TEGOSOFT® DEC

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INCI: Diethylhexyl Carbonate

Product Applications: Body Care, Clean Beauty, Skin Care, Sun Care

Green Criteria: Biodegradable

TEGOSOFT® DEC is a unique emollient especially suitable for light and non-oily skin care and sun care products. This product is an oil with low viscosity, high spreading properties, and good solvency for crystalline actives.

Features & Benefits of TEGOSOFT® DEC

• Easy to emulsify in O/W and W/O emulsions
• Low viscosity and high spreadability
• Low polar oil with good solvency for crystalline actives
• Very low pour point
• Light skin feel

Applications

• AP/Deo
• Colour cosmetics
• Hair care
• Skin care
• Sun care

Why to Use Cationic Emulsifiers

The classic use of cationic products has been to improve the conditioning properties of the hair fiber. Cationic products may also be used as O/W emulsifiers for skin care. This functional transfer of some properties from traditional hair to skin care applications provides an innovative and economical platform to the formulator. Over the next fifty years, the consumer demographic shift will lead to more than doubling of the 60 + segment, making this an attractive market for skin care product manufacturers. A major concern for this segment of the market is maintaining skin moisture. There are three strategies a formulator may follow to achieve this effect: the use of a skin barrier repair agent, humectants, and high lipophilic loadings. Often, moisturization is achieved via high lipophilic loading. However, the presence of a high oil phase can impart an unpleasant oily or greasy, and heavy skin feel. Cationic emulsifiers will mask these negative sensory properties, with the specific aesthetics determined by the choice of cationic emulsifier. In general, sensory properties for these emulsions are powdery, smooth, and dry.