AccessPON LAO-30

Mild Co-Surfactant for Rich Foam & Viscosity Building

INCI Name: Lauramidopropylamine Oxide

AccessPON LAO-30 is a versatile amphoteric co-surfactant that enhances your cleansing formulations in three key ways: it reduces irritation potential, builds a dense and creamy foam, and effectively increases viscosity. Ideal for gentle yet high-performing shampoos, body washes, and facial cleansers with a luxurious feel.

Perfect For These Applications

Other cosmetic uses possible—contact us for formulation guidance.

Sulfate-Free Shampoos

Reduces irritation from other surfactants and works with them to create a rich, dense lather that feels luxurious and rinses clean without stripping hair.
Gentle Facial Cleansers

Builds viscosity and provides a creamy foam in low-foaming or sulfate-free systems, ensuring a gentle yet effective cleansing experience for sensitive skin.
Luxury Body Washes

Contributes to a thick, honey-like texture and a stable, conditioning foam that leaves skin feeling soft and moisturized, not tight or dry.
High-Foaming Hand Soaps

Acts as a foam booster and stabilizer, creating a satisfying and long-lasting lather that improves the user experience while helping to thicken the formula.
Baby Shampoos & Washes

Significantly improves the mildness of the overall formula, making it suitable for gentle, tear-free cleansing products for babies and children.
Shaving Foams & Gels

Helps create a dense, stable foam that provides excellent cushion and slip for a smooth, comfortable shave while reducing potential irritation.

How to Use AccessPON LAO-30 in Your Formulations

Understanding AccessPON LAO-30

Think of your main cleansing ingredient (like Sodium Laureth Sulfate or Cocamidopropyl Betaine) as the heavy lifter in your formula. AccessPON LAO-30 is its essential partner—a co-surfactant that makes the whole team work better. Its primary job is to improve the formula’s mildness, feel, and performance. It tackles three common challenges at once: it reduces irritation potential, builds a dense and creamy foam, and boosts viscosity for a rich, gel-like texture.

By pairing it with stronger surfactants, you can significantly reduce dryness and irritation while transforming the lather into a stable, luxurious foam. It also acts as an efficient thickener, helping you reach target viscosity with less (or no) added salt.

Chemically, Lauramidopropylamine Oxide is an amphoteric surfactant. Its behavior shifts with pH, and in typical cleanser pH ranges it is prized for its conditioning, foam-boosting, and viscosity-building properties—making it ideal for gentle yet high-performing shampoos, body washes, and facial cleansers.

Formulation Tips

Use 1–5% to boost foam and mildness in standard systems. For significant thickening or very rich, high-foam products, increase up to 10%.

Add AccessPON LAO-30 to the water phase with your other surfactants. It is water-soluble and can be cold-processed; gentle heating may speed incorporation in complex bases. It works exceptionally well with anionic surfactants (e.g., SLES) and other amphoterics (e.g., Cocamidopropyl Betaine). Optimal performance is typically seen in formulas with pH 6–8.

Key Formulation Benefits:

Reduces Irritation: Significantly lowers the irritation potential of common anionic surfactants for gentler shampoos and washes.
Builds Luxurious Foam: Boosts and stabilizes lather, creating a dense, creamy foam that lasts.
Effective Viscosity Builder: Thickens efficiently, reducing or eliminating the need for added salt to reach a gel-like texture.
Improves Conditioning: Leaves skin and hair feeling softer and less stripped after rinsing.
Multi-Functional Performance: Works as a mildness aid, foam booster, thickener, and conditioning co-surfactant—all in one.
Excellent Compatibility: Synergizes with anionic, non-ionic, and amphoteric surfactants across a wide range of cleanser types.

Heading #1
Benefits	Formulation Versatility, Multi-Functional, Rich & Luxurious, Texture & Sensory
INCI Name	Lauramidopropylamine Oxide
Usage Rate	1%-10%
Functional Type	Amphoteric Surfactants, Mild Cleansing Agents, Surfactants & Cleansing Agents, Thickeners & Rheology Modifiers
Phase Compatibility	Water Phase
Application Area	Body, Face, Hair, Scalp
Product Type Suitability	Bath Products, Cleansers, Conditioners, Gels, Shampoos
Certifications	Biodegradable
Physical Form	Liquid

Frequently Asked Questions About AccessPON LAO-30

It’s a co-surfactant that makes your main cleanser gentler on the skin, creates a richer and creamier foam, and helps thicken the final product into a nice gel consistency.

A good starting point is 2–4%. Use the lower end (1–2%) for a small foam boost, and the higher end (5–10%) for significant thickening and a very rich, creamy lather.

Add it to your water phase along with your other water-soluble ingredients and surfactants. It mixes in easily and can be cold-processed.

Yes. It is an excellent choice for sulfate-free formulas because it improves the often-weak lather of sulfate-free surfactants and adds a more luxurious, effective feel to the final product.

Primary surfactants do the main cleaning but can be harsh. AccessPON LAO-30 is a supporting co-surfactant added to make those primary surfactants gentler, improve foam quality, and build viscosity.

You may need less—or none. AccessPON LAO-30 is an effective viscosity builder and often reduces the amount of sodium chloride required to reach your target thickness.

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