SILIGEL™THE FOOLPROOF GELLING AGENT WITH AMAZING SILICONE-LIKESKIN FEEL
TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS
• High versatility- Gelling agent for aqueous phase- Thickener- Co-emulsifier
• Extreme resistance to electrolytes: sea & spring waters, stressful active ingredients…
• Large pH range: 2-10
Siligel™
EASY PROCESS
• Cold or hot process• Easy to incorporate => no lumps
- No pre-dispersion- Introduction into the water phase
or at the end of the process
THE FOOLPROOF GELLING AGENT
- Stabilizer- Suspending agent
NATURAL ORIGIN
• Phospholipids and polysaccharides
• Sustainable approach
- Green processmanufacturing
- Energy saving:
cold & dry production
- Eco-friendly
ULTRA-SOPHISTICATED
SKIN FEEL
• Amazing silicone-like skin feel: high gliding and ultra-soft effect
• Skin feel enhancer• Comfortable after-feel• Moisturizing properties
Siligel™
EASY PROCESS
• Cold or hot process• Easy to incorporate => no lumps
- No pre-dispersion- Introduction into the water phase
or at the end of the process
THE FOOLPROOF GELLING AGENT
NATURAL ORIGIN
• Phospholipids and polysaccharides
• Sustainable approach
- Green processmanufacturing
- Energy saving:
cold & dry production
- Eco-friendly
TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS
• High versatility- Gelling agent for aqueous phase- Thickener- Co-emulsifier
• Extreme resistance to electrolytes: sea & spring waters, stressful active ingredients…
• Large pH range: 2-10
- Stabilizer- Suspending agent
ULTRA-SOPHISTICATED
SKIN FEEL
• Amazing silicone-like skin feel: high gliding and ultra-soft effect
• Skin feel enhancer• Comfortable after-feel• Moisturizing properties
NATURAL AND SUSTAINABLE
• Natural origin
- Phospholipids from soybean, by product of food industry
- Polysaccharides from biotechnology (fermentation)
• Green process
- No water use: water preservation
- Cold process: energy and cost saving
Siligel™ is a natural and sustainable ingredient
A PATENTED OPTIMIZED COMBINATION
• Outstanding skin feel and synergistic viscosity effect
• Synergy proven by a mixture design study 25% more viscosity than the viscosity of the separate ingredients
A: Xanthan gum
B: Sclerotium gum
C: Pullulan
EVALUATION OF THE SYNERGIES
BETWEEN SILIGEL™ INGREDIENTS
…THANKS TO LECITHIN
Blend of polysaccharides without lecithin
Siligel™
lumps
3 min 9 min 15 min
Easy dispersion
Poor dispersionThe wetting properties of Lecithinhelps the gums dispersion
3 min 9 min 15 min
Siligel™
EASY PROCESS
• Cold or hot process• Easy to incorporate => no lumps
- No pre-dispersion- Introduction into the water phase
or at the end of the process
THE FOOLPROOF GELLING AGENT
NATURAL ORIGIN
• Phospholipids and polysaccharides
• Sustainable approach
- Green processmanufacturing
- Energy saving:
cold & dry production
- Eco-friendly
TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS
• High versatility- Gelling agent for aqueous phase- Thickener- Co-emulsifier
• Extreme resistance to electrolytes: sea & spring waters, stressful active ingredients…
• Large pH range: 2-10
- Stabilizer- Suspending agent
ULTRA-SOPHISTICATED
SKIN FEEL
• Amazing silicone-like skin feel: high gliding and ultra-soft effect
• Skin feel enhancer• Comfortable after-feel• Moisturizing properties
SILIGEL™ GEL NETWORK CHARACTERIZATION
Siligel™ has a pseudo plastic behaviour, with a yield stress.The rheological behaviour of Siligel™ justifies its stability and suspension properties
and a nice spreadability on the skin upon application.
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FLOW BEHAVIOUR
EXCELLENT VISCOSITY RECOVERY FOR BETTER HANDLING
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THIXOTROPY CURVES
Siligel™ creates a gel network, with shear thinning thixotropic behavior.Due to the weak interactions between the polysaccharides chains,
the gel can flow easily, allowing the use of pump/spray packagings.
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0.5 s-10.5 s-1
THICKENING PROPERTIES
The viscosity increases with the concentration of Siligel™ and remains stable. The final viscosity is reached one day after production.
THICKENING POWER
MAXIMUM RESISTANCE TO SALTS
Siligel™ resists to a high amount of salts, up to 20% !!
