Cosmetics & Personal Care Formulations with Fixatives

This pomade formulation provides moderate hold and texture with a stringy rheology. AMPHOMER® polymer yields excellent humidity resistance, while FLEXAN® II polymer combined with PVP gives added hold with longer rheology. AMAZE® starch fixative provides a natural hold with excellent aesthetics and feel.

Shine & Hold Hairspray provides strong hold with natural feel. It contains TILAMAR^® Fix A1000 and Argan Oil. TILAMAR^® Fix A1000 acts as a fixative. It provides extra strong hold with a natural feel and look.

A formulation by DSM.

This formula contains a high performance natural fixative polymer – Corn Starch Modified that provides skin firming properties similar to synthetic fixative polymers. Potato Starch Modified provides emulsion stabilization while delivering unique conditioning after feel.

Known for its style retention and feel benefits, Dehydroxanthan Gum offers a gel that performs without any of the negatives associated with traditional systems. This gel leaves the hair feeling smooth and soft, yet the style is able to resist the negative effects of humidity resulting in long lasting style retention. Multifunctional, the Dehydroxanthan Gum acts as both the hair fixative and system thickener. It is easily dispersed in water, allowing for quick manufacturing time.

Invisible Gel featuring ACUDYNE™ 180: Hair Fixative Resin.

For hairstyles that last from day into night, AMAZE™ XT polymer provides unprecedented protection against the effects of humidity. Multifunctional, the AMAZE XT polymer acts as both the hair fixative and system thickener. It is easily dispersed in water, allowing for quick manufacturing time. AMAZE XT polymer also has suspending capabilities, allowing for the inclusion of glitter for a shimmering effect on hair.

This molding paste provides firm hold with a moderate gloss finish. The product can be used to sculpt and mold hair while adding texture and volume. AMAZE® starch fixative provides good hold with flexible control, while CELQUAT® SC-230M polymer contributes to the creamy rheology of the paste, provides a conditioning feel, and improves the overall ease of application.

This moderate hold non-aerosol hair spray provides excellent shine to the hair. RESYN® 28-2930 polymer has moderate hold and is cost effective while AMPHOMER® polymer hair fixative provides good humidity resistance.

This alcohol free spritz uses BIOSTYLE™ CGP polymer to provide stiffness and humidity resistance in a more natural working spray system. This water-based formula helps to sculpt and style wet hair and provides medium hold and stiffness when dry. The maltodextrin-derived BIOSTYLE CGP polymer is a low viscosity, easy to formulate liquid that requires no heating or neutralization, giving the formulator a simple way to create more natural and sustainable styling products. This working spray, based on the naturally-derived fixative polymer and containing no alcohol or propellants, is an environmentally-preferable way to create high-performance styling aids.

DERMACRYL® 79 polymer acts as a fixative in this powder aerosol formulation. DRY-FLO® PURE starch acts as a talc alternative in this innovative spray formulation.