formulated to enhance the sensory experience of toiletries and hair care products. Infused with lipo-amino acids like Olivoil PCA and Cocoyl Glycine, it not only offers effective thickening in cold processes but also provides mild cleansing and foam-boosting properties. The inclusion of olive oil-derived lipids ensures a luxurious emollient after-feel, elevating the overall product experience.

Manufacturer: Kalichem SRL
View

DL Candelilla Wax

DL Candelilla Wax offers excellent emollient properties, providing a smooth and protective texture in cosmetic formulations. Its natural composition makes it a preferred choice for vegan and cruelty-free product formulations. Additionally, DL Candelilla Wax exhibits strong binding capabilities, enhancing the stability and longevity of cosmetic products, making it an ideal choice for formulators seeking plant-based alternatives to traditional waxes.

Manufacturer: Deveraux Specialties
View

DL Carnauba Wax

Meet DL Carnauba Wax, the cosmetic world’s natural guardian against the melt. Derived from nature, this wondrous ingredient acts as a formidable coating and binding agent, ensuring your favorite skincare and cosmetic products retain their form, whether on your vanity or your skin. Especially lauded for its safety for human consumption, DL Carnauba Wax stands out as the go-to choice for lip products, giving you peace of mind with every swipe and pout. Elevate your cosmetics with the strength and safety of nature’s finest wax.

Manufacturer: Deveraux Specialties
View

DL Kokum Butter

Experience the botanical brilliance of DL Kokum Butter, a pristine plant-derived elixir sourced from the seeds of the majestic kokum tree. Celebrated for its exceptional moisturizing prowess, this butter effortlessly infuses skin with hydration without the worry of clogging pores. Whether it’s in lotions, balms, or salves, its natural potency transforms cosmetic and pharmaceutical products into nourishing havens for the skin.

Manufacturer: Deveraux Specialties
View

DL White Beeswax

DL White Beeswax, derived from natural sources and meticulously refined to achieve its pristine white appearance, is an exceptional cosmetic ingredient for product formulators. Produced without the use of Class 1, 2, or 3 solvents, it guarantees a solvent-free manufacturing process, ensuring the utmost purity. Its advantages are manifold, offering high binding strength, remarkable plasticity, and outstanding emulsification properties, which in turn enhance product structure, oil retention, application pay-off, and mold release in stick formulations. This versatile ingredient finds its applications in cosmetics, creams, lotions, pharmaceuticals, ointments, tablet coatings, candles, confections, hard shell candy coatings, as well as wood and floor polishes. DL White Beeswax exhibits compatibility with a wide range of vegetable and mineral waxes, as well as various natural and synthetic resins, making it an indispensable choice for cosmetic formulations.

Manufacturer: Deveraux Specialties
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DL White Ozokerite Wax

DL White Ozokerite Wax is a naturally-derived wax known for its exceptional binding properties, making it an ideal choice for achieving long-lasting and stable formulations. Its smooth texture and ease of use make it a valuable addition to various cosmetic products, such as lipsticks, balms, and creams, where it provides a luxurious feel and enhances product consistency. Additionally, Ozokerite contributes to the overall structure and stability of formulations, ensuring they maintain their integrity over time, while also imparting a natural, matte finish to cosmetics.

Manufacturer: Deveraux Specialties
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DS Bentonite Clay

A finely powdered, odorless and tasteless hydrous Silicate of Alumina, insoluble in water, swelling to about eight times its weight when water is added.

Manufacturer: Deveraux Specialties
View

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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