DOWSIL™ Silicone Elastomers

DOWSIL™ 1686 Resin is a liquid polysilsesquioxane resin that can be used to generate skin care formulations that provide comfortable wear, color uniformity, and improved color retention. It can be used in hair care formulations to provide enhanced shine benefits.

DOWSIL™ 1686 Resin is a liquid polysilsesquioxane resin that can be used to generate skin care formulations that provide comfortable wear, color uniformity, and improved color retention. It can be used in hair care formulations to provide enhanced shine benefits.

Consumers increasingly desire color cosmetics and skin care products with natural ingredients – without sacrificing long-lasting performance. Using advanced silicone technology and a bio-based carrier, DOW has developed a solution with greater natural content – without performance trade-offs. The product even carries a sustainability message in its name: Proven Efficiency. Planet Savvy (PEPS).

DOWSIL™ FA PEPS Silicone Acrylate is a high-performing film former that helps you design long-lasting color cosmetics and skin care products with increased natural content.

DOWSIL™ 979 Emulsion is a 50% non-ionic emulsion of an amino-functional silicone polymer. The amodimethicone polymer is delivered in an opaque, low-viscosity liquid providing good stability with dilution. This emulsion was developed as a conditioning additive for hair care products such as shampoos, conditioners, styling aids and hair colorants.

Combines long-lasting benefits with extremely high comfort of wear and can deliver transforming textures. This sensory additive has exceptional skin substantivity making it the ideal silicone elastomer for long lasting claims. DOWSIL™ EL-7314  Silicone Elastomer Blend is the sensory additive of choice for semi-permanent claims in products such as tattoos, make-up.

A fluid that can be used in hair care applications where it is needed to reach a high viscosity in hair oils containing New Gum Blends. Suitable to be used in leave-on conditioners, rinse-off conditioners, shampoos and also in skin care applications. This product can be used together with the Gum Blend portfolio to help increase viscosity in hair oils.

Powered by a variety of carrier fluids selected to create a new sensorial experience, this new silicone gum blends deliver outstanding performance that customers will love.

This new gum blend lets you enhance consumer enjoyment by creating leave-on hair care products.

DOWSIL™ PMX 1507 Fluid is compliant with cosmetic regulations across the world – including Europe - INCI name is China compliant.

DOWSIL™ Silicone Gum Blends: A new generation in gum blends for hair care

DOWSIL™ PMX 1507 Fluid is part of the new DOWSIL™ gum blends family, a collection of products that enable you to offer your customers products where they feel the difference. This collection of versatile gum blends allows you to create new product experiences with the same DOWSIL™ high performance and new brand stories.

High sensorial experience with a silicon elastomer blend, respecting the new standard of purity

A mixture of high molecular weight silicone elastomers (dimethicone crosspolymer) in low viscosity dimethicone fluid for use in skin care, color cosmetics, sun care, antiperspirants and deodorants applications. INCI Name: Dimethicone (and) Dimethicone Crosspolymer.

Silicone is a family of polymers coming from the reaction between natural sand, methanol and chlorhydrique acid to obtain PolyDimethylSiloxane. Degradation of PDMS is a common process taking place in many different types of soils. It occurs through a unique combination of environmental degradation processes. Initial hydrolysis of PDMS is catalyzed by clay minerals, the principal component of soil.

From this PDMS we can produce a different type of silicone-based raw materials:

• Volatile or fluid linear silicone is used as solvent and gum for velvet sensoriality, by increasing the molecular weight
• Crosslinked polymer like elastomer for powdery and smooth touch & resin for wash-off resistance in sun care for example,
• Functionalized silicone to improve performance like make-up long-lasting, hair conditioning, texture and stability

Improving the performance of the cosmetic product allow reducing consumption by limiting
number of re-apply

DOWSIL™ EP-9608 Cosmetic Powder is a particularly soft, oil-loaded silicone elastomer powder capable of providing a rich and moist sensory texture, dispersing easily and with less agglomeration. Its translucent appearance helps naturally hide pores and provides excellent affinity to skin. In addition, DOWSIL™ EP-9608 Cosmetic Powder supports low viscosity emulsion formulations, its low thickening effect providing a fresh sensory feel.

DOWSIL™ SW-8005 C30 Resin Wax is an innovative silicone resin wax that will bring pleasing sensory benefits to your facial and body creams, and exciting performance benefits to your color cosmetics, including blushes, mascaras and lipsticks.

Results of liquid lipstick evaluations show that formulating with DOWSIL™ SW-8005 C30 Resin Wax reduced transfer, improved gloss, and heightened color intensity.

Moreover, DOWSIL™ SW-8005 C30 Resin Wax is compatible with a wide variety of commonly used ingredients such as silicone fluids, organic waxes, esters, and vegetable oils, including castor oil, offering you formulation flexibility.

