[Cosmetics] Protecare SH – Skin protection active

[Cosmetics] Protecare SH – Skin protection active

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Supplier & Manufacturer : Shin Seung Hichem Co., Ltd. Powerful skin protection care with ancient Egyptian secrets Main Raw Material Origin: Egypt Final active material made in Korea It is an effective cosmetic material developed with inspiration from ancient Egyptian skin beauty secrets, where cosmetics as a skin care began and the beauty method reached its peak by Cleopatra. It's raw material has been eaten as food in Egypt since about 4,000 years BC. Especially it is famous material since Cleopatra used it to maintain her beauty and youthfulness. In addition, as a native plant through out Egypt and the Mediterranean coast, its flower extracts have been used for medicinal purposes such as wounds, burns, and skin diseases as folk remedies in ancient Egypt, Greece, Rome, India and Arab regions.…
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[Cosmetic Ingredients] Caprylyl Glycol

[Cosmetic Ingredients] Caprylyl Glycol

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In this page, we introduce you Caprylyl Glycol, which is a cosmetic material, we supply as a ingredient supplier in Korea. Caprylyl Glycol is polyol material which has hydroxy function (-OH) at 1-, 2- position of octane linear carbon chain, and it is also called as 1,2-Octanediol, Octane-1,2-diol, GMCY. It's melting point (mp) is about 35℃ so it's phase at room temperature is slightly transparent white soft solid. Caprylyl Glycol is widely used for Cosmetics or Ointments as a skin conditioning agent, for its excellent moisturizing and smoothing effect. The biggest reason that this Caprylyl Glycol is widely used by many cosmetic manufacturers is that it has anti-microbial properties like preservative. So in cosmetic formulations, it can be used for Non-preservative formulations, because it can help anti-microbial property of formulations…
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[Cosmetic Ingredient] Carbomer

[Cosmetic Ingredient] Carbomer

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In this blog posting, we introduce our cosmetic ingredient product, Carbomer, which is widely used as a thickener for various cosmetic formulations. Carbomer is polyacrylic acid (poly(acrylic acid, PAA), synthetic polymer of acrylic acid with high-molecular weight. This thickener Carbomer is often called as Carbopol in the market, which is trade name of carbomer product from the most famous supplier in the world. Carbomer is white powder type polymer, and when it is dispersed in water, it turns into a transparent gel phase with slight viscosity. In this swelling phase, when alkali (base) agent (like TEA, KOH, NaOH, Tromethamine, etc.) is added into the phase, carboxyl group is neutralized to be ionized phase. This anionized polymer chain will spread to form polymer networks and this will make the water phase…
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[Cosmetic Ingredient] Shinesilk PLA 30

[Cosmetic Ingredient] Shinesilk PLA 30

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In this blog post, we introduce you 'Shinesilk PLA 30', one of our company's cosmetic ingredient product. Shinesilk PLA 30 contains 10μm PLA microspheres produced by special process, so it can improve skin feeling of cosmetic formulation. PLA component used in this product is Polylactic Acid(Poly-L-Lactic Acid, PLLA, P-L-LA, PLGA), which is biodegradable polymer originated from sugar cane, and this material is getting popular in various fields like medicines, pharmaceuticals, environment, cosmetics, etc. As demand for using PLA in cosmetics grows recently, Shinesilk PLA 30 is designed to make available to use this PLA material in cosmetics formulation. With Shinesilk PLA 30, 10μm PLLA can be uniformly dispersed in your cosmetics formulations. For your references, regarding availability of using PLA in cosmetics as biodegradable polymer, you should check the cosmetic…
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[Cosmetic Ingredients] 1,2-Hexanediol

[Cosmetic Ingredients] 1,2-Hexanediol

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1,2-Hexanediol This post introduces about 1,2-Hexanediol (Cosmetic Grade, CAS Number: 6920-22-5), which we, Shin Seung Hichem supply as a supplier. 1,2-Hexanediol is a polyol substance that -OH is attached at 1 and 2 position of C6 carbon chain. It is widely used by cosmetic manufacturers for moisturizers and skin conditioning agents. Also, due to its excellent anti-microbial properties, it is widely used by cosmetic producers as a substitute for preservatives and antimicrobial agents. In fact, its antimicrobial performance is so execellent, it can be much helpful for preservative system of cosmetic formulation with only 1~2% dosage. So by using this 1,2-hexanediol properly, one can develop preservative-free cosmetic formulations. But depending on regulation of cosmetics for each countries, 1,2-hexanediol is sometimes categorized as a preservative, so you should check the regulation…
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[Cosmetic Ingredients] Ethylhexylglycerin

[Cosmetic Ingredients] Ethylhexylglycerin

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Ethylhexylglycerin This blog post is written to introduce our product, ethylhexylglycerin (Cosmetic Grade, Cas No : 70445-33-9) which is widely used in cosmetic industry & manufacturers. Our ethylhexyl glycerin product is made in Korea, and we export to worldwide. Ethylhexylglycerine (EHG) sometimes called in its another name, octoxyglycerin. It is glyceryl ether chemical, made from glycerine. It is colorless, odorless liquid polyol substance. Ethylhexylglycerin is usually categorized as 'skin conditioning agent' in cosmetic formulations, and it can be also used as humectant, moisturizer. And it can be widely used in various types of cosmetic formulations. In cosmetic formulations, EHG is mainly used as a component of preservative system, because EHG can boost preservative effect of other main preservatives. So EHG can reduce dosage of other preservatives. Also, depending on cosmetic…
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