More and more cosmetic brands are now opting for transparency towards the customer and choosing versatile ingredients to build minimalist formulas. Thus, to successfully engage in responsible and sustainable approaches, brands need to rationalize their ingredient portfolio. Adrien Faure, cosmetics expert at PolymerExpert, gives an update on the optimal choice of raw materials for the formulator.

A wide variety of products in diverse fields of application can take advantage of free radical emulsion polymerization. They go from paints, coatings and adhesives to cosmetics, sealants, drug delivery systems, textiles and automotive products.1 This versatile technique allows the production of aqueous dispersions of polymer particles stabilized by a colloid stabilizer that present innumerous advantages.

PolymerExpert designs custom specialty polymers for its customers. Whether in the medical, cosmetic or industrial fields, our productions are subject to batch release to ensure product conformity and quality.

Polymers are regularly associated with synthetic materials, plastics and fossils. However, they are present in nature and have been used by human being since the dawn of time. Indeed, silk, proteins or cellulose are all natural polymers. Thus, many consumers are unaware that their cosmetic products contain polymers and especially, that these polymers can be of natural origin! Adrien Faure, expert at PolymerExpert, explains the use of polymers in the cosmetic industry.

PolymerExpert has developed a 100% biobased rheology modifier for oils: thhttps://polymerexpert.fr/app/uploads/2022/07/Sans-titre-5.pnge recently launched and already awarded gelling agent is a promising natural ingredient for innovative and ecologically responsible cosmetics. 

Reverse engeineering of polymers consists in the study and analysis of a formulation or a mixture to obtain its composition. It allows to determine the nature and the quantity of the raw materials forming a product.

Polyurethanes (PUs) were discovered in the 1930s by Otto Bayer and were mainly used to replace natural rubbers during World War II. Their worldwide production represents 25.1 million tons in 2019.