Applications

• Skin care
• Facial care
• Body care
• Mascaras
• Lipsticks
• Blushes
• Deodorants and antiperspirants
• Sun care

Benefits

Characteristics

• INCI: C30-45 Alkyldimethylsilyl Polypropylsilsesquioxane
• Solid wax
• Melting point : 66°C
• Compatibility : oil
• Organic compatibility: yes
• Film hardness : soft

Dowsil™ FZ-3196 is a silicon fluid, caprylyl branched trisiloxane, compatible with organic that could act like a carrier for vegetal oils. Provides a smooth touch, high spreadability and reduce the tackiness.

New emollient for Smooth and non-greasy feel as well as skin lubricity without residue and respecting the high standard of purity

DOWSIL™ 200 Silicone Fluid 6 cS  is a polydimethylsiloxane fluid commonly used as a base fluid in personal care products due to its excellent spreading characteristics. It is clear, essentially odourless and non-greasy. The combination of DOWSIL ™200 Silicone Fluid 6 cSt with XIAMETER™ PMX200 Silicone Fluid 1.5 cSt allows reproducing of the sensory profile of the Cyclopentasiloxane whereas the combination with XIAMETER ™PMX 200 Silicone Fluid 2 cSt allows reproducing of the sensory profile of the cyclohexasiloxane.

What is a silicone in cosmetics and what is become in nature?

Silicone is a family of polymers coming from the reaction between natural sand, methanol and chlorhydrique acid to obtain PolyDimethylSiloxane. Degradation of PDMS is a common process taking place in many different types of soils. It occurs through a unique combination of environmental degradation processes. Initial hydrolysis of PDMS is catalysed by clay minerals, the principal component of soil. From this PDMS we can produce a different type of silicone-based raw materials:

• Volatile or fluid linear silicone used as solvent and gum for velvet sensoriality, by increasing the molecular weight
• Crosslinked polymer like elastomer for powdery and smooth touch & resin for wash-off resistance in sun care for example
• Functionalized silicone to improve performance like make-up long-lasting, hair conditioning, texture and stability

Improving the performance of the cosmetic product allows for reduction consumption by limiting the number of re-apply.

Applications

• Antiperspirants and deodorants
• Skin care
• Hair care
• Color cosmetics
• Sun care
• Nail polishes

Benefits

• Smooth feel, provides skin lubricity
• Excellent spreading
• Leaves no residue or buildup
• Non-greasy feel

Characteristics

• INCI Name: Dimethicone
• Appearance: Crystal clear liquid
• Active content: 100%
• Viscosity at 25°C (77°F): 5.5 - 6.5 cPs
• Volatility: None-volatile
• Flash point: 146°C
• D4, D5, D6: <0.1%
• China compliance: Listed in the catalog of cosmeticingredients

This category of Dow Silicone Elastomers offers clear to slightly translucent crosslinked silicone-organic elastomer gels delivered in various carrier fluids. These products are able to act as a delivery aid and incorporate filters, pigments, and other actives while maintaining a viscous, gel structure.

When you are considering sustainability, save energy by using a cold process with silicone organic elastomer blends. These products are compatible with organics, both lipophilic and water-based, and can even create clear systems with unique aesthetics.

These products are available with a variety of carrier fluids and viscosities.

A soft powder that provides unique smooth, bouncy and silky feel with optical effect and sebum control with easy processing for Color Cosmetics and Skin Care products.

Consumers are looking for soft and silky products that feel velvety on their skin without tackiness or clumping. Elastomer powders provide that special sensory feel, but agglomeration issues lead to processing challenges.

DOWSIL™ EP-9610 Cosmetic Powder offers the best of both worlds – softness with less agglomeration.

Silicone-based water-in-silicone and water-in-oil (W/O) emulsifiers have existed since the mid-1980s, and a broad range of these materials is now available. W/O systems provide benefits such as wash-off resistance, substantivity, improved barrier properties, emolliency, moisturization and, in some cases, can influence the penetration of actives.

Silicone-based emulsifiers can impart the same benefits without most of the drawbacks associated with water-in-oil systems, such as greasy feel, difficult and costly manufacturing and less formulation flexibility when compared to oil-in-water systems . Silicone emulsifiers also provide broader options for oil phase, expanded texture and sensory possibilities.

DOWSIL™ ES-5600 Silicone Glycerol Emulsifier: a versatile PEG-free emulsifier for fluid inverse emulsion

Dow Corning® ES-5600 Silicone

Glycerol Emulsifier uses its remarkable capabilities to bring an enhanced sensory experience to your customers. With the growth of higher performance cosmetics, customers now expect longer-lasting use and greater color intensity. DOWSIL™ ES-5600 Silicone Glycerol Emulsifier can make your products more attractive, intensely colorful, smoother in texture, more comfortable and easier to wear.

Because of their longer-last effects against sebum and water, water-in-oil (W/O) formulations are preferred for liquid foundations and color cosmetics. The oil-phase flexibility of Dow DOWSIL™ ES-5600 Silicone Glycerol Emulsifier helps to create a stable formulation. Its powder dispersing capabilities allow better formulation with pigments and powders.

