Captivating Skin Delight
Silicones are known as the best in class ingredients to boost tactile properties in broad ranges of skin care products. Through Elkem Silicones broad silicone technologies, Mirasil®, we empower you to create differentiated skin care products that give a delightful experience to the consumers. This positive experience is delivered as a sensorial spectrum which can be designed and customized to meet the product identity. Mirasil® is an effective tool to build sensory characteristics in the skin care or to minimize negative skin feel of critical actives. Examples of sensory attributes with depth generated by Mirasil® are soft, smooth, cushioning in different intensities. Sensory perfection is within reach!
The sensory benefit is the initial driver for the use of Mirasil® in skin care products. This led to widespread use of silicones in parallel with new development of differentiated products. As a result, Mirasil® has been fundamentals in enabling the creation of trend setting products.
Upward functions and benefits of Mirasil® in skin care are:
- Smooth light and soft feel
- Anti-whitening
- Enhanced spreadability and rub out
- Detackification
- Water resistance
- Delivery system
- Optically reduction of the appearance of fine lines and skin imperfection
Mirasil® Skin Care Additives are categorized by substituted functionalities or functions in skin care formulations as follows.
- Classical methylated silicones
- Performance concentrates
- Emulsifiers
- Amino functional silicones
- Amino silicone emulsions
- Alkyl functional silicones
- Phenyl functional silicones
- Multifunctional silicones
- Spherical silicone powder
- Silicone gel
