Silicones are incredibly useful and versatile products, making an enormous difference to personal care formulations across all areas.
These polymers provide many benefits, including: waterproofing, retaining moisture, giving spread, adding shine to hair and imparting adherence to pigments. There are very few aspects of the industry that are not enhanced by the addition of a silicone ingredient.
It would not be an exaggeration to claim that many qualities, such as longevity in colour cosmetics and luxurious skin-feel in skin care and hair care, that we take for granted now have been revolutionised thanks to silicone ingredients. They have been used in cosmetics and personal care since the 1950s but have as much relevance today as ever, due to increasing interest in mild formulations and a focus on innovative, pleasant textures. In addition, silicone elastomers are providing new avenues for silicone ingredients in the form of wrinkle-smoothing and line-blurring benefits.
Following is a selection of some recent developments from leading silicone ingredient manufacturers.
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