

Emollients With Exceptional Sensory Distinction
Ceraphyl™ esters from Ashland™ provide unique attributes to skin care formulations. With a large selection of emollients to choose from, you can achieve the ultimate skin feel for your product. Select from attributes like long playtime, non-greasy after-feel, silky skin feel, and more.
Ceraphyl™ esters moisturize, soften, and lubricate skin. These hydrating emollients are based on a variety of esters including Alpha Hydroxy Acids. They impart a wide range of properties to formulations for skin care, hair care, and color cosmetics.
Enhances slip
Increases pay-off
Non-oily, non-drying, non-greasy after-feel
Imparts sheen and silkiness to hair and skin
Reduces tack
Skin care
Sun care
Color cosmetics
Lip care
Hair care
Plasticizing and de-tackifying agent
Highly effective emolliency with lubricity
Improves product slip upon application
Skin care
Sun care
Hair care
Effective de-tackifying agent
Spreads easily when applied
Dry initial feel, with non-oily after-feel
Provides viscosity building and lather reaminess to shampoos and body washes
Effective solubilizer for sunscreen actives
Skin care
Sun care
Color cosmetics
Lip care
Hair care
Imparts soft, silky feel on skin with non-oily after-feel
Imparts lubricity
Provides creamy texture to lipsticks
Skin care
Sun care
Lip care
Hair care
Excellent spreadability with dry initial feel
Very little residual after-feel
Skin care
Color cosmetics
Excellent spreadability with dry initial feel
Drier feel to Ceraphyl 140 ester due to branching
Very little residual after-feel
Skin care
Sun care
Color cosmetics
Hair care
Spreads rapidly
Effective plasticizer and de-tackifier
Reduces greasiness of high-oil products
Imparts dry initial feel with little to no residual after-feel
Coupling agent for hydroalcoholic preparations
Skin care
Sun care
Color cosmetics
Lip care
Hair care
Non-greasy, non-occlusive emolliency
Unique dry initial feel with non-greasy after-feel
Little to no taste
Acts as a coupler for mineral oil and castor oil
Excellent carrier and extender for fragrance oils
Effective pigment dispersing agent
Skin care
Sun care
Color cosmetics
Lip care
Light feeling
Non-greasy
Silky touch
Reduces oily, heavy feel of other ingredients
Skin care
Sun care
Color cosmetics
Lip care
Non-occlusive
Non-oily after-feel
Suitable mineral oil replacement for beach protection formulations
No impact on absorbance curves of UV actives
Acts as a binder for pressed powders
Ceraphyl™ 368 is clearer and has higher viscosity than Ceraphyl™ 368M
Skin care
Sun care
Color cosmetics
Lip care
Hair care
All-purpose lubricant
Imparts dry, emollient feel
Skin care
Color cosmetics
Lip care
Hair care
Velvety after-feel on skin
Liquifies upon contact with the body
Enhances spreadability and reduces drag upon product application
Skin care
Sun care
Color cosmetics
Lip care
Hair care
Imparts elegant, light, non-oily feel
Skin care
Sun care
Color cosmetics
Lip care
Hair care
Improves product spreadability and playtime
Imparts elegant, light, non-oily feel
Skin care
Sun care
Color cosmetics
Lip care
Hair care
Imparts dry initial feel, luxurious mid-feel with a silky after-feel
Enhances product spreadability
Exceptional powder binding properties when blended with Ceraphyl 847 ester (1:1)
Skin care
Sun care
Color cosmetics
Lip care
Hair care
Imparts dry initial feel with lubricious after-feel
Long-lasting emollient
Little to no taste or odor
Skin care
Color cosmetics
Lip care
Hair care
Offers dry initial feel with long-lasting cushiony, rich after-feel
Exceptional pigment dispersing and binding properties when blended with Ceraphyl ODS ester (1:1)
Skin care
Color cosmetics
Lip care
Hair care
Mild cationic with pronounced substantivity to skin and hair
Provides detangling, anti-static, moisture binding and conditioning properties in hair care applications
Skin care
Hair care
Mild cationic with pronounced substantivity to skin and hair
Provides detangling, anti-static and conditioning properties
Skin care
Hair care
Offers clinically-proven moisturization in rinse-off products
Skin care
Hair care
Product | INCI | Benefits | Applications | ISO % Natural Origin |
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Ceraphyl™ 28 | Cetyl Lactate | 24% | ||
Ceraphyl™ 31 | Lauryl Lactate (and) Myristyl Lactate (and) Cetyl Lactate | 29% | ||
Ceraphyl™ 41 | C12-15 Alkyl Lactate | 31% | ||
Ceraphyl™ 50 | Myristyl Lactate | 23% | ||
Ceraphyl™ 140 | Decyl Oleate | - | ||
Ceraphyl™ 140A | Isodecyl Oleate | - | ||
Ceraphyl™ 230 | Diisopropyl Adipate | - | ||
Ceraphyl™ ICA | Isocetyl Alcohol | - | ||
Ceraphyl™ SLK | Isodecyl Neopentanoate | - | ||
Ceraphyl™ 368 Ceraphyl™ 368M | Ethylhexyl Palmitate | 63% | ||
Ceraphyl™ 494 | Isocetyl Stearate | 46% | ||
Ceraphyl™ 424 | Myristyl Myristate | 45% | ||
Ceraphyl™ 55 | Tridecyl Neopentanoate | - | ||
Ceraphyl™ 375 | Isostearyl Neopentanoate | - | ||
Ceraphyl™ ODS | Octyldodecyl Stearate | 53% | ||
Ceraphyl™ 791 | Isocetyl Stearoyl Stearate | 66% | ||
Ceraphyl™ 847 | Octyldodecyl Stearoyl Stearate | 57% | ||
Ceraphyl™ 60 | Quaternium-22 | 48% | ||
Ceraphyl™ 70 | Quaternium-70 (and) Propylene Glycol | - | ||
Ceraphyl™ RMT | Castoryl Maleate | 92% |


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Ashland™ Personal Care Formulations Library
