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Ingredient To Die For is very excited to introduce Ester-Silk. Ester-Silk is a light feeling, non-greasy ester with a silky touch on the skin. Ester-Silk is an outstanding new addition to our extensive emollient family. Ester-Silk is a light feeling, non-greasy ester with a silk touch on the skin. Skin care prodcuts formulated with Ester-Silk apply to the skin smoothly, leaving it feeling soft and elegant. It is a low molecular weight, low viscosity ester that offers superior reduction in oily or heavy feeling formulations caused by components such as UV absorbers and pigments. Due to its branched-chain, Ester-Silk is compatible with silicones and in certain formulations can replace the silicone, giving the finished product a light silicone-like feel.

Primary Benefits

Reduces tack and heavy oily feel...

In most cases, incorporating sunscreen actives and pigments into a formulation can cause the end product to be unappealing to consumers. Formulations are sometimes greasy, heavy and unpleasant to the touch Incorporating Ester-Silk as the ester of choice, chemists can now formulate sun protection products and pigmented products with improved emolliency, spreadability and smooth elegant feel on the skin.

Imparts sliky light feel...

One of the key benefits of Ester-Silk is that it is slightly volatile. This attribute gives your formulation good spreadability and a lighter feeling on the skin after dry-down. The volatile properties of Ester-Silk make it an elegant alternative replacement for formulations containing cyclomethicone where use of silicones is unwanted. Ester-Silk is particularly compatible with dimethicones and silicone gums.

Flash Point Data

A comparison on flash point of Ester-Silk and more highly volatile ingredients shows that Ester-Silk is similar to cyclomethicone.

Product Attributes

• Gives a dry, silky after-feel on the skin
• Improves formulation spreadability
• Reduces tack, drag and oiliness from other ingredients
• Offers elegant pigment dispersion
• Slightly volatile
• Compatible with silicones, vegetable oils and other esters
• Suitable silicone replacement in certain formulations

Principle Applications