skin care

solutions for the problems your skin is facing

In skin care, beautiful innovation can be achieved through quality ingredients. Keeping skin looking and feeling healthy is rooted in raw materials. Our expanding portfolio targets problems that consumers are facing in this personal care market, such as acne, redness, and dry skin.

ingredients for treatment

acne - treatment

Acne can result from clogged hair follicles under the skin that present as small to large red bumps on the skin. Based on the essential element sulfur, Sulfidal™ Colloidal Sulfur treats acne and skin redness. It has proven efficacy against acne and is a mild alternative to Benzoyl Peroxide and Salicylic Acid. Sulfidal Colloidal Sulfur is a 75% active content sulfur in a protective Acacia Senegal Gum colloid offering a mild and efficacious alternative to improve the appearance of acne.

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ingredients for color correction

discoloration - lightening and brightening

Skin lightening and brightening solutions are used to help minimize skin discoloration that can be caused by the sun or aging. We provide a broad range of active ingredients that are commonly used in skin care due to their lightening, brightening, and conditioning benefits. These color-correcting ingredients are ideal for formulations such as moisturizers, serums, eye creams, and anti-aging products for the face and body. Actique™ GlyAc70 is a liquid form of Glycolic Acid that exfoliates the skin and boosts collagen to improve skin tone. Niacinamide offers a variety of benefits, such as reducing hyperpigmentation and helping to increase collagen production.

discoloration

ingredients that fight dryness and build collagen

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dryness - hydrating

Moisturizing actives work to improve overall skin hydration, providing anti-aging benefits. These ingredients help prevent transepidermal water loss (TEWL) resulting in the skin retaining its youth and elasticity. Skin care ingredients that target dryness have shown to enhance the production of collagen, reduce the appearance of fine lines, and provide a strong hydrating power leading to supple skin. Actique™ Hyal Matrix fits seven different active components into one skin-invigorating ingredient, providing extensive hydration into the skin’s deepest levels.

ingredients to help keep the skin balanced

routine - cleansing

As the first step in a skin-care routine, cleansing plays a key role in keeping skin balanced. Our nature-based ingredients include surfactants, exfoliants, and BioPure™ GLDA chelating agent which is a 1:1 EDTA replacement. Sucranov™ and Aminosyl™ surfactant product lines offer ready-to-use mild surfactants that aid in a foaming height and a long-lasting dual function, microbead replacements, Jarbead™ Clay Beads , offer gentle exfoliation and are a natural alternative to synthetic microplastics and silicone-based beads.

cleansing

ingredients designed for touch

enriching emollients

Emollients are essential ingredients in skin care applications due to their superior spreadability and desirable aesthetics. These enriching emollients work to soften and smooth the overall skin appearance and improve skin feel.

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ingredient INCI form properties
Casmate™ DCA Diisooctyl adipate Liquid general-purpose emollient, lubricious, prolonged playtime
Naturechem™ GMHS Glyceryl Hydroxystearate Flake vegetable-based emulsifier with a higher melting point and improved aesthetics over Glyceryl Stearate
Naturechem™ PGR Propylene Glycol Ricinoleate Liquid vegetable-based emulsifier, desirable alternative to oleates
ingredient
Casmate™ DCA
INCI
Diisooctyl adipate
form
Liquid
properties
general-purpose emollient, lubricious, prolonged playtime
ingredient
Naturechem™ GMHS
INCI
Glyceryl Hydroxystearate
form
Flake
properties
vegetable-based emulsifier with a higher melting point and improved aesthetics over Glyceryl Stearate
ingredient
Naturechem™ PGR
INCI
Propylene Glycol Ricinoleate
form
Liquid
properties
vegetable-based emulsifier, desirable alternative to oleates
intense hydration with one ingredient
personal & home care serums and treatments

Sodium hyaluronate is known to be able to stabilize up to 1,000 times its own weight in water. Sodium hyaluronate-based Actique™ Hyal Matrix fits seven different active components into one skin-invigorating ingredient. Suitable for all skin types, Actique Hyal Matrix smooths skin texture, provides instant hydration, and has anti-aging benefits, leading to skin feeling more supple and firm.

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a powerful alpha-hydroxy acid
personal & home care revitalizing through exfoliation

Commonly used in serums, masks, and treatments, Glycolic Acid is a popular ingredient used to exfoliate and hydrate the skin for a healthier looking appearance. Due to its small molecular size of 2 microns, it can easily be absorbed into the skin, encouraging cell turnover and shrinking the appearance of pores. Actique™ GlyAc70 gently removes oil and the outermost layer of the skin by dissolving them, leaving behind smooth and glowing skin. Glycolic Acid works to retexturize the skin's surface to brighten and smooth out fine lines and wrinkles to improve our skin’s overall tone. Though a popular product in skin care applications,

glycolic acid