Film Formers

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SurfaCare® S

SurfaCare® S is an all-natural oil gelling agent that efficiently enhances the clarity and viscosity of polar oils, both in anhydrous and emulsion formulations. It not only improves texture and spread but also enhances emulsion stability, making it an ideal choice for achieving optimal sensory profiles in translucent to clear anhydrous cosmetic applications.
Manufacturer: SurfaTech
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SurfaCare® TRP

SurfaCare® TRP is an environmentally-friendly and natural film-forming polymer is designed to offer prolonged wear for pigmented cosmetics, presenting an eco-conscious and effective alternative to synthetic film formers commonly used in long-lasting facial makeup. Furthermore, SurfaCare TRP, being an oil-soluble natural polymer, ensures a luxurious and smooth application, leaving the skin with a soft and silky feel.
Manufacturer: SurfaTech
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TEXTURLUX® Resist

TEXTURLUX® Resist is a versatile, plant-based personal care starch derived from maltodextrin, offering a sustainable and multifunctional solution for cosmetics and personal care applications. With its 100% bio-based content, it serves as an effective film-forming agent, emulsion stabilizer, moisturizer, and binding agent. Known for its low hygroscopicity and excellent solubility, TEXTURLUX® Resist enhances product stability while delivering a smooth, non-irritating…
Manufacturer: Primient
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TEXTURLUX® Stabil

TEXTURLUX® Stabil is an exceptional cosmetic ingredient, boasting a 100% biobased content. Comprising Hydrolyzed Corn Starch Hydroxyethyl Ether, it simplifies the formulation of nontraditional ’emulsifier-free’ products like polymer microgels or Pickering emulsions when added to the oil phase, reducing the effort required for their creation. Additionally, it can be post-added to conventionally-stabilized emulsions to enhance their stability, making it a…
Manufacturer: Primient
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Tsubaki Oil

Embrace the timeless secret of Tsubaki Oil, known as “The Ancestral Beauty Oil.” Cherished by women since the Japanese Heian era, this non-drying elixir is your key to achieving luxuriously soft and lustrous hair. Enveloping your skin and hair with lasting moisture, Tsubaki Oil offers a protective shield against the harsh effects of winter, ensuring you stay beautifully hydrated throughout…
Manufacturer: Givaudan Active Beauty
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Ultrafeel™ DEHA

Ultrafeel™ DEHA serves as a plasticizer in cosmetic formulations, effectively enhancing product texture and flexibility. Additionally, it acts as a solvent and carrier, facilitating the incorporation of various components. This ingredient also contributes as a film former, providing a protective layer on the skin, while simultaneously acting as a conditioning agent and emollient, promoting skin softness and smoothness. Its multifunctional…
Manufacturer: Natura-Tec
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Ultrafeel™ DO

Natura-Tec’s Ultrafeel™ DO serves as a highly effective lubricant in cosmetic formulations. This ingredient imparts a delicately thin and non-greasy film on the skin, ensuring a comfortable and irritation-free experience. Its non-toxic nature makes it a safe choice for cosmetics, and it contributes to skin smoothing properties, making it a valuable addition to products like sunscreens, makeup removers and facial…
Manufacturer: Natura-Tec
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Ultrafeel™ TL

Natura-Tec Ultrafeel™ TL is a versatile conditioning agent that enhances the sensory experience of personal care formulations. As a hair conditioning agent, it provides a soft, silky feel without weighing hair down, making it ideal for conditioners and leave-in treatments. In skincare, it acts as an excellent skin conditioning agent, imparting a smooth and supple texture to creams and lotions.…
Manufacturer: Natura-Tec
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Ultrafeel™ TS

Natura-Tec Ultrafeel™ TS, the ultimate skin conditioning emollient that imparts an exceptionally silky touch, enhancing product texture and spreadability. Its lightweight consistency ensures quick absorption, leaving skin feeling supple and non-greasy. Ideal for both face and body applications, Natura-Tec Ultrafeel™ TS boosts hydration and forms a breathable barrier, protecting the skin’s natural moisture balance. Elevate your product line with this…
Manufacturer: Natura-Tec
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Unimer U-15

Unimer U-15 is an innovative alkylated vinylpyrrolidone copolymer. This versatile ingredient enhances wash-off resistance and increases pigment dispersion, making it ideal for sun care products, color cosmetics, and protective creams and lotions. Unimer U-15 is also recognized for its film-forming capabilities, contributing to UV and sun protection, and can act as an SPF booster. It is certified Halal and suitable…
Manufacturer: Givaudan Active Beauty
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Unimer U-151

Unimer U-151 is a sophisticated film-forming polymer ideal for enhancing cosmetic products with superior water and wear resistance. Significantly boosts sunburn protection factors (SPF) while providing a non-sticky, non-irritating sensory experience. Particularly beneficial in color cosmetics, it stabilizes pigment dispersion, making it perfect for products like eyeliners, mascaras, and lipsticks. Unimer U-151’s addition to any cosmetic application enhances product longevity…
Manufacturer: Givaudan Active Beauty
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Unimer U-1946

Unimer U-1946 is a sophisticated polymer blend of Octylododecanol and VP/Hexadecene Copolymer, tailored for advanced color and skincare cosmetics. This ingredient enhances the durability and resistance to wash-off of cosmetics, provides volumization to eyelashes quickly, and improves pigment dispersal. Additionally, it offers anti-pollution properties, making it ideal for use in color cosmetics such as mascaras, foundations, lipsticks, and lip glosses,…
Manufacturer: Givaudan Active Beauty
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SurfaCare® S

