Cosmetics & Personal Care Formulations with Fixatives
33 formulations found
Hair Care: Sustainable Sea Salt Texturizing Spritz
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.
Fixatives
Category overviewFixatives are liquids or fine powders which provide long-lasting hold in hair styling and fragrance formulations. They create flexible or firm films, ensuring durability while resisting humidity and sweat.
Popular INCI ingredients in this segment include Acrylates copolymers and PVP. Non-sticky, natural-finish formulas are trending. Regulations focus on VOC content and allowable film-former concentrations.
Hair Care: Sticky Glue Pomade
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.
Hair Care: Molding Paste
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.