Applications

• Skin care
• AP/Deo Roll-On
• Sun care
• Make-up

Characteristics

• High dispersion capability for color intensity and even tone
• Oil phase flexibility provides formulation options to meet a wider variety of consumer needs
• Pleasant sensory benefits
• Suitable for PEG-free formulation systems
• Easy to use and enables cold process
• INCI: Cetyl Diglyceryl, Tris(Trimethylsiloxy), silylethyl
• Dimethicone
• Appearance : Liquid
• Viscosity :2,000 – 5,000 mm2/s
• HLB (calculated) : 2 (calculated value with IOB value)
• D4, D5, D6 : <0.1

DOWSIL™ 2503 Cosmetic Wax is an alkylmethylsiloxane wax which melts on contact with skin and provides moisturizing benefits. It is a true hybrid of hydrocarbon and siloxane chemistry and is compatible with many organic ingredients.

Applications

• Hand lotions
• Body creams
• Facial treatments
• Sun care creams and lotions
• Color cosmetics

Benefits

Characteristics

• INCI: Stearyl Dimethicone (and) Octadecene
• White wax
• Softening point : 32°C
• Compatibility : oil
• Moisturization: yes
• Long lasting/Substantivity: yes
• Reduced greasiness

DOWSIL™ 2511 Cosmetic Wax is a water dispersible silicone glycol copolymer wax with a low melting point. It is water soluble, and also compatible with alcohol. DOWSIL™ 2511 melts on contact with the skin for increased moisturization and humectancy. In formulations, it can aid in reducing tackiness, and also offers foam boosting properties.

Applications

Characteristics

• White to yellow gold color
• Cold processing 

DOWSIL™ 5200 Formulation Aid is a liquid alkylmethyl silicone polyether copolymer. Its primary function is to produce water-in-oil emulsions with a low to medium polarity oil phase.

Products made with DOWSIL™ 5200 Formulation Aid bridge the gap between oil-in-water and water-in-oil systems, delivering the benefits of protection, water resistance and elegance attributed to water-in-oil formulations but without the greasiness and heaviness of typical water-in-oil systems.

DOWSIL™ 5200 Formulation Aid enables the formulation of creams and lotions with low energy processing and at room temperature, resulting in lower energy costs and faster processing times. DOWSIL™ 5200 Formulation Aid has a high molecular weight while still remaining fluid. This inherent property results in the creation of a very stable visco-elastic film at the water/oil interface, therefore DOWSIL™ 5200 Formulation Aid is a very efficient emulsifier and leads to water-in-oil formulations exhibiting excellent stability at high water concentration and low emulsifier levels.

It also allows the incorporation of high levels of humectants such as glycerine and propylene glycol, while maintaining a very good sensory profile. DOWSIL™ 5200 Formulation Aid can be used as a co-emulsifier in oil-in-water systems and has also demonstrated hair and skin conditioning properties.

Applications

Benefits

Characteristics

• INCI Name: Lauryl PEG/PPG-18/18 Methicone
• Clear to slightly hazy, amber liquid
• D4/D5 Level (%) : <0,1
• China compliant : Yes

Seeking a product that helps set both your hair and skin formulations apart from the competition? Experience DOWSIL™ HMW 2220 Non-Ionic Emulsion for skin, hair and body care formulations. A 61 percent nonionic emulsion of a high molecular weight divinyldimethicone / dimethicone copolymer for use in skincare, suncare, shower gel, color cosmetic, and hair care applications

Applications

• Skin care and body wash applications including:
  • Skin creams
  • Facial cleansers
  • Shower gels
• Hair care applications including:
  • Shampoos
  • Rinse-off and leave-in conditioners
  • Styling products

Benefits

DOWSIL™ HMW 2220 Non-Ionic Emulsion Formulation Benefits

DOWSIL™ HMW 2220 Non-Ionic Emulsion Skin Care Formulation Benefits

DOWSIL™ HMW 2220 Non-Ionic Emulsion Make Up Formulation Benefits

DOWSIL™ HMW 2220 Non-Ionic Emulsion Hair Care Formulation Benefits

DOWSIL™ HMW 2220 Non-Ionic Emulsion Body Wash Formulation Benefits

Characteristics

• INCI Name: Divinyldimethicone / Dimethicone Copolymer (and) C12-13 Pareth-23 (and) C12-13 Pareth-3
• Milky-white to white liquid, free from particulate
• Internal phase viscosity at 0.01 Hz: > 120,000,000 mm²/s
• Silicone content: 60%
• D4/D5 Level (%): <0,1
• China compliant: Yes

As the global textile industry continues to trend toward more sustainable materials, textile and leather manufacturers require innovative solutions that offer effective water-repellency performance, but also with greater sustainability benefits. In partnership with Dow, Univar Solutions are proud to offer DOWSIL™ IE-8749 Emulsion.

Protect people and the planet with DOWSIL™ IE-8749 Emulsion

DOWSIL™ IE-8749 Emulsion is designed to advance performance and sustainability in the development of outerwear fabric, including athletic wear and winter garments, as well as outdoor fabric for furniture, umbrellas, awnings and more.

This emulsion concentrate is easy to dilute and combine with other ingredients to tailor performance to application requirements, including synthetic, natural, and blended fiber fabrics.