STABILITY WITH ELECTROLYTES
(MONO AND DIVALENT SALTS)
MAXIMUM RESISTANCE TO SEAWATER
Even with Seawater, Siligel™ has a good resistance without decreasing itsgelling ability, contrary to the benchmark competitor!
MAXIMUM RESISTANCE TO IONIC ADDITIVES
The Siligel™ network is very resistant to electrolytes
SILIGEL™ PERFORMANCE
WITH DIFFERENT IONIC ADDITIVES
pH RESISTANCE
The viscosity of Siligel™ network is constant at different pH and remains stable over time
STABILITY WITH pHLow pH
- Deodorants- Self tan products (with DHA)- Face care products with AHA- Products with natural
preservative systems
High pH
- Depilatories- Hair colorations- Shaving creams
VISCOSITY WITH ETHANOL
The viscosity of the Siligel™ network is not influenced in presence of Ethanoland remains stable over time
STABILITY WITH ETHANOL
PRESERVATIVE COMPATIBILITY
Siligel™ can be used with many different preservative systems withoutimpacting its viscosity properties
STABILITY WITH PRESERVATIVES AND
AGENTS WITH ANTI-MICROBIAL PROPERTIES
OTHER COMPATIBILITIES / INCOMPATIBILITIES
Compatibilities
• Sunscreens (chemical and mineral)
• Pigments
• Glycols
• Non ionic surfactants
• Anionic surfactants (active matter <5%)
• Amphoteric surfactants (active matter <5%)
Incompatibilities
• Shower Gel or Shampoosurfactant based formulas
• Cationic surfactants
• Aluminum salts(Anti-perspirants)
CO-EMULSIFICATION/STABILIZATION OF EMULSIONS
Control
Siligel™ helps suspend oil droplets and get thinner and homogenous droplets providing a better stability.
100μm+ 0.5% Siligel™
100μm+ 2%
Siligel™
100μm
Simple formula: 10% oil and 1% emulsifier (Sucrose palmitate)
Oil droplets size
-70% !Oil droplets size
-90% !
CO-EMULSIFICATION/STABILIZATION OF EMULSIONS
Siligel™ suspending and co-emulsifying
properties assure full stability of
the formula
Control + 0.5% Siligel™
+ 2% Siligel™
EMULSIFYING PROPERTIES ?
+ high shear stress+ stirring
Rotor Stator Ø 25 mm 3 min 1500 Rpm Rotor Stator Ø 65 mm 2 min 1500 Rpm
Siligel™ can be used as an emulsifier in specific cases
• Siligel™ alone is able to emulsify a small amount of oil phase, depending on theconditions (equipment: high shear stress and ingredients of the formula)
• From ~10% oil phase, the quality of the emulsion is not optimal (appearance,stability)
SUSPENDING PROPERTIES
Room Temperature
Multiple light scattering analysis done on a Turbiscanon an aqueous gel with 2% Siligel™
Heignt(mm)
Heignt(mm)
50°C
T0 1 month 2 months 3 months
T0 1 month
Siligel™ is able to keep in suspension all kinds of particles (glitters, beads, sand…)
Siligel™
EASY PROCESS
• Cold or hot process• Easy to incorporate => no lumps
- No pre-dispersion- Introduction into the water phase
or at the end of the process
THE FOOLPROOF GELLING AGENT
TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS
• High versatility- Gelling agent for aqueous phase- Thickener- Co-emulsifier
• Extreme resistance to electrolytes: sea & spring waters, stressful active ingredients…
• Large pH range: 2-10
NATURAL ORIGIN
• Phospholipids and polysaccharides
• Sustainable approach
- Green processmanufacturing
- Energy saving:
cold & dry production
- Eco-friendly
- Stabilizer- Suspending agent
ULTRA-SOPHISTICATED
SKIN FEEL
• Amazing silicone-like skin feel: high gliding and ultra-soft effect
• Skin feel enhancer• Comfortable after-feel• Moisturizing properties
A TECHNICAL SOLUTION FOR EASY COLD PROCESS
Xanthangum
Siligel™VS.
