Gransil™ PSQ
- CAS Number
- 68554-70-1
- INCI Name
- Polymethylsilsesquioxane
Gransil™ PSQ is designed to enhance esthetics and offers a range of benefits that redefine your product experience. With anti-aging properties and wrinkle refinement, it ensures a superior skin feel and a silky, elegant touch. This versatile powder brings non-tackiness and non-thickening effects, along with remarkable water repellency and resistance. Embrace the power of Gransil PSQ to create skincare, color cosmetics, sun care, and hair care formulations.
Properties
- Physical Form
- Powder
- Solid
Product families
Applications
- Color Cosmetics
- Hair Care
- Skin Care
- Sun Care
- Treatment Products
Product Families
- Skin Actives
- Film Formers
- Sensory Modifiers
- Texturizers & Fillers
Other characteristics
- Brand
- Gransil
- Functions
Anti-Aging Agent, Anti-Caking Agent, Anti-Tack Agent, Water Repellent
- Benefit Claims
Aesthethic Enhancement, Anti-Aging, Anti-Caking, Durable, Elegant Feel, Emolliency, Enhanced Slip, Flow Enhancement, Improved Texture, Non-Tacky, Non-Thickening, SPF Enhancement, Sensory Enhancement, Silky Feel, Soft Feel, Soft-Focus Effect, Sun Protection, Superior Skin Feel, UV Protection, Water Repellency, Wrinkle Refinement; Aesthethic Enhancement; Anti-Aging; Anti-Caking; Durable; Elegant Feel; Emolliency; Enhanced Slip; Flow Enhancement; Improved Texture; Non-Tacky; Non-Thickening; SPF Enhancement; Sensory Enhancement; Silky Feel; Soft Feel; Soft-Focus Effect; Sun Protection; Superior Skin Feel; UV Protection; Water Repellency; Wrinkle Refinement
- Labeling Claims
Clean at Sephora, Credo Clean Standard, Plant-Based, Ulta Beauty's Conscious Beauty; Clean at Sephora; Credo Clean Standard; Plant-Based; Ulta Beauty's Conscious Beauty
- Odor
- Odorless
- Markets
- Personal Care
- Appearance
- White powder
- Technology
- Cosmetic Ingredients
- Packaging Type
- Drums
- Application Format
- Leave On
- Packaging Information
- 20 kg drum
- Sun Care Applications
- After Sun Products
- Formulation Guideline
Can be formulated into O/W emulsions, W/O emulsions and anhydrous systems; Applications include skincare, color cosmetic, sun care and hair care formulations
- Cosmetic Ingredients Functions
- Anti-Aging Agent
- Anti-Caking Agent
- Anti-Tack Agent
- Water Repellent
- Treatment Product Applications
- Acne Treatments
- Key Benefits
High performing spherical powder; Provides enhanced esthetics to formulations; Delivers excellent slip, fluidity and overall skin feel; Optimized soft focus, light diffusion and wrinkle correction; Strong de-tackifying and anti-caking properties; Non-thickening effect in formulation; Excellent water-repellency and resistance; Ideal for mass market applications
Technical data
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10 rows| Characteristic | Value | Unit | Method |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arsenic Content | max. 2 | ppm | EPA-6010C |
| Average Particle Size | 4 - 6 | μm | — |
| Heavy Metals | max. 20 | ppm | — |
| Large Particles (at min. 7μm) | max. 10 | % | — |
| Loss on Drying (105°C , 1.5g, 1hr, Gravity Oven) | 0 - 1.00 | wt% | — |
| Methanol Impurity | max. 0.1 | % | — |
| Non-Volatile Matter (105°C, 1.5g, 3hrs, Gravity Oven) | 97.00 - 100 | wt% | AP-38 Grant Industries, Inc. |
| Particle Size Range | 2 - 10 | — | — |
| pH (2% Solution in water/methanol = 1:1) | 6.00 - 8.00 | — | — |
| Small Particles (at max. 2μm) | max. 5.0 | % | — |
