Unlock Your Skin's Potential: The Multifaceted Benefits of Butyloctyl Salicylate for Modern Formulations
Discover the science behind Butyloctyl Salicylate, a key ingredient enhancing sunscreens, skincare, and color cosmetics for superior performance and feel.
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Butyloctyl Salicylate
As a leading supplier in China, we offer Butyloctyl Salicylate, a synthetically produced ester of Salicylic Acid and a branched C12 alcohol. This multifunctional ingredient serves as an excellent sunscreen actives solvent, inorganic pigment wetter, emollient, moisturizer, and carrier. Its low viscosity and high polarity provide an elegant slip and feel, making it ideal for skin and hair preparations. It significantly boosts in vivo SPF performance by reducing electron transfer and photoprotection mechanisms. We pride ourselves on being a reliable manufacturer in China, ensuring high quality for your formulations.
- Unlock Enhanced SPF Performance: Butyloctyl Salicylate significantly increases the in vivo SPF performance of sun protection products through advanced photoprotection mechanisms.
- Superior Emollience and Moisturization: It acts as an excellent emollient and moisturizer, providing a pleasant, skin-conditioning feel and improving texture.
- Optimized UV Filter Solubilization: As a key sunscreen actives solvent, it effectively solubilizes and stabilizes commonly used active ingredients like oxybenzone and avobenzone.
- Pigment Wetting and Dispersion: It acts as an inorganic pigment wetter and dispersant, making it an excellent carrier for micronized Titanium Dioxide, Zinc Oxide, and cosmetic colorants.
Key Advantages
Enhanced Formulation Aesthetics
This versatile ester significantly increases the in vivo SPF performance of sun protection products through the reduction of electron transfer and photoprotection mechanisms, a key benefit for SPF booster formulations.
Improved Skin Feel
HallBrite® BHB combines lower potential irritation compared to similar materials, excellent spreadability, and a pleasant, moisturizing skin feel, enhancing the user experience in skincare applications.
Superior Solvent Properties
It is compatible with most lipophilic cosmetic additives and effectively solubilizes many commonly used active ingredients, including oxybenzone and avobenzone, making it a versatile cosmetic ingredient.
Key Applications
Sun Care
An ideal ingredient for sunscreens, its properties enhance SPF performance and provide excellent emollience, contributing to effective sun protection formulations.
Skin Care
In skin care products, it functions as a moisturizer and emollient, imparting a smooth texture and conditioning benefits for various formulations.
Color Cosmetics
It acts as a pigment wetter and dispersant in color cosmetics, ensuring even application and vibrant color payoff for makeup products.
Hair Care
Provides conditioning properties and improves texture in hair care preparations, contributing to smoother and more manageable hair.