Carbopol Style 2.0 polymer: The new standard for styling

Create unique textures, sensory benefits and offer the performance consumers are looking for with Carbopol Style 2.0 polymer.

Fewer ingredients equal lower costs
A breakthrough 2-in-1 rheology modifier with inherent styling boosting properties, Lubrizol’s Carbopol Style 2.0 polymer eliminates the need for a fixative. Fewer ingredients lower your costs. It also means less use of raw materials, helping you meet your sustainability goals. Reduce the complexity of your formulation and arrive at superior product claims with greater speed and confidence.

Pleasing aesthetics. Beautiful flexibility
New haircare platforms and textures that appeal to the senses are in demand. Carbopol Style 2.0 boasts brilliant clarity, easy dispersion and inherent styling boosting properties. Its viscosity building capabilities and wide range of pH and electrolyte tolerance give you formulation flexibility. Offer the performance consumers are looking for without sacrificing clarity, creaminess or viscosity.

Less energy required equals improved sustainability
Carbopol Style 2.0 polymer is not polymerized in benzene or methylene chloride. Its cold process, fast-dispersion performance consumes less energy so you can rely on efficient, time-saving processing. Count on enhanced style performance over any current carbomer technology. Globally compliant, including CFDA listed.

Your Lubrizol polymer partnership
Lubrizol’s Carbopol polymer family touches two-thirds of consumers globally and is a holistic cornerstone in beauty, home and health care. As your business pushes to launch products suited for more active, sustainable lifestyles, Lubrizol experts will partner with you to research, develop and expand Carbopol polymers capabilities to best benefit your production processes, meet your sustainability profiles and increase operational savings.

Carbopol Style 2.0 polymer offers:
•             Smooth glossy appearance and market leading clarity
•             Elimination or reduction in use of fixatives or PVP
•             Not polymerized in benzene or methylene chloride
•             Broad compatibility 
•             Improved sustainability through cold processing and fast dispersion.

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