COCONAD RK: Shine-enhancing emollients and solvent

The feel of a product provides important clues to consumers about the product’s function and purpose.

Emollients provide different skin feeling in use, a variety of emollients is important to provide a wide range of sensations.

Emollients are the components at higher content (3-20%w/w), after water, in an emulsion system.

They could be synthetic, coming from vegetal extraction, bio-fermentation or up-cycle of waste.

Emollient can belong to the following family:

• Vegetal oils (Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil, Simmondsia Chinensis Seed Oil, Olea Europaea Fruit Oil)
• Silicones Dimethicone, Cyclopentasiloxane, dimethiconol
• Naturally derived acetal coming from up cycling of wate
• Hydrocarbons Paraffinum Liquidum, Petrolatum, Squalane
• Esters, Triglycerides
• Guerbet Alcohol Octyldodecanol

COCONAD RK is a middle chain fatty acid triglyceride. Clear pale-yellow liquid and very mild. It provides emolliency, lubricity and a silky feel on the skin. COCONAD RK can disperse and dissolve commonly used UV filters, like BEMT. Depending on the desired sun protection factor and UV filter, formulators can choose from a palette of emollients.

In hair care application, COCONAD RK shows a high refractive index that improves shine and brightness.