Stephenson Personal Care has launched a patent-pending cold-process range of Durosoft emulsifiers at this year’s in-cosmetics exhibition in Paris.
Their growing portfolio of personal care ingredients currently includes a range of sustainable emulsifiers - Durosoft - which use naturally derived polyglycerol esters to produce ingredients for creams, lotions and foaming oil-based formulations offering specific value to producers of cold process products and sustainable raw material claims.
What makes Durosoft unique is the patent-pending technology which provides a wide HLB range of 4-14 for a greater stability profile.
The Durosoft range of natural and sustainable emulsifiers currently includes:
• Durosoft PK-SG – an O/W natural polyglyceryl-4 ester emulsifier, derived from RSPO Certified Sustainable Segregated Palm Kernel Oil. Application areas include: water-thin lotions, creams, deodorant roll-ons and wet wipes.
• Durosoft SF – a W/O natural polyglyceryl-4 ester emulsifier, derived from Sunflower Oil. Ideal for creating self-emulsifying oils such as foaming bath and shower oils, hair/beard oils, cleansing oils.
• Durosoft WWC-SG – a naturally derived, 40% active free-flowing liquid concentrate – suitable for all personal care wet wipe products.
Advantages of formulating with Durosoft include:
• 100% RSPO Certified Segregated Sustainable Palm Kernel Oil
• Natural
• Cold process
• PEG free
• Easy to use
• Skin friendly (Dermatologically tested)
• HLB range of 4-14 for a greater stability profile
• Compatible with both oil and water phases
• No co-emulsifiers required
• No heating or cooling
• No deleterious effect on temperature sensitive ingredients
• Stable water-thin emulsions easily achieved
In comparison with traditional hot-process manufacture, Durosoft can be cold processed, which creates a number of benefits for the personal care and cosmetics formulator – from achieving tighter energy standards through to reduced energy consumption - as they seek to meet key product performance criteria and improve the sustainability of their business.
