Product Description
What is POLYQUATERNIUM-11 used for?
Skin care: Polyquaternium-11 can be used in skincare products for improved skin feel. It works well in shaving products, skin creams and lotions, liquid soap and bars of soap. When used in a foaming product such as a shower gel, it will enhance the foam levels. Polyquaternium-11 is compatible with with non-ionic, anionic and amphoteric surfactants and rheology modifiers. When combined with carbomer, it forms smooth and easily applied gels. It can enhance the stability of surfactant, cream and lotion based formulations. It also finds use in shaving creams
Hair care: It can form transparent, non-sticky and flexible continuous film; it has affinity to hair, provides conditioning and firm effect, and accumulates very little, which makes hair easier to comb, shiny, smooth and easy to make hairstyle. When used in a shampoos, it enhances the foam levels
Origin
Polyquaternium-11 is a quaternized copolymer of vinylpyrrolidone and dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate.
What does POLYQUATERNIUM-11 do in a formulation?
Film forming
Foaming
Safety profile
Polyquaternium-11 is generally considered to be safe for topical use. It is mild, non-irritant and non-sensitizing to the skin, hence used in a wide range of cosmetic products.