Emulsifiers for Skin Care Applications

VARISOFT ® TA 100 offers the formulator flexibility in choosing the stabilizers. Emulsions made with this emulsifier are extremely
light and absorb quickly to form a matte finish on the skin surface. Emulsions based on VARISOFT ® PATC have a light after feel but
leave the skin with a soft moisturized texture.
A velvety-silky skin feel combined with a long lasting skin smoothing perception can be obtained by cosmetic emulsions with the
organosilicone emulsifier ABIL ® Care 85. As a result of corneometer and FOITS measurements ABIL ® Care 85 can be judged as
having outstanding skin moisturizing and skin smoothing properties.
Lotions and creams formulated with TEGO ® Care 450 provide a caring, rich skin feel combined with additional moisturizing
properties.
The highly effective alkyl glucoside emulsifier TEGO ® Care CG 90 is known to impart a soft and supple skin feel to O/W creams
and lotions.
Performance
Modern emulsifiers should provide a large flexibility to the formulator regarding the range of obtainable viscosities (creams, lotions)
and the range of emulsifyable oil components (emollients of different chemical structure and different polarity). Furthermore a
sufficient pH range (4.5 – 8.0) should be accessible for the formulations based on these emulsifiers. Additional requirements can
be the compatibility with electrolytes or with UV filters or other active ingredients.
Such a wide flexibility for the formulator is offered by the versatile emulsifier TEGO ® Care 450, which is known for its excellent
compatibility with active ingredients and significant amounts of electrolytes within the desired pH range.
In specific formulations like self tanning products containing DHA (Dihydroxyacetone) a pH ≤ 4.0 is needed. TEGO ® Care PS can
be recommended for such formulations at low pH values.
In order to obtain even higher electrolyte resistance in O/W formulations, TEGO ® Care 165 alone or as co-emulsifier can provide
additional stability.
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