Baycusan C 1008 Provides Strong Hold for Hair

During In-Cosmetics, Bayer MaterialSciences rolled out Baycusan C 1008, a polyurethane dispersion for styling hair. The new film-forming polymer enables formulators to manufacture hair sprays with firm and lasting hold. Yet, despite the dispersion’s strong fixing effect, hair styles secured by it retain a natural appearance, because the hair is neither stiff nor sticky, according to the company.

Hair sprays containing the polyurethane dispersion also give hairstyles a flexible hold. What’s more, the new raw material makes life easy for formulators: The polymer is supplied in ready-to-use form and is compatible with many other components in hair sprays. Furthermore, it is just as suited to formulations with a high propellant or solvent content as it is to those with a high water content.

Numerous comparative tests demonstrate the excellent styling properties of the new polymer. Strands of hair treated with the dispersion resist bending much better than others treated with its predecessor product, Baycusan C 1001.

In other news from Bayer MaterialSciences, Baycusan C 1000 not only shows an SPF-boosting effect in formulations that include UVB filters octocrylene and ethylhexyl triazone, but significantly increase the SPF of formulations based on broadband UV filters such as bis-ethylhexyloxyphenol methoxyphenyl triazine (BEMT) andbenzophenone-3. In addition, Baycusan C 1000 also acts as a stabiizing raw material for oil-in-water emulsions. Moreover, Baycusan C 1000 provides excellent film-forming properties that, unlike acrylate copolymer film, withstood mechanical stress with virtually no visible damage, according to Bayer MaterialScience.


More info: www.bayermaterialscience.com and www.bayercosmetics.com