Film Formers

Celquat® L-200 is a low-viscosity, water-soluble cationic polymer used in styling, cleansing, and skincare products. It offers conditioning, strong hold, gloss, and anti-static properties, as well as a smooth feel. This product is effective across a wide pH range, providing excellent substantivity to hair and skin. It is suitable for use in body creams, lotions, skin cleansers, hair gels, hair creams, conditioners, and mousses. Celquat® L-200 also provides film-forming properties, curl retention, and ease of styling without buildup. It is compliant with various global chemical inventories, including TSCA (USA), AICS (Australia), ISHL (Japan), and IECSC (China). The INCI name is Polyquaternium-4, and it is certified by several environmental and safety regulations, including NFPA and SARA 313. The product is available in powder form and is soluble in water.

DynamX® H₂O is an alcohol-free styling polymer that provides the same performance as the original DynamX®, with enhanced formulating flexibility. It offers long-lasting, touchable hold, strength, and frizz control, making it ideal for hair care applications such as mousses, gels, pomades, waxes, and creams. This liquid polymer is water-soluble and provides excellent flexibility, manageability, curl retention, and thermal protection. It also delivers film stability, high elasticity, and shape retention. The INCI names are AMP-Acrylates Copolymer and Polyurethane-14. Certified under global regulatory standards, including TSCA (USA), AICS (Australia), and NZIoC (New Zealand), DynamX® H₂O is suitable for both rinse-off and leave-on formulations.

Amaze™ XT is a styling polymer that provides exceptional long-lasting hold with a smooth feel, minimal flaking, and high shear resistance. It is water-soluble, reduces flaking, and offers good dry combing, detangling, and a non-tacky, smooth texture. Suitable for a variety of hair care applications, including gels, creams, mousses, hair sprays, and pomades, it serves as a hair fixative, thickener, and suspending agent. Certified for compliance with several global chemical inventories and regulations, it is labeled as natural and not listed under California Proposition 65.

Amphomer® is a hard-holding acrylic polymer widely used in hair styling aids, offering versatile performance. At typical solids levels, it provides a firm hold and excellent style retention, while reduced solids levels deliver a soft, natural hold with good setting properties. Featuring carboxylate and amine functionality, the polymer forms a three-dimensional matrix through ionic associations and hydrogen bonding, ensuring excellent humidity resistance, adhesion, and solubility. Despite its robust performance, it maintains the benefits of a low molecular weight polymer, including fine spray patterns, easy dry combing, and shampoo removability.

Biostyle® XH is a naturally-derived hybrid polymer formed by the reaction of nvp and maltodextrin. It functions as a hair fixative for clear gels, mousses, creams, waxes, and other styling aids. Partially derived from renewable resources, it offers exceptional clarity, desirable rheology, and reliable performance.

KahlResin 5720 Araucaria + Sunflower Oil is a natural blend of glycerol ester of pinewood rosin (E445) and organic sunflower seed oil. This nearly tasteless, transparent, high-viscosity liquid has a refractive index of 1.4970. It boosts gloss in hair styling and color cosmetic products while acting as a natural film former to enhance transfer resistance and provide long-lasting performance.

KahlResin 6723 MB Shorea Robusta + Octyldodecanol is a yellow, high-viscosity liquid made from Shorea Robusta resin and Octyldodecanol. With a refractive index of 1.4838, it enhances film-forming properties and offers long-lasting performance. This natural resin is particularly suitable for color cosmetic products, providing high viscosity and a smooth, durable finish. Additionally, it is RSPO MassBalance Certified, ensuring sustainable sourcing.