Personal Care Products

Arch Personal Care Products distributes for these fine companies in North America:

Cirebelle is a Business Unit of SASOL WAX and part of the SASOL group of companies. Cirebelle manufactures and sells wax and wax related products to the Cosmetic and Toiletries Industries. Cirebelle produces biodegradable pure waxes uniquely derived from nature's sources: coal, water and air. The production of these biodegradable products is carefully controlled using sophisticated manufacturing processes.

Cirebelle focuses on value-added products and is committed to bringing innovations to the market quickly. Innovations and customized solutions are principle driving forces of the business. This level of energetic creativity has already led to strong relationships with key cosmetics and toiletries players. Cirebelle will continue to add value to the businesses of its customers by providing solutions that capture the imagination of the consumer in the fast changing cosmetic markets.

For more information, please visit www.cirebelle.com.

Doosan Biotech is proud of its commitment to provide innovative, premier quality products that contribute to the ultimate choice of functional lipids in the Personal Care Industry.  Functional sphingolipids, such as natural ceramides and phytosphingosine, and phospholipids, such as high purity Phosphatidylcholine, Phosphatidylserine, Phosphatidic acid and their lyso- or hydrogenated derivatives are our two major product lines.

 In addition, diverse formulated products based on Ceramides, Phytosphingosine and functional Phospholipids that closely resemble human skin's physiological lipid compositions are also available. Recently, Doosan Biotech presented its newly developed Lactokine, fermented soy peptide using a Lactobacillus and Renovosome (an innovative liposome system) created by using its unique phospholipids and Sphingopipids. Arch Personal Care represents Doosan in North America, South America and South Africa.

For more information, please visit www.biotech.doosan.com.

Finnfeeds Finland Ltd. produces betaine industrially from sugar beet molasses using its own unique chromatographic separation technology protected by worldwide patents.  Betaine, chemically known as trimethylglycine, is a completely natural, edible compound found in products such as sugar beet, spinach and broccoli and in some crustaceans, such as shrimps.

Natural betaine is used in skincare formulations as a moisturizer and stabilizer for its unique water binding and cell membrane protectant properties. Because of its clearly perceivable ability to improve skin feel and reduce the stickiness of formulations and increase their spreading properties, betaine is ideal for a wide range of cosmetic applications.

Betaine also increases the water solubility of active compounds, enabling formulations with salicylic acid and allantoin to be carried out at room temperature. AHA and anti-perspirant formulations can also be buffered by betaine. Clinical studies have also shown that betaine is able to protect skin against mechanical and chemical injury.

In surfactant solutions, betaine acts as a foam modifier and increases the foam volume and stability of SLES and amphoterics and improves the after-feel of conditioners.

Mitsubishi-Kagaku Foods Corporation is a world leader in functional ingredients including unique Sugar Esters (sucrose fatty acid esters) and Polyglycerol Esters (polyglycerol fatty acid esters). Surfhope Sugar Esters are extremely safe and have excellent surfactant properties. They are used in a wide range of applications with various HLBs and are manufactured from natural sucrose and fatty acid esters of vegetable origin. This "natural" origin makes Surfhope Sugar Esters the surfactant of choice for many manufacturers. Surfhope Polyglycerol Esters are also extremely safe and have excellent surfactant properties. They are manufactured from natural glycerol and fatty acids of vegetable origin.

For more information, please visit www.mfc.co.jp/english.

Givaudan Cosmetic Ingredients develops cosmetic ingredients for the formulation of personal care products. They offer differentiated and innovative solutions to customers globally, by using their in-depth understanding of trends, combined with a strong technological basis.

The Givaudan Cosmetic Ingredients Group promotes a broad range of actives with a focus on natural and nature-related ingredients. These unique actives deliver clear benefits and functionalities supported by sound scientific data. They also support differentiated marketing claims for customers' products through proactive development of new concept formulations to reflect the trends in the market.

Ingredients include specialty lipids to improve the skin's natural barrier, sensates, calming agents, actives for skin protection and haircare, plus a range of naturals with proven activity for skin and hair.

For more information, please visit www.givaudan.com.

Solvay Solexis - Three perfluoropolyethers ranges: Classic, Functional and Light In the late 1980s, the introduction of perfluoropolyethers (PFPEs), as Fomblin HC Classic (HC/04, HC/25, and HC/R), into the Personal Care Industry represented a major innovation because of their

unique combination of properties: liquid water-like polymers, insoluble in water and oils, either water repellent or oil repellent, highly inert on the chemical and biological viewpoints and last but not least, a very agreeable skin-feel. This combination of properties is ideal mainly for formulating emulsions and producing three-phase emulsions.

In the late 1990s, the chemically modified PFPEs were originally intended to achieve more substantivity (towards the skin and the hair), while improving solubility and compatibility with common cosmetic ingredients, thereby widening the formulation opportunities. Surprisingly, it was discovered that the new materials, marketed as Fomblin HC Functional, (Fomblin HC/OH-1000 - a PFPE dialcohol, Fomblin HC/P2-1000 - a PFPE diphosphate, Fomblin HC/SA-18 - a PFPE diamide) have enriched performance characteristics, in terms of imparting oil and/or water repellency (in spite of the lower content of fluorine versus unmodified perfluoropolyethers) and/or emulsifying activity.

The range of cosmetic materials of Solvay Solexis SpA for the Personal Care Industry also includes two lines of low molecular weight PFPEs marketed as Fomblin HC Light (Fomblin HC/01, Fomblin HC/02, Fomblin HC/03, Fomblin HC/H-130, Fomblin HC/H-200), proposed mainly as transient emollients, carriers of respiratory gases, and as components of multiple emulsions.

For more information, please visit www.solvaysolexis.com.