BENTONE HYDROLUXE™ 360

Glyceryl Stearate Citrate (and) Cetearyl Alcohol (and) Hectorite (and) Xanthan Gum (and) Glyceryl Behenate. BENTONE HYDROLUXE™ 360 by Elementis is a non-animal origin, natural rheological additive for aqueous cosmetics and toiletries. It is an all-in-one clay-based emulsifying and stabilizing additive for creating O/W emulsions with a light touch & pleasant skin feel. It is easy to process and does not require additional stabilizers like carbomers.

• It offers thermostable thixotropic viscosity, pseudoplasticity, excellent suspension control and heat stability to the water phase of cosmetics.
• It is available in pellet format to allow easy dosage, easy storage and high batch-to-batch consistency.
• It also stabilizes viscosity on aging, at varying temperatures, and under different shear conditions.
• It reduces phase separation & syneresis and allows an oil phase volume of 10-35%.
• It imparts a smooth silky feel and SPF boosting effect to personal care products.
• It can be used with all kinds of cosmetic oils, e.g. natural oils, esters, silicone oils and alkanes.
• BENTONE HYDROLUXE™ 360 finds application in formulating creams, lotions, deodorants, color cosmetics, face packs, facial make-up, hair- and sun care products.