On the Key Role of Polymeric Rheology Modifiers in Emulsion-Based Cosmetics

Emulsions play a crucial part in the whole beauty and care market, especially in skin and hair care domains where, due to their extraordinary versatility, they represent most of the finite products. Being thermodynamically unstable, one key aspect of their formulation is the use of stabilizers that...

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Main Authors: Matteo Franceschini, Fabio Pizzetti, Filippo Rossi
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Published: MDPI AG 2025-04-01
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9284/12/2/76
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description Emulsions play a crucial part in the whole beauty and care market, especially in skin and hair care domains where, due to their extraordinary versatility, they represent most of the finite products. Being thermodynamically unstable, one key aspect of their formulation is the use of stabilizers that ensure a long lifetime under different conditions. In this framework a key role is related to rheology modifiers, which include all those raw ingredients added to achieve, among others, desirable inflow characteristics that would not be possible to gain in their absence. In this review, strong attention was dedicated to different polymers and formulation strategies to understand the key role of these ingredients, widely used in emulsion-based cosmetics formulations.
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spelling doaj-art-b2c7bfd790ee4fc898ad13756f0c06792025-08-20T02:28:20ZengMDPI AGCosmetics2079-92842025-04-011227610.3390/cosmetics12020076On the Key Role of Polymeric Rheology Modifiers in Emulsion-Based CosmeticsMatteo Franceschini0Fabio Pizzetti1Filippo Rossi2Department of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering “Giulio Natta”, Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, 20133 Milan, ItalyDepartment of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering “Giulio Natta”, Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, 20133 Milan, ItalyDepartment of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering “Giulio Natta”, Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, 20133 Milan, ItalyEmulsions play a crucial part in the whole beauty and care market, especially in skin and hair care domains where, due to their extraordinary versatility, they represent most of the finite products. Being thermodynamically unstable, one key aspect of their formulation is the use of stabilizers that ensure a long lifetime under different conditions. In this framework a key role is related to rheology modifiers, which include all those raw ingredients added to achieve, among others, desirable inflow characteristics that would not be possible to gain in their absence. In this review, strong attention was dedicated to different polymers and formulation strategies to understand the key role of these ingredients, widely used in emulsion-based cosmetics formulations.https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9284/12/2/76cosmeticsemulsionspolymerspolysaccharidesrheology modifiers
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rheology modifiers
title On the Key Role of Polymeric Rheology Modifiers in Emulsion-Based Cosmetics
title_full On the Key Role of Polymeric Rheology Modifiers in Emulsion-Based Cosmetics
title_fullStr On the Key Role of Polymeric Rheology Modifiers in Emulsion-Based Cosmetics
title_full_unstemmed On the Key Role of Polymeric Rheology Modifiers in Emulsion-Based Cosmetics
title_short On the Key Role of Polymeric Rheology Modifiers in Emulsion-Based Cosmetics
title_sort on the key role of polymeric rheology modifiers in emulsion based cosmetics
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emulsions
polymers
polysaccharides
rheology modifiers
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