The sunscreen market is growing approx. Global sales reach £3 billion and are growing at an annual rate of 5% due to increased consumer awareness and …

People often think that sunscreen products are difficult to apply and leave greasy skin and white marks on clothing and upholstery after use. Consumer…

Optimized sunscreen products must provide broad-spectrum UV blocking to protect the skin from erythema, premature aging and photocarcinogenesis. A com…

The form of a sunscreen product has a significant impact on its sensory characteristics and ease of application to the skin. Oil-in-water (O/W) lotion…

Lotion is the most common form of sunscreen, but increasingly, oil gels, mists and, more recently, sticks are being sold. The recent popularity of sti…

OleoSil products are naturally derived silicone elastomer gels that utilize the company’s Jeechem NDA alkanes to produce a range of functional e…

Jeechem NDA Alkanes are naturally derived, high-purity alkanes derived from plant-based sources and specifically engineered to provide exceptional per…

Jeesperse NDA Sun dispersion is a stable dispersion of high loading and physical sunscreen in naturally derived alkanes and hydrocarbons, producing st…

It can be said that silicones and silicone derivatives are the most useful and versatile of all existing cosmetic ingredients. Their viscosities range…

Cyclosiloxanes are often referred to as cyclotetrasiloxane (D4) and cyclopentasiloxane (D5) because of their antistatic, emollient, moisturizing, solv…

These limitations most silicone alternatives have been designed to replace D4/D5. Without necessarily ruling out silicone products, Innospec recommend…