PureSyn™ 2

Lightweight Emollient for a Silky, Non-Greasy Skin Feel

INCI Name: Hydrogenated Poly(C6-14 Olefin)

PureSyn™ 2 is a high-purity, lightweight emollient that gives your products a silky, elegant feel without any greasiness. As an excellent alternative to silicones, it helps soften and smooth the skin, enhances product spreadability, and provides a light, cushiony texture. Its exceptional stability and non-comedogenic nature make it perfect for creating sophisticated face creams, serums, hair treatments, and color cosmetics.

Perfect For These Applications

Other cosmetic uses possible—contact us for formulation guidance.

Face Creams & Serums

Delivers a fast-absorbing, non-greasy feel, making it ideal for daily moisturizers and lightweight serums that leave skin feeling smooth and velvety.
Color Cosmetics (Foundations & Lipsticks)

Improves the spreadability and glide of foundations and concealers, providing a smooth finish without feeling heavy. Adds slip and shine to lip products.
Silicone-Free Hair Care

Acts as a superior alternative to silicones in conditioners and styling products, providing shine, softness, and a silky feel without weighing hair down.
Sun Care Formulations

Helps reduce the greasy feel often associated with sunscreens, improving overall sensory while supporting water-resistant textures.
Cleansing