You are currently visiting the Safic-Alcan Egypt website.

Cosmetics & Personal care

LAPONITE® XL21 XR

Provided by Byk

About

Rheological additive suitable for transparent water phase cosmetics. It is used in hair styling, sunscreen, creams & lotions, depilatory creams, liquid make-up & foundations, nail polishes and pickering emulsions. It is a synthetic hydrophilic layered silicate.

Benefits:

  • Possesses extraordinary shear thinning and pseudoplastic properties
  • Have a light, non-sticky texture that will not drip
  • Reduces the tackiness
  • Prevent sedimentation of beads, pigments, and other suspended particles 
Physical form
  • Powder
Benefits
  • light feeling
  • stickiness reducing / non-sticky
  • tackiness reducing / non-tacky
Applications
      • Make-up
      • Toiletries
      • Hair care
      • Sun care
Grade Name-XL 21 XR
INCI Name
  • SODIUM MAGNESIUM FLUOROSILICATE (NANO)
Category
  • Thickeners & Stabilizers
    • Mineral-based
      • Silicas & Silicates
Origin Nature
  • Synthetic

About byk

BYK is a leading global supplier of specialty chemicals. The company’s innovative additives and differentiated solutions optimize product and material properties in many different industries. For cosmetics and personal care BYK offers a broad portfolio of rheological additives mainly based on natural derived clays.

Let’s build your next solution together

Guiding you through every stage of your innovation journey.

Contact-us