Personal Care Ingredients

 GERMAL II preservative by Ashland Specialty Chemical acts as a preservative. It delivers efficient antimicrobial power and balanced, synergistic & boasting broad-spectrum protection. It is compatible with many other cosmetic ingredients. It provides broad-spectrum activity against gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria. It is effective at low dose.

GERMABEN II is a clear, viscous liquid, is a convenient, ready-to-use complete antimicrobial preservative system with broad spectrum activity. It minimizes the problems associated with incorporating solid parabens. The solubilized combination of Germaben™ II with Methylparaben and Propylparaben is effective against Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria and against yeast and mold.

N-HANCE HPCG 1000 Hydroxypropyl Guar by Ashland Specialty Chemical is a cationic, polymeric thickener and conditioning agent. it delivers high level of lubricity, which makes it particularly suitable for applications requiring slip. 

N HANCE 3215 by Ashland Specialty Chemical is a conditioning and thickener. It is compatible with most anionic surafactants. It imparts soft and luxurious afterfeel to the skin. It develops foam with better stability, lather and skin lubricating properties. N-Hance™ 3215 Cationic Guar is used in hair care products like shampoos, skin care products like soaps, hand-, body and facial emulsions and shaving creams. This high cationic substitution, high molecular weight polymer is substantive to anionic surfaces like skin and hair.