Biomin® Acquacinque is a unique skin-friendly complex that contains magnesium, iron, zinc, copper, and silicon ions. The minerals are covalently bonded to a polypeptide substrate from Saccharomyces cerevisiae by a bioengineering process.
Hair conditioning
Conditioning is everywhere in hair care. Customers want to give their hair lubricity, feel, manageability, strength, and more. Each benefit results from the ingredient activity we call hair conditioning.
Here are some of the most exciting ingredients for providing conditioning effects. They have advanced performance properties that offer excellent conditioning for hair.
Hair conditioning ingredients are specialties that create unique, distinct, and beneficial features in hair care products—the kind of features that will help offerings stand out in customers' minds.
Phospholipids, quaternary, and natural ingredients are ideal for today's hair care applications. Mildness, substantivity, high performance, and multifunctionality are typical properties of modern hair conditioning ingredients.Biosaccharide Gum-1 is an anionic biotechnological polysaccharide obtained by a bacterial fermentation process and is accepted for organic cosmetics. It is a moisturizing, soothing, anti-aging, and hair-sheathing cosmetic active ingredient providing a soft touch to formulations.
Biotin (Vitamin B7) rescues the skin. How? Let’s see. If you do not use it for a while your skin looks dull, it becomes dry, inflammation and wrinkles appear on it, the face ages faster.
Thanks to stimulating peptide that promotes anti-aging processes in the follicle, encouraging anchoring of molecules, supporting hair growth, and slowing down premature hair loss.
Bis-PEG-20 Dimethicone is a white, waxy, solid, water-soluble silicone wax designed to boost foam and soften in personal care formulations. It provides a significant foam boost in shampoo and body wash formulations.
Bis-phenylpropyl Dimethicone is a high-reflective-index silicone fluid with the general formula RMe2SiO (Me2SiO) SiMe2R, wherein R=Phenylpropyl. It is synthesized by a hydrosilylation method, which results in a cost-effective, high-reflective-index silicone fluid.
Bishydroxyethyl Biscetyl Malonamide is structurally close to natural ceramides and mimics their behavior but is more easily incorporated into cosmetics formulations.
Bishydroxyethyl Dihydroxypropyl Stearammonium Chloride is a slightly hazy liquid with a cationic nature. It is a polymeric quaternary ammonium compound used as a humectant in personal care applications, such as lotions, shaving foams, and shampoos.
Black walnut (Juglans nigra) products have a history of medicinal uses. American Indians used inner bark tea as an emetic and laxative.
It is known to help in weight loss and stimulate fat metabolism. Bladderwrack Extract also has a detoxifying effect.
Brazil nut (Bertholletia Excelsa) oil is purified and refined oil, an emollient comparable to sesame oil. With a fatty acid distribution similar to sesame oil, it is expected to have much the same properties as this traditional cosmetic oil.
Burdock, officially called Arctium lappa, is considered a healthy and nutritive food in China. Arctium lappa was used as a medicinal herb in Europe, North America, and Asia for centuries.
C10-40 Isoalkyl Acid Triglyceride is a blend of medium- and long-chain liquid esters developed to enhance the shine of lipsticks and glosses. It is known under the trade name DUB Diamond.
C12-15 Alkyl Benzoate is an emollient ester produced from Benzoic Acid and fatty alcohols with 12-15 carbon atoms
Calcium pantothenate has a positive effect on the migration and proliferation of skin fibroblasts. It stimulates fibroblast activity, suppresses free radicals, and enhances collagen and elastin production. A vital ingredient that heals, firms, and renews the skin.
Calophyllum Inophyllum Seed Oil is a natural vegetable oil extracted from the Tamanu tree's kernel that belongs to the order of the guttifers "Clusiaceae." This tree is widespread in many countries such as Malaysia, Oceania, Africa, and America, and it is often considered there as sacred.
Capryloyl glycine is an amide of Glycine (amino acid) and Caprylic acid (a fatty acid that contains eight carbon atoms in the chain). It's a member of the N-acyl glycines family, normally occurring in human tissues, so it's a safe component for skin care formulations.
Caprylyl Glycol (1,2-Octanediol) is alcohol (diol contains two hydroxy groups on 1 and 2 positions) colorless liquid derived from raw natural materials, widely used in skin care applications for its humectant, antiseptic, anti-parasitic, antioxidant, and emollient properties.
Caprylyl Methicone is a clear liquid, a C8-alkyl modified trimer silicone fluid with low molecular weight and increased compatibility with vegetable oils and waxes for color make-up and skin care formulas.
Promotes the breakdown of fat, is a very good skin energizer. It accelerates the fat-burning process, thus boosting energy production by burning the body‘s fat reserves.
Castor oil goes deep into the skin and creates a healthy barrier. It supports hair growth and protects your scalp naturally, strengthens your hair and gives it a silky sheen.
Ceramide I (EOP) is a product of yeast fermentation, identical human skin lipids, including a three-dimensional stereochemical structure.
Ceramide III is produced in a patented bio-fermentation process and has the same chemical structure as the human skin. They restructure the bonding substance of the cell bonds and the protective function of the human sebum (natural protective barrier).
Ceramide AP consists of a Phytosphingosine backbone connected with a long chain of alpha-hydroxy stearic acid (AHA).
The original Ceresin waxes were derived from ozokerite waxes. Today, ceresin waxes are produced based on their physical features rather than their chemical characteristics. Its melting point is about 67-71°C.
Cetearyl Ethylhexanoate (Cetylstearyl 2-ethylhexanoate) is a mix of cetyl and stearyl alcohols esters with 2-ethylhexanoic acid, a colorless oil with a faint inherent odor. Its former designation was Cetearyl Octanoate.
Cetyl Esters (esters of a C14 alcohol with C16 - C18 acids) are waxy solids or flakes with melting points near body temperature (43 - 47°C). It is an emollient ester that provides lubricity, a body, and a soft glossy feel.
Cetyl Triethylmonium Dimethicone PEG-8 Phthalate is a complex copolymer of carboxy silicone with a fatty quaternary compound. It is supplied as an aqueous solution that is a clear to hazy yellow liquid with a mild odor and 28 – 32% solids content.
Chamomile (Chamomilla Recutita or Matricaria Recutita) tea has been a popular remedy throughout the ages. It is legendary in literature, popular nursery rhymes, and fairy tales.
Angelica contains phytoestrogens and many vitamins, saccharides, and essential minerals such as vitamin B12, zinc, potassium, magnesium, iron, fructose, glucose, and sucrose, leaving beneficial effects on the skin.