SurfaCare® S is an all-natural oil gelling agent that efficiently enhances the clarity and viscosity of polar oils, both in anhydrous and emulsion formulations. It not only improves texture and spread but also enhances emulsion stability, making it an ideal choice for achieving optimal sensory profiles in translucent to clear anhydrous cosmetic applications.
Manufacturer: SurfaTech
View

SurfaCare® TRP

SurfaCare® TRP is an environmentally-friendly and natural film-forming polymer is designed to offer prolonged wear for pigmented cosmetics, presenting an eco-conscious and effective alternative to synthetic film formers commonly used in long-lasting facial makeup. Furthermore, SurfaCare TRP, being an oil-soluble natural polymer, ensures a luxurious and smooth application, leaving the skin with a soft and silky feel.
Manufacturer: SurfaTech
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TEXTURLUX® Resist

TEXTURLUX® Resist is a versatile, plant-based personal care starch derived from maltodextrin, offering a sustainable and multifunctional solution for cosmetics and personal care applications. With its 100% bio-based content, it serves as an effective film-forming agent, emulsion stabilizer, moisturizer, and binding agent. Known for its low hygroscopicity and excellent solubility, TEXTURLUX® Resist enhances product stability while delivering a smooth, non-irritating…
Manufacturer: Primient
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TEXTURLUX® Stabil

TEXTURLUX® Stabil is an exceptional cosmetic ingredient, boasting a 100% biobased content. Comprising Hydrolyzed Corn Starch Hydroxyethyl Ether, it simplifies the formulation of nontraditional ’emulsifier-free’ products like polymer microgels or Pickering emulsions when added to the oil phase, reducing the effort required for their creation. Additionally, it can be post-added to conventionally-stabilized emulsions to enhance their stability, making it a…
Manufacturer: Primient
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Tsubaki Oil

Embrace the timeless secret of Tsubaki Oil, known as “The Ancestral Beauty Oil.” Cherished by women since the Japanese Heian era, this non-drying elixir is your key to achieving luxuriously soft and lustrous hair. Enveloping your skin and hair with lasting moisture, Tsubaki Oil offers a protective shield against the harsh effects of winter, ensuring you stay beautifully hydrated throughout…
Manufacturer: Givaudan Active Beauty
View

Ultrafeel™ DEHA

Ultrafeel™ DEHA serves as a plasticizer in cosmetic formulations, effectively enhancing product texture and flexibility. Additionally, it acts as a solvent and carrier, facilitating the incorporation of various components. This ingredient also contributes as a film former, providing a protective layer on the skin, while simultaneously acting as a conditioning agent and emollient, promoting skin softness and smoothness. Its multifunctional…
Manufacturer: Natura-Tec
View

Ultrafeel™ DO

Natura-Tec’s Ultrafeel™ DO serves as a highly effective lubricant in cosmetic formulations. This ingredient imparts a delicately thin and non-greasy film on the skin, ensuring a comfortable and irritation-free experience. Its non-toxic nature makes it a safe choice for cosmetics, and it contributes to skin smoothing properties, making it a valuable addition to products like sunscreens, makeup removers and facial…
Manufacturer: Natura-Tec
View

Ultrafeel™ TL

Natura-Tec Ultrafeel™ TL is a versatile conditioning agent that enhances the sensory experience of personal care formulations. As a hair conditioning agent, it provides a soft, silky feel without weighing hair down, making it ideal for conditioners and leave-in treatments. In skincare, it acts as an excellent skin conditioning agent, imparting a smooth and supple texture to creams and lotions.…
Manufacturer: Natura-Tec
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Ultrafeel™ TS

Natura-Tec Ultrafeel™ TS, the ultimate skin conditioning emollient that imparts an exceptionally silky touch, enhancing product texture and spreadability. Its lightweight consistency ensures quick absorption, leaving skin feeling supple and non-greasy. Ideal for both face and body applications, Natura-Tec Ultrafeel™ TS boosts hydration and forms a breathable barrier, protecting the skin’s natural moisture balance. Elevate your product line with this…
Manufacturer: Natura-Tec
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Unimer U-15

Unimer U-15 is an innovative alkylated vinylpyrrolidone copolymer. This versatile ingredient enhances wash-off resistance and increases pigment dispersion, making it ideal for sun care products, color cosmetics, and protective creams and lotions. Unimer U-15 is also recognized for its film-forming capabilities, contributing to UV and sun protection, and can act as an SPF booster. It is certified Halal and suitable…
Manufacturer: Givaudan Active Beauty
View

Unimer U-151

Unimer U-151 is a sophisticated film-forming polymer ideal for enhancing cosmetic products with superior water and wear resistance. Significantly boosts sunburn protection factors (SPF) while providing a non-sticky, non-irritating sensory experience. Particularly beneficial in color cosmetics, it stabilizes pigment dispersion, making it perfect for products like eyeliners, mascaras, and lipsticks. Unimer U-151’s addition to any cosmetic application enhances product longevity…
Manufacturer: Givaudan Active Beauty
View

Unimer U-1946

Unimer U-1946 is a sophisticated polymer blend of Octylododecanol and VP/Hexadecene Copolymer, tailored for advanced color and skincare cosmetics. This ingredient enhances the durability and resistance to wash-off of cosmetics, provides volumization to eyelashes quickly, and improves pigment dispersal. Additionally, it offers anti-pollution properties, making it ideal for use in color cosmetics such as mascaras, foundations, lipsticks, and lip glosses,…
Manufacturer: Givaudan Active Beauty
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