Light feels right. High-performance, silicone-free concepts with sensory appeal
Everyone who has enjoyed the unique sensory experience of eating rich, dark chocolate or of biting into a crisp, sweet watermelon on a hot summer afternoon knows how important a pleasant sensory experience is to enjoying everyday life. This is also true for personal care products: consumers see sensory stimulation as a real benefit. As everyone’s daily lives become ever more demanding and hectic, the need to take time and do something positive for oneself increases. In this context consumers are looking for cosmetic products that offer a holistic experience, emphasizing a positive sensory experience. To develop such holistic products emollients play a key role.
Making all the difference
The choice of the right emollient used in cosmetic formulations can make all the difference. Consumers can use a product just because it is good for their skin. With the right emollients, they can do something good for their skin while also truly enjoying an inspiring and satisfying experience. Our range of light emollients can provide the basis for creating an overall wellness experience of care and comfort that the user can really feel. As well as performance and functional criteria, the environmental impact of ingredients must also be considered. In contrast to synthetic oils (silicones / mineral oils) our emollients are mostly based on natural raw materials. The right combination of all these characteristics is essential for the performance, and consumer appeal of the final product.
Properties of our emollients
Emollients are used in almost all types of cosmetic formulations. They give the formulation sensory properties and improve the condition of the skin after application. They significantly help to protect, care for and smooth the skin. Naturally derived emollients can be used to replace the skin’s natural lipids, and acting as a substituting agent. Within the formulation, they also serve as solubilizers for active substances, UV-filters or as dispersing agents for insoluble materials, such as pigments. Emollients can help formulators combine superior performance with a very pleasant skin feel.
Product portfolio
Cognis offers a broad portfolio of products with outstanding sensory properties for various silicone-free applications, such as creams, lotions, oils, gels, sprays, as well as shampoos. Our emollients have a range of different chemical structures, e.g. esters, ethers or carbonate structures. When choosing which emollients to use, it is essential to assess their spreadability, sensory properties, ability to dissolve other ingredients as well as physico-chemical properties such as hydrolytic stability or polarity. At the same time, it is also very important to consider their environmental impact: a large number of Cognis’ emollients are based on natural ingredients.
Choosing the right emollient
A combination of slow and fast-spreading emollients helps formulators to combine instant and lasting effects, and close the “spreading gap.” For consumers it is very important that they experience the caring effect while at the same time feeling the lightness of the product. With our emollients, formulators can achieve this double feeling of nurture and lightness.
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