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Formulate your new sun care products with our bio-based, biodegradable film forming polymers and synthetic polymers to achieve superior water resistance, higher SPF values, broad-spectrum protection and pleasant aesthetics.

Amaze Nordic Barley, Amaze® Nordic Barley is a 100% natural, unmodified, COSMOS approved starch ideal for skin, sun and hair care formulations as well as color cosmetics. It has excellent microbial purity and so is produced without the requirement for irradiation or other treatments.

Amaze® Nordic Barley is a 100% natural, unmodified, COSMOS approved starch ideal for skin, sun and hair care formulations as well as color cosmetics.

STRUCTURE SOLANACE, Ideal for low pH skin care emulsion systems, Structure Solanace is an effective thickener and emulsion stabilizer. Derived from potato starch (non GMO), it enables naturally-derived skin and hair care formulations also in a broad pH range (3.5 to 11).

DERMACRYL E, DERMACRYL E polymer is an easy-to-use film former for water resistant sunscreen emulsions. It has been developed to provide excellent water resistance performance without the need to heat or neutralize the polymer. DERMACRYL E polymer is designed with an improvement on sun protection performance from DERMACRYL AQF polymer.

ElfaMoist AC Humectant, ElfaMoist® AC Humectant for high performing formulations with an outstanding sensory profile, while providing immediate and long-lasting moisturization (30 hours) after a single application.

Our moisturizing agents provide long-lasting moisturization and enhanced sensory performance in a broad range of personal care formulations.

DERMACRYL AQF, DERMACRYL AQF film forming polymer is an easy-to-use film former for water resistant sunscreen emulsions. It has been developed to provide excellent water resistance performance without the need to heat or neutralize the polymer.

Nouryon is helping its customers in the personal care industry to meet the demands of environmentally-conscious consumers by introducing biodegradable, natural and clean ingredients.

Two of our personal care products, Amaze® SP Polymer and ElfaMoist® AC Humectant, won the 2023 Personal Care Industry - Ringier Technology Innovation Award in the categories of Functional Ingredients and Effective Ingredients. - [Aug 2023]

Get to know our portfolio of high-quality polymers, biopolymers and specialty surfactants created for high-performing color cosmetics, hair, skin and sun care formulations.

Nouryon has introduced a certified natural starch that can replace petrochemical-based products in a variety of personal care applications. Amaze™ Nordic Barley, derived from barley starch, addresses the fast-growing growing consumer demand for natural, biodegradable and clean label ingredients.

Dermacryl X, Dermacryl X provides market leading water and rub-off resistance for reliable high SPF systems with pleasing aesthetics in both inorganic and organic systems delivered from an emulsion base. This polymer also requires no heat or neutralization and can be easily incorporated into emulsion-based sunscreens to help simplify the formulation process.

TAPIOCA PURE, Naturally-derived TAPIOCA PURE starch is a high purity, GMO free, economic aesthetic enhancer alternative for formulators. It can reduce gloss and perceived oiliness in aqueous and anhydrous formulations.

DRY-FLO PURE, DRY-FLO® PURE (corn-based) starch is an irradiated version of DRY-FLO PC that enhances product aesthetics by reducing the greasiness and tackiness as well as controlling the gloss caused by oil-phase components in lotions, creams and ointments. With excellent stability at pH 2-8, this naturally derived oil absorber is an essential ingredient to enhance the aesthetics of a variety of personal care formulations. Available and approved globally.