Vida-Care offer a range of high-performance ingredients for all your formulation needs. Their product range includes hair fixatives, conditioning and styling polymers, rheology modifiers, water-resistance polymers and sunscreens, helping customers create the perfect product.
Conditioning Polymers
Naturally derived powders suitable for haircare and skincare products.
Rheology Modifiers – FDs
A range of highly efficient anionic thickeners based on hydrophobically modified, cross-linked acrylic acid. Available in a choice of four grades for different rheology profiles. Any of the FD Rheology Modifiers can be combined with Vida-Care PQ-11 to formulate clear gels.
Rheology Modifiers – HEC & Carbomers
A series of cross-linked acrylic polymers with thickening, suspending and shear thinning properties. Available in a choice of three grades for different rheology profiles. Their properties make them suitable for aqueous and hydro-alcoholic styling gels, hand sanitising gels, skin and sun-care gels. As well as all other types of personal care emulsions including creams, lotions, sprays and colour cosmetics.
Styling Polymers – C K Series
A series of polymers covering a range of viscosities. Their properties include: • Soluble in water and many organic solvents, • Form hard, transparent, glossy films, • Compatible with emulsions, dispersions and suspensions. Suitable for applications as film formers in hair styling products, emulsion stabilisers in creams and lotions, dispersants for hair colourants and foam stabilisers, de-stainers & gelling agents in toothpaste.
Styling Polymers – C VA Series
A series of copolymers covering a range of VP/VA ratios. Their properties include: • Form hard, glossy, water-removable films. • Viscosity, softening point and water sensitivity vary with VP/VA ratio. • Good compatibility with many modifiers and plasticisers that permit further variation of hygroscopicity and film flexibility. • Soluble in most common organic solvents and have good compatibility with aerosol spray propellants. Suitable for styling applications; aerosols, aqueous, anhydrous creams, putties, gels, powders etc. Also suitable for all types of skincare; as an additive in face-masks-both rinse-off and peel-off and any application where a smooth, clear, oxygen permeable, water-removable film is required.
Styling/Conditioning Polymers – VAC, PQ-11T, PQ-10
Suitable for applications in hair styling and care products as well as skincare wash products. VAC and PQ-11T are synthetically derived whilst PQ-10 is naturally derived.
Water-resistance Polymers
The synthetic polymers have Hydrophobic characteristics, providing water resistance, pigment dispersant, and moisture barrier properties. Suitable for SPF skin products as well as colour cosmetics.