Croda Makes Ingredients for Stay-True Hair Hues

Both men and women color their hair more than ever before and the reasons consumers color their hair are as diverse as the shades on the market. Aware of consumer demand for hair color, Croda is boosting its hair care ingredients portfolio with the launch of Arlasilk Phospholipid PLN and Liquihue EZ.

According to the company, Arlasilk Phospholipid PLN, an organosilicone composition, is an easy-to-use, multifunctional ingredient that delivers exceptionally high silicone content to formulations. Derived from safflower oil, it is extremely mild and offers excellent emolliency, high substantivity and performance. It delivers the excellent skin feel properties and benefits of silicone without build-up on the skin or hair.

For manufacturers looking to simplify the development process of liquid gel hair color, Croda suggests Liquihue EZ, a blend of ingredients created to be the entire oil phase of the formulation, thereby streamlining formulation development. It is also beneficial in manufacturing as it reduces inventory and simplifies the production process. According to the company, in laboratory tests, Liquihue EZ outperformed other leading brands by its durability to repeated shampoo washes and its better dye penetration of the hair fiber, helping to provide truer hair color. More info: www.crodausa.com

Charkit Offers Natural Jojoba

Charkit Chemical Corporation of Norwalk, CT, now offers Eco’s Golden Natural Jojoba Oil.  According to Charkit, Eco Oil is Argentina’s leading producer of jojoba oil and one of the world’s key suppliers of this versatile personal care and cosmetic ingredient.

Eco Oil represents the largest plantation group among growers who yield jojoba oil and its byproducts from 4,000 acres of plantation fields located in Argentina’s northwestern desert. Eco Oil’s on-site industrial facilities and state-of-the-art processing technology enable the producer to obtain the purest jojoba oil that is in compliance with the most stringent international quality standards.

According to Jay Lang, Charkit’s vice president of sales, “Eco Oil’s advanced farming technology and a careful seed selection process that is free from genetic manipulation are complemented by extremely careful processing techniques. The result is a natural final product that is ideal for the most sophisticated personal care products.” More info: www.charkit.com

ESK Rolls Out Boroneige

Boroneige boron nitride from ESK is a high potential active filler, as it not only contributes to formulations in terms of lubrication, high oil absorbing power, stabilization of emulsions, skin adhesion, hiding power and coverage degree, but also provides very homogeneous and easy spreadability and gives  the skin a soft and silky feeling, says the company. Although it is a synthetic solid, Boroneige boron nitride adds a “velvety touch” to color cosmetic formulations.  More info: www.esk.com

Momentive Introduces Silsoft

Momentive Performance Materials introduced its new Silsoft silicone gel, an innovative, competitively priced silicone gel with a strong sensory performance. According to the company, Silsoft silicone gel is an ideal choice to consider for formulators who are targeting the growing demand for value-priced color cosmetics and skin care products that deliver performance benefits comparable to high-end products. More info: www.momentive.com

Colonial Adds Green Products

Colonial Chemical, Inc., South Pittsburg, TN, has added two new products to its line of naturally-derived surfactant products that are sustainable and green. Poly SugaBetaine L, lauryl glucosides betaine crosspolymer, and Poly SugaBetaine C, coco glucosides betaine crosspolymer, are the new additions to the collection of functioning green surfactants and quats that Colonial already has on the market.  Both of the new products have been green star patented and approved. More info: www.colonialchem.com

Seppic Develops Hair Care Range

Seppic introduced a range of active ingredients able to meet the critical needs of hair and scalps along with formula benefits. Sugar-derived Aquaxyl balances the moisture flow and restructures the hair fiber with ex vivo tests on bleached hair demonstrating its effectiveness in maintaining the deep moisturization within the cuticle. According to the company, in foaming products, the ingredients significantly enhance the sensory properties while reducing the irritating effects of some surfactants. More info: www.seppic.com

An Effective Material for Weight Management

Svetol, a water-soluble extract of decaffeinated green coffee beans, can reduce the body mass index (BMI) and increase the lean mass to fat mass ratio. According to data compiled by the Naturex Actifs Innovants department, Svetol works as a fat burner by decreasing the glucose intestinal absorption and by inhibiting the glucose-6-phosphatase (G-6-Pase) in the liver.

The first approach is the inhibition of glucose absorption from the digestive tract. A 400-mg Svetol supplementation per day for 40 days significantly reduces the post-load glyceamia after an oral glucose tolerance test, without any change in the pre-load glyceamia. Svetol has also been demonstrated to significantly inhibit G-6-Pase, hepatic enzyme permitting glucose release from the liver. The decrease of intestinal glucose absorption and the inhibition of G-6-Pase both conduce to a blood sugar concentration regulation.  More info: Karine Nardon at Svetol,  [email protected], (33) 553-61-81-00, www.svetol.com 

Bell Announces Belltanicals Trademark

Bell Flavors & Fragrances announced its new registered trademark developed to promote and support Bell’s long time research and development and supplying of botanical extracts for numerous applications. The development of the botanicals focuses on five areas: botanical extracts, botanical infusions, all-natural essential oil blends, certified organic extracts and NOP-certified organic essential oil blends. A sampling of applications includes shampoos and conditioners, lotions, facial creams, soaps, cleaners, candles and wipes. More info: www.bellff.com

Atrium Introduces New Peptide

Atrium Innovations introduced its latest ingredient—Chronoline, a biomemitic tetrapeptide. The patented peptide fights wrinkles by boosting the production of collagen VII, laminin-5 and fibronectin.
    More info: www.atrium-innov.com

McIntyre Launches Mackam ASC

McIntyre of University Park, IL recently launched Mackam ASC, a low foam detergent and surface active agent especially designed for alkaline and acid systems such as brewery and dairy cleaners.

According to the company, this new ingredient promotes the penetration of cleaning solutions and assists in the process of rinsing at the end of the cleaning cycle. Additionally, the high solubility of this material in caustic soda enhances its ability to dissolve protein and organic matter. The fast breaking foam delivered by Mackam ASC makes it ideal for use in conditions where solutions are subjected to high pressure. More info: www.mcintyregroup.com

New Chart, Protein Biopolymer at Croda

To assist its customers in choosing the best possible protein biopolymer, Croda has released a new chart: “Nature’s performers…Protein Biopolymers, Amino Acids and Functionalized Proteins.”  This useful guide provides summaries of all its protein products and other key information to make the choice of ingredient easier.

In addition to the release of this new guide, Croda has launched one of its newest products in the protein biopolymer range, Crotein Cashmere, an amino acid complex produced by the hydrolysis of the keratin fibers in cashmere wool. Appealing to a consumer’s sense of luxury and softness from the connotations evoked by cashmere, Crotein Cashmere is also a functional ingredient that will provide moisture to skin, hair and nails for leave-on and rinse-off applications. More info: www.crodausa.com

Lavanya is New Color Range by Neelikon

Neelikon introduced its new range of colors dedicated exclusively for the cosmetic, toiletry and personal care industries called Lavanya—a Sanskrit adjective used to describe a beautiful, radiant woman. The range features organic dyes and pigments for personal care, cosmetic and home care; organic lakes and inorganic pigments for decorative cosmetics; pastes for lipstick manufacturing and pearls for cosmetic and personal care for restricted markets only. More info: www.neelikon.com

A New Cell Scaffold That Rejuvenates the Skin

KiOsmetine-CG is a clinically proven, high-added-value ingredient from vegetal origin. This patented biopolymer has demonstrated the following benefits: restores elasticity and firmness, enhances dynamic and static moisturizing processes, protects against external factors, stimulates metabolic and defense performance. 

Insights on the mechanisms underlying the rejuvenating role of KiOsmetine-CG were recently obtained thanks to two 16-week clinical studies. The first study gave results on five key parameters tested on the forearm, evidencing elasticity and smoothing.
   
The second study evidenced an anti-wrinkle effect. KitoZyme is developing biopolymers in close collaboration with industry experts from laboratories (Dermscan, Idea, BIOalternatives) and major universities (Dermatopathology Department of the University Hospital of Liège). They are designed to address customers’ desires for vegetal potent actives. More info: www.kitozyme.com

Dow Introduces Seed-Oil Based Surfactants for Personal Care

Ecosurf SA is a range of new high-performance nonionic surfactants from Dow Chemical Company of Midland, MI that meet most environmental safety standards. The line is based on naturally-occurring seed oil alcohols. According to the company, Ecosurf is ideal for use in hard surface cleaners and laundry products. More info: Dow Chemical Company, Midland, MI. In the U.S., Canada and Mexico, call (800) 447-4369, Web: www.dowsurfactants.com

DSM Launches GMO-Free Vitamin A Oily Form Product

DSM Nutritional Products launched a new form of oily vitamin A combining both GMO and allergen-free benefits for the food, dietary supplement and personal care industries.  The product features vitamin A palmitate/M 1.0 MIU/g (Tocopherol) with medium chain triglycerides (MCT) as the carrier instead of peanut oil, thus guaranteeing it is free of genetically modified organisms and eliminating potential allergic reactions to peanut oil. More info: www.dsm.com

Sederma Rolls Out Novel Skin Brightening Ingredient

Sederma is launching O.D.A. white, a new ingredient to treat skin pigmentation disorders such as freckles, melasma and hyperpigmentation. According to Sederma, O.D.A.white does not simply mediate melanin synthesis by inhibiting tyrosinase, but rather can inhibit the entire melanin synthesis pathway from the melanocyte nucleus by targeting the tyrosinase gene via the PPARγ complex. More info: Sederma, Inc., Tel: (732) 692-1652; Email: [email protected]