Health, Personal Care & Cosmetics
Many INEOS Oligomers products are used in the health and personal care industries for pharmaceuticals, cosmetics and detergents
Linear alpha olefins (LAOs) are used to make a variety of surfactants and detergents that are the basis for shampoos, liquid hand soaps and dishwashing liquids.
Panalane® hydrogenated polybutenes are bright, clear, viscous liquids with outstanding feel, waterproofing properties and moisturizing ability. This makes them ideal for use in cosmetics, sunscreens, lip preparations, eye shadow, stick and roll-on deodorants, creams and lotions.
Silkflo® hydrogenated didecene and polydecenes cosmetic oils are clear, bright, high purity hydrocarbon liquids with a unique, non oily feel that sets them apart from mineral oils and similar products. Silkflo polydecenes are the natural choice for moisturizing lotions; non-oily emollient bars; conditioning face creams; oil-in-water moisturizing and cleansing creams; water-in-oil cleansing creams; night-time, water-resistant, and baby lotions; and cationic lotions.
INEOS Isoalkanes are widely used in cosmetics and personal care applications where high spreadability, quick-dry, fast penetration of active ingredients, non-greasy feel and long-term formulation stability are a must. Isododecane is used in cosmetics: eye shadows, mascaras, lipsticks, lip glosses and skin creams. Isohexadecane is an important emollient in skin and hair care products, valued by consumers for the light, non-greasy feel it leaves on the skin, and by the formulator for its ability to produce robust, chemically stable emulsions. Suncare creams and lotions, deodorants and hair conditioners are just some of its many uses. Isoeicosane, the heaviest member of the isoparaffin range, is used as a conditioning agent in hair conditioners and mousses, and as a softner for hair sprays and mascaras.