Honeywell Asensa® ingredients for personal care products

End-Use Applications


  

Cleansing Products Cleansing Products
Beads with specific sizes, morphologies and hardness exfoliate old skin cells away. Our products are chemically inert in nature and will not contribute to microbial growth.
Exfoliating, scrubbing and polishing
Warming
 Color Cosmetics Color Cosmetics
Lipsticks, mascara and foundations need Asensa gelling agents to provide rigidity, structure, gloss, and film-forming properties. Micronized polymers, like oxidized polyethylene, are binders, fillers and texture  enhancers for powders.
Thickening, structuring and hardening
Binding, lubricating and filling
Powder-enhancing
Odor-absorbing
       
Skin Care Products Skin Care Products
Gelling agents build structure to oil phases, improving the barrier effect and increasing SPF performance. Micronized polymers, like oxidized polyethylene, are sensory enhancers for lotions.
Water-resisting
Binding, lubricating and filling
 Fragrances Fragrances
Our odor adsorbent zeolite powders are used to minimize volatile malodors that may be present or may appear during use.
Odor-absorbing
       
Sunscreen Formulations Sunscreen Formulations
Sunscreen products perform best when the active agent is distributed in a matrix layer on the surface of the skin. Our odor absorbing zeolites have been proven to decrease the post application odor of sunless tanning products.
Water-resisting
Odor-absorbing
 Deodorants/Antiperspirants Deodorants/Antiperspirants Gelling agents build structure to oil phases and micronized polymers affect feel and lubricity. Our odor absorbing zeolites can be used to effectively remove both body odors as well as odors from certain raw materials.
Thickening, structuring and hardening
Binding, lubricating and filling
Powder-enhancing
       
Other Leave-on Products Other Leave-on
Products

The water resistant characteristic of baby creams and lotions is improved with film-forming polymers. Zeolites that warm upon contact with moisture create comfort or sizzle.
Film- and barrier-forming
Warming
 Other Rinse-off Products Other Rinse-off Products
Micronized polymers improve shaving products or other rinse off products for lubrication or post-wash feel. We offer small particle size chemically inert polymers, some listed under on the FDA Food additives regulations that can act as mild abrasives for toothpastes.
Binding, lubricating and filling
Exfoliating, scrubbing and polishing