Products and solutions

Amaze® polymer is a nonionic, naturally-derived film former based on modified corn starch. This starch-based fixative offers excellent root lifting properties, good humidity resistance, and sensorial benefits in hair styling aids.

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® SP 100% natural polymer provides humidity resistant style retention, volume and anti-frizz performance. Its exceptional sensory and look makes it the ideal choice for natural and nude styling products that deliver touchable hold.

This naturally derived, multi-functional styling polymer provides long-lasting hold under highly humid conditions, without the tack and flake often associated with gels. It offers not only the outstanding fixative properties, but also serves as an efficient thickener, simplifying the formulation and manufacturing process.

Amphomer® polymer is an amphoteric acrylic hair fixative that offers market-leading stiffness and unprecedented high humidity curl retention properties. It is a stiff resin with unparalleled holding power for ultimate control in all temperature and humidity conditions. Amphomer® polymer can be applied in traditional and low VOC aerosol and pump hair sprays, and styling aids such as mousses, gels, creams, pomades, and glues where long-lasting finishing hold is desired. Amphomer® polymer also provides thermal protection properties (refer to US Patent 9,119,972 B2) and acts as a hair shield for hot heating implements such as flat irons and curling wands, helping to protect the hair cuticle from hair damage caused by heat.

Film former that provides excellent humidity resistance and hold when used in anhydrous or 80% VOC hair sprays. In hair spray systems, it offers improved stiffness, durability, and long-lasting hold compared to Amphomer® polymer. In addition, the Amphomer® 4961 polymer version provides improved compatibility with thickening agents (e.g. carbomer) for hard holding styling gels and other styling aids.

Amphomer® HC polymer is a high performance film-former and hair spray fixative specifically designed for use in systems containing a large proportion of hydrocarbon propellant. It is also compatible with dimethyl ether propellant systems and can be used to produce crystal clear hair spray solutions. Films of the polymer are hard, yet flexible, resulting in formulations that have excellent long-lasting hold. Amphomer® HC polymer provides the well-known market-leading stiffness and humidity resistance similar to Amphomer® polymer.

In 80% VOC hair sprays containing approximately 15% water, Amphomer® LV-71 polymer can provide fine atomization as well as the superior features and benefits expected from Amphomer® polymer, including excellent stiffness and high humidity curl retention properties. Amphomer® LV-71 polymer’s composition is also covered under US Patent 9,119,972 B2, and can act as a hair shield for hot heating implements such as flat irons and curling wands, helping to protect the hair cuticle from hair damage caused by heat.

Fabric softening agent.

Armocare® APA-18V is an amidoamine, derived from vegetable source. It provides outstanding sensorial properties with instantaneous conditioning and detangling of hair. Due to its high substantivity it provides wet detangling, wet and dry comb, wet and dry after-feel as well as anti-static properties. Available in South America and Asia only.

Armocare® G113 polymer is a surfactant compatible, cationic conditioning polymer useful in a broad range of personal care products. This water dispersible polysaccharide is highly cationic over the entire useful pH range and is substantive to hair.

Armocare® G114 polymer is a surfactant compatible, cationic conditioning polymer useful in a broad range of personal care products. This water dispersible polysaccharide is highly cationic over the entire useful pH range and is substantive to hair.

Light cationic conditioning polysaccharide with surfactant compatibility useful in transparent personal care products.

Armocare® VGH-70 is a readily biodegradable, sustainable vegetable-derived conditioning agent that provides conditioning without build-up. Easy to process, it enables minimal energy consumption. Available in Asia only.

Arquad® PC 16-29 is a mono-alkyl quaternary based on vegetable C-16 fatty acid that provides a good balance of conditioning hair with ease of use and formulation.