Hygroplex 5 g

Hygroplex: Your Advanced Hydration Complex for Skin and Hair

Elevate your cosmetic formulations with Hygroplex, a cutting-edge hydration complex expertly manufactured in Germany. This yellowish, clear liquid is a highly effective, water and alcohol-soluble ingredient designed to deliver unparalleled moisture to both skin and hair. Featuring a sophisticated blend of Hexylene Glycol, Fructose, Dextrin, Alanine, Glutamic Acid, and Aspartic Acid (INCI: Hexylene Glycol, Fructose, Dextrin, Alanine, Glutamic Acid, Aspartic Acid), Hygroplex works synergistically to improve hydration, enhance skin barrier function, and revitalize hair.

Description and Key Features

Hygroplex is a powerful humectant and skin conditioning agent, engineered to mimic the skin's natural moisturizing factors (NMF). Its unique composition, rich in sugars and amino acids, enables it to attract and bind water, providing immediate and long-lasting hydration. Unlike simple humectants, Hygroplex offers a comprehensive approach to moisture retention, making it an indispensable asset in modern cosmetic formulations.

Key features and benefits:

• Intense and Long-Lasting Hydration: Hygroplex significantly boosts the skin's ability to retain moisture, reducing dryness and flakiness for a soft, supple feel. It helps to maintain optimal hydration levels throughout the day.
• Enhanced Skin Barrier Function: By supporting the skin's natural moisturizing factors, it strengthens the skin's protective barrier, making it more resilient against environmental stressors and preventing moisture loss.
• Amino Acid and Sugar Rich: Its blend of essential amino acids (Alanine, Glutamic Acid, Aspartic Acid) and sugars (Fructose, Dextrin) provides nourishing benefits, improving overall skin health and vitality.
• Improved Skin Texture: Regular use leads to smoother, more elastic skin with a visibly healthier appearance.
• Hair Care Benefits: For hair, Hygroplex helps to attract and hold moisture, improving elasticity, reducing brittleness, and adding a healthy shine. It conditions hair, making it softer and more manageable.
• Excellent Solubility: Being soluble in both water and alcohol, Hygroplex is incredibly versatile and easy to incorporate into a wide array of cosmetic formulas.
• Broad pH Compatibility: With a pH range of 3-10, it offers exceptional flexibility in formulation, allowing for its use in diverse product types without compromising stability.
• German Quality: Manufactured in Germany, ensuring rigorous quality control and adherence to high production standards.

Versatile Applications and Usage Areas in Cosmetics

Hygroplex is a highly versatile active ingredient that can be integrated into numerous cosmetic products, targeting various hydration and conditioning needs for both skin and hair. (Note: Not for use in candles.)

• For Skin Care:
  • Hydrating Creams and Lotions (4-5%): Ideal for daily facial and body moisturizers, providing deep and sustained hydration, especially beneficial for dry or dehydrated skin.
  • Hydrating Serums (3-4%): Creates lightweight yet potent serums designed for intense moisture delivery, plumping the skin, and improving elasticity.
  • Protective Face and Hand Creams: Enhances the barrier function of these creams, offering superior protection against environmental damage and dryness.
  • Cleansing Products (up to 5%): Incorporate into facial cleansers, body washes, and micellar waters to prevent post-cleansing dryness, leaving the skin feeling soft and comfortable.
  • Shaving Products (2%): Included in shaving creams, gels, and aftershaves to moisturize the skin, reduce irritation, and ensure a smoother shave.
  • Beach and Sun Care Cosmetics (1-5%): Helps to counteract the dehydrating effects of sun exposure, salt water, and chlorine, maintaining skin's moisture balance during outdoor activities.
• For Hair Care:
  • Moisturizing Shampoos (1%): Adds a hydrating boost to shampoos, preventing dryness and brittleness during cleansing, leaving hair softer and more manageable.
  • Hair Conditioners and Masks: Enhances the conditioning properties of hair products, improving elasticity, reducing frizz, and adding a healthy shine to dry or damaged hair.
  • Leave-in Treatments: Perfect for hair tonics, leave-in conditioners, and styling products to provide continuous hydration and protection throughout the day.
  • Restorative Hair Products: Contributes to the repair of damaged hair by improving its internal moisture balance and flexibility.
• Other Applications:
  • Decorative Cosmetics (1-5%): Can be added to hydrating foundations, primers, and setting sprays to improve the comfort and longevity of makeup by keeping the skin hydrated.

Safety Requirements: Always adhere to recommended dosages and intended use for optimal results and safety.

Cosmetic Recipe: "Aqua Quench" Hydrating Face Serum

Craft a lightweight, deeply hydrating face serum using Hygroplex to provide an instant and lasting moisture surge for all skin types.

Instructions for Preparation:

1. Sanitize: Thoroughly sanitize all your equipment (beakers, stirring rods, serum bottles) with isopropyl alcohol and allow them to air dry completely.
2. Prepare Phase A (Aqueous Phase): In a clean beaker, disperse xanthan gum into glycerin, stirring well to form a lump-free slurry. This helps prevent clumping when adding to water.
3. Form the Gel (Phase A): Slowly add the distilled water to the glycerin/xanthan gum slurry while continuously stirring with a mini-mixer or whisk until a clear, homogeneous gel forms. This might take a few minutes.
4. Cool Down: Allow the gel to cool to below 40°C (104°F). This is crucial for adding heat-sensitive active ingredients.
5. Add Phase B (Active Phase): Once the gel has cooled, slowly add the Hygroplex, sodium hyaluronate, and panthenol to the gel, stirring well after each addition to ensure complete dissolution and even distribution.
6. Add Preservative: Finally, add your chosen preservative. Stir thoroughly for at least 1-2 minutes to ensure it is fully incorporated.
7. Check pH: Test the pH of your finished serum. For a face serum, an ideal pH range is typically 5.0-6.0. If necessary, adjust the pH by adding a tiny drop of diluted lactic acid to lower it.
8. Bottle: Carefully transfer the finished serum into a clean, sterile serum bottle with a dropper or pump.

Recommendations for Application and Use:

• Optimal Dosing: The 4% concentration of Hygroplex in this serum is designed for deep hydration. Always adhere to the recommended percentages for your specific product type to ensure efficacy and stability.
• Integration: Since Hygroplex is water-soluble, it should be added to the aqueous phase of your formulation, ideally after the product has cooled down, to preserve its integrity and maximize its benefits.
• Temperature Sensitivity: While Hygroplex has a broad pH range, adding it to formulations at temperatures below 40°C is generally recommended to protect all active components.
• Storage: Store the finished serum in a cool, dark place, away from direct sunlight, to maintain its efficacy and extend shelf life. The preservative is essential for product safety and stability.
• Application: Apply a few drops of the serum to clean face and neck after cleansing and toning, both morning and evening, before applying heavier creams or lotions.
• Patch Test: Always perform a patch test on a small, inconspicuous area of skin (e.g., inner forearm) before widespread use, especially if you have sensitive skin or are new to an ingredient.