Skin Care

Elastomers and
Powder Dispersions

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 KCC Beauty,
Formulating the
Future
KCC Beauty brings together under one brand an
exciting range of raw materials for Personal Care,
based on the combined strengths of both KCC
Silicones and Basildon Chemicals.
Our Sera® products have been designed to cover
a vast range of sensory characteristics and to help
guide our customers to the technology they need,
such as the gloss enhancing SeraShine® range for
hair, or the velvety-soft SeraSilk® range of
silicone elastomers.
At KCC Beauty we have many sensational
personal care products just waiting for you
to discover.
Multiple Benefits

SeraSilk® and SeraSnow® Series • Non-greasy

• Matte effect
• Sebum absorption
• Thickens W/O emulsions
• Water resistance
• Detackifying
• Pigment and active adhesion
• Wrinkle Reduction

Non-greasy, luxurious powdery feel

INCI Name KCC Beauty Name Gel Content Diluent

Cyclopentasiloxane (and) Dimethicone/Vinyl
SeraSilk® EL 60 13% D5
Dimethicone Crosspolymer
Dimethicone (and) Dimethicone/Vinyl Dimethicone
SeraSilk® EL 61 20% 6cS
Crosspolymer
Cyclopentasiloxane (and) Dimethicone/Vinyl
SeraSilk® EL 63 14% D5
Dimethicone Crosspolymer
Dimethicone (and) Dimethicone/Vinyl Dimethicone SeraSilk® EL 75
13% 6cS
Crosspolymer Transparent
Dimethicone (and) Dimethicone/Vinyl Dimethicone
SeraSilk® EL 65 18% 2cS
Crosspolymer
Dimethicone (and) Dimethicone/Vinyl Dimethicone
SeraSilk® EL 66 15% 1.5cS & 2cS
Crosspolymer
Cyclopentasiloxane (and) Cyclohexasiloxane (and)
SeraSilk® PD 69 22% D5 & D6
Dimethicone/Vinyl Dimethicone Crosspolymer
100%
Dimethicone/Vinyl Dimethicone Crosspolymer SeraSnow® SP 13 -
Powder

Elastomer Gel (EL) Powder Dispersion (PD), Silicone Powder (SP)

Crosslinked polymer

Smooth rolling spherical particles

D5 or LMW Dimethicone

The higher the gel content, the more PD and SP series have spherical particles, so feel
powdery the feel smoother than EL and are more mattifying and
wrinkle reducing
SeraSilk® PD 72 and PD 73 Elastomer Powder Belnds
Elastomer powder blends in dimethicone fluid
Smoother, more mattifying than elastomer gel due to the incorporation of spherical powder

SeraSilk® PD Series SeraSilk® EL Series

Applications and Benefits

Skincare Skin feel
Colour Cosmetics Mattifying
Line and wrinkle reducing/filling
Smoothing
Blur/soft focus effects

Viscosity Powder D4 D5
Product Name INCI Name Diluent
(cS) Content Content Content

SeraSilk® PD 72 Dimethicone (and) 200,000 26% 2cS <0.1% <0.5%

Dimethicone/Vinyl
Dimethicone
32% 6cS <0.1%
SeraSilk® PD 73 Crosspolymer 200,000 <0.5%

Rheology of Silicone Crosspolymer

Test equipment = Antin Paar, Rheometer MCR301, CP25-1

350,000
Rheometer
Product Name Shear rate (1/s)
1 5 10
300,000
SeraSilk EL 63 292,000 97,500 64,400

SeraSilk EL 60 226,000 72,700 44,200

250,000
SeraSol EL 92 84,000 46,700 35,500

SeraSilk EL 61 130,000 41,200 27,500

200,000
SeraSilk PD 69 36,300 22,100 18,000

150,000

100,000

SeraSilk EL 63
SeraSilk EL 60
50,000 SeraSol EL 92
SeraSilk EL 61
SeraSilk PD 69
0
1.8

2.5

3.2

3.8

4.5

5.2

5.9

6.6

7.3

8.6

9.3
1

10
Comparison Table SeraSilk® and SeraSnow® Series
Line/
Gel/Powder Wrinkle
Product Name Diluent Absorption Smoothness Silky Powdery Mattifying
Content reducing
(Filling)

SeraSilk® EL 60 13% D5 •• •• •• •• •• •
SeraSilk® EL 61 20% 6cS • • • • • •
SeraSilk® EL 63 14% D5 • • •• • • •
SeraSilk® EL 75
Transparent
13% 6cS • • •• •• •• •
SeraSilk® EL 65 18% 2cS ••• ••• •• • • •
1.5cS &
SeraSilk® EL 66 15%
2cS ••• •• •• •• • •
SeraSilk® PD 69 23% D5 & D6 ••• • • ••• ••• •••
SeraSilk® PD 72 26% 2cS •• •• •• ••• ••• •••
SeraSilk® PD 73 32% 6cS • •• ••• ••• ••• •••
• good fit • • very good fit • • • excellent fit
SeraSilk® EL 75 - Transparent Elastomer Blends
SeraSilk® AM - Alkyl modified Elastomer blends
SeraSilk® AM is a crosslinked gel which contains a substituted alkyl functionality to increase organic
compatibility in personal care formulations.

High swelling capability in hydrocarbon oils and increase the structual viscosity of the oil phase.

Smooth silky feeling of elastomer and a good adhesion onto the skin due to alkyl chain.

INCI Name : Cetearyl Dimethicone / Vinyl Dimethicone Crosspolymer

Benefits
• Excellent combatibility with organic oil
• Soft skin feel and spreading ability
• Thickening agent
• Stabilizer for W/O and O/W emulsion
Application:
Skin care, sun care, make-up products.
 Appearance Base Elastomer Viscosity D4
Product Name
(25°C) Oil Content (Brookfield, helipath, #91, 2.5rpm) Content

Translucent 12%
SeraSilk® AM 76 Cyclopentasiloxane 200,000cP D4 <0.1%
paste

Slightly
SeraSilk® AM 80 Translucent Dimethicone 2cSt 14% 200,000cP D4 <0.1%
paste
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