• Xanthan gum lumps
• Lucas Meyer Cosmetics technology: wetting properties of lecithin avoiding the formation of lumps
Poor dispersion Easy dispersion
AN EASY PROCESS
Temperature
Temperature
Time savingFlexibility
Universal
Hot & Coldprocess
No predispersionNo neutralization
Introduction into water or at the end of the process
All kinds of stirringtools
Siligel™
EASY PROCESS
• Cold or hot process• Easy to incorporate => no lumps
- No pre-dispersion- Introduction into the water phase
or at the end of the process
THE FOOLPROOF GELLING AGENT
TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS
• High versatility- Gelling agent for aqueous phase- Thickener- Co-emulsifier
• Extreme resistance to electrolytes: sea & spring waters, stressful active ingredients…
• Large pH range: 2-10
NATURAL ORIGIN
• Phospholipids and polysaccharides
• Sustainable approach
- Green processmanufacturing
- Energy saving:
cold & dry production
- Eco-friendly
- Stabilizer- Suspending agent
ULTRA-SOPHISTICATED
SKIN FEEL
• Amazing silicone-like skin feel: high gliding and ultra-soft effect
• Skin feel enhancer• Comfortable after-feel• Moisturizing properties
FLOW PROPERTIES FOR GLIDING TEXTURES
RHEOLOGICAL BEHAVIOUR – FLOW CURVE
The shear thinning behavior of Siligel™ confers a good spreadabilitywhen applied on the skin
APPEALING SENSORY PROFILE
With only 1%,Siligel™ improves the
spreadability of formulas
and gives a very soft after-feel!
Sensory profile of an aqueous gel with 1% Siligel™
APPEALING SENSORY PROFILE
Sensory profile of an aqueous gel with 1% Siligel™ vs.an aqueous gel containing 2% silicone
Siligel™ brings both textureand amazing
silicone-like skin feel without adding silicones!
APPEALING SENSORY PROFILE
1% Siligel™ in water exceeds the sensory performance of pure silicones for both gliding and softness descriptors
HYDRATING PROPERTIES
Siligel™ reinforces the protective barrier which decreases TEWL
and therefore helps keep the skin moisturized.
SKIN HYDRATION (TEWL)
ULTRA-SOPHISTICATED
SKIN FEEL
• Amazing silicone-like skin feel: high gliding and ultra-soft effect
• Skin feel enhancer• Comfortable after-feel• Moisturizing properties
TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS
• High versatility- Gelling agent for aqueous phase- Thickener- Co-emulsifier
• Extreme resistance to electrolytes: sea & spring waters, stressful active ingredients…
• Large pH range: 2-10
Siligel™
EASY PROCESS
• Cold or hot process• Easy to incorporate => no lumps
- No pre-dispersion- Introduction into the water phase
or at the end of the process
THE FOOLPROOF GELLING AGENT
- Stabilizer- Suspending agent
NATURAL ORIGIN
• Phospholipids and polysaccharides
• Sustainable approach
- Green processmanufacturing
- Energy saving:
cold & dry production
- Eco-friendly
APPLICATIONS
FORMULA PROTECTIONPreservatives, anti-oxidants,
chelating agents
TEXTURES/SKIN FEEL
ACTIVE INGREDIENTS
ADDITIVES
WATER PHASEWater, glycerin, butylene glycol…
OIL PHASEOils, butters, waxes, esters, fatty alcohols, fatty acids,…
FRAGRANCE
GELING AGENTSGums, polymers
SKIN FEEL AGENTSPowders, silicones
COLORANTS
Siligel™/Stabilizer
Siligel™Skin feel agent
Siligel™Active ingredient
Siligel™Gelling agent
EMULSIFIERS
Siligel™ can replace up to 4ingredients in a formula!
- Cost efficient- Time saving
- Space saving in warehouse
APPLICATIONS
Siligel™ can be used in any kind of cosmetic products
Fluid
Supple Thick
• Serums
• Fluid gels
• Lotions
• Sprays
• Lotions
• Light creams
• Gels
• Foundations
• Low poo shampoos
• Creams
• Butters
• Masks
Formulas
RESURFACING SEARUM
RESURFACING SEARUM
• 1.5% Siligel™
• Siligel™ is a gelling agent that texturizes seawater exceptional electrolyte tolerance
• Siligel™ counteracts the well-known tacky after feel of sea water
• Silicone-like skin feel high glide & extreme softness
• Incorporation of a small amount of oil phase content (2%)
• No tightness sensation even if the formula contains few oil phase
• Cold process
S.O.S. RESCUE CREAM
S.O.S RESCUE CREAM
• 1.5% Siligel™
• Thick and rich texture
• Biophilic™ H = emulsifier luxurious white rich texture
• Siligel™ thickener/stabilizer
• Siligel™ skin feel enhancer
SOFT EXFOLIATING CLEANSER
SOFT EXFOLIATING CLEANSER
• 2% Siligel™
• Siligel™ thickens and suspends particles
• Tranluscent
• Compatibility with amphoteric surfactants (3% - 0,9% active matter)
• Cold process
• No sensation of tightness after rinsing
UNPARALLELED INGREDIENT
SILIGEL™: THE MUST-HAVE INGREDIENT FOR SOPHISTICATED
FORMULATIONS EVEN IN EXTREME CONDITIONS!