Home Cosmetic Science Talk Formulating Ideal SPF boosting film formers for mineral based sunscreens? 20 listed.

  • Ideal SPF boosting film formers for mineral based sunscreens? 20 listed.

    Posted by Zink on November 3, 2016 at 10:49 pm

    Looking to get the below 10% ZnO daily wear sunscreen/moisturizer up from SPF ~15 to SPF30.

    Base formula (OIW)
    Water, Zinc Oxide, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Caprylyl Methicone, Ceterayl Olivate, Sorbitan Olivate, Glyceryl Stearate, Polyhydroxystearic Acid, Triethoxycaprylylsilane, Sclerotium Gum.

    Will likely add Butyloctyl Salicylate as a pigment stabilizer to get from SPF15 to ~20-25. Then the ideal film former increases SPF 25%, decreases TEWL, waterproofs the formula and is safe for daily decade long use - it exists, right? smiley 

    Here’re the ones I’ve found, spanning from completely natural to completely synthetic, I’m fine with synthetics as long as they have a solid safety track record, especially since this is for a daily wear formula and not just an occasional wear sunscreen. Also waiting to hear back from DOW technicians to see if they have any tips.

    Trade Name : INCI

    2502 Cosmetic Fluid : Cetyl Dimethicone
    2503 Cosmetic Wax : Stearyl Dimethicone
    556 Cosmetic Grade Fluid : Phenyltrimethicone
    5562 Carbinol Fluid : Bis-Hydroxyethoxypropyl Dimethicone
    680 ID Fluid : lsododecane (and) Polypropylsilsesquioxane
    9701 Cosmetic Powder : Dimethicone/VinyI Dimethicone Crosspolymer (and) Silica
    AMS-C30 Cosmetic Wax : C30-45 Alkyl Methicone (and) C30-45 Olefin
    Beeswax : Beeswax
    Candelilla wax : Euphorbia Cerifera (candelilla) wax
    Carnauba wax : Copernicia prunifera (carnauba) wax
    FA 4002 ID Silicone Acrylate : lsododecane (and) Acrylates Polytrimethylsiloxymethacrylate Copolymer
    Koboguard® 5400 CCT : Hydrogenated Polycyclopentadiene
    LaraCare A200 : Galactoarabinan
    Methyl Dihydroabietate? : Methyl Dihydroabietate
    MQ-1600 Solid Resin : Trimethylsiloxysilicate
    MQ-1640 Flake Resin : Trimethylsiloxysilicate (and) Polypropylsilsesquioxane
    SW—8005 C30 Resin Wax : C30-45 Alkyldimethylsilyl Polypropylsilsesquioxane
    Syvaclear A200V : Ethylenediamine/Hydrogenated Dimer Dilinoleate Copolymer Bis-Di-C14-18 Alkyl Amide 
    Various : Acrylates Copolymer

    Let me know if you have any ideas!

    johnb replied 6 years, 10 months ago 5 Members · 4 Replies
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  • pradeep

    Member
    June 16, 2017 at 4:17 am

    This preparation used a lots of chemical
    Few among them can be avoided if use wisely
    My suggestion is it would be a good idea if we use only necessary ingredients
    This will call classical pharmacy practice .
    Otherwise if we use so many chemical then what’s the difference between us and branded product.

  • Doreen

    Member
    June 16, 2017 at 6:12 am

    @pradeep
    This is a very old discussion. The fact that it’s not active anymore should be an indication that the problem has probably been solved in the mean time.

  • johnb

    Member
    June 16, 2017 at 6:42 am

    @pradeep
    You have also misunderstood the object of the post. It was merely a list of possible materials for the specified end use. It is not a LOI for a product.

  • DRBOB@VERDIENT.BIZ

    Member
    June 16, 2017 at 3:04 pm

    Sunspheres—Dow- styrene/acrylates copolymer wil give you a 20-30% boost in SPF using Zno/TiO2—- have tested many times and gives a nice even smooth skin feel.Our first go to Booster  .http://www.dow.com/assets/attachments/business/pcare/sunspheres/sunspheres_powder/tds/sunspheres_powder.pdf

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