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Formulating for Soluble Packaging
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Reducing our plastic usage and plastic waste is essential for the climate. Yes, plastic is a fascinating and useful material, which certainly has a place in our future, but it should be a considered future – limited to essential uses and carefully planned to ensure recyclability.
SurfaTech Helping To Save The American Chestnut Tree
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For around 40 million years the American Chestnut Tree (Castanea dentata) dominated the forests of eastern America in its billions, often growing to heights of over 100 feet and with trunks over 10 feet in diameter, yet sadly there are said to only be around 100 trees left. That’s why SurfaTech Corporation, one of our principals, is making it its mission to help save this mighty tree from complete extinction.
DOLCÉVIA® The Pro-Ageing Ingredient for Stressed Out Skin
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Anti-ageing products have long dominated the beauty and cosmetic industry, but in today’s market more and more consumers are looking for ‘pro-ageing’ or ‘soft-ageing’ products that allow them to age with grace and celebrate the skin they’re in through products that care for and nourish their skin to restore its healthy and natural complexion.
Star Anise Extract, a novel ingredient from Sinerga
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Sinerga’s Star Anise Extract is a naturally derived and multifunctional ingredient for greasy and combination skins. It performs five different actions in one, offering good efficacy against blemishes and Propionibacterium acne conditions.
Plantasens® Biogum Tara: A Rheology Modifier with a Renewable Carbon Index (RCI) of 100%
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Clariant’s Plantasens® Biogum Tara (INCI: Caesalpinia Spinosa Gum) is a natural rheology modifier that’s directly obtained from the Tara Spinosa plant, providing a natural thickener and texturizer that can be used for personal care applications.
Aristoflex Silk from Clariant
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Aristoflex Silk is a multifunctional, salt-tolerant rheology modifier that is perfect for formulations containing UV filters or actives. In this blog we take a look at some of the key benefits of formulating with Clariant’s Aristoflex Silk.
Chemlink Creations – Mediterranean Miracle Cream
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Dil Sarker, one of our Technical Chemists, has been in the lab formulating with a variety of Clariant’s Plantasens range to show us what’s possible – and the formulation he’s developed is truly Plantasens-tastic!
Plastic Packaging Tax
Posted by Chemlink in Automotive Care Products, Chemlink Lab, Household Care Products, Industrial Products, Personal Care Products, Pharmaceutical Products, Regulations | 0 comments
A £200 per tonne plastic tax will come into effect from the 1st April 2022 in the UK, what does it mean for our industry and how can we minimise the impact of this tax?
Uute Scientific Oy Nominated for InCosmetics Rising Star Award
Posted by Jennifer Warr in Personal Care Products | 1 comments
Our principal, Uute Scientific Oy, has been nominated for a Rising Star Award at In Cosmetics Global this year.
Motusflex®: A New Carbomer Alternative from Clariant
Posted by Chemlink in Chemlink Lab, Chemlink Updates, Pharmaceutical Products | 0 comments
Carbomers impart a silky feel to topical pharmaceutical formulations, but they do require neutralisation to do so. Chemlink are pleased to introduce a high-efficacy alternative to carbomers which require no neutrilisation, simply add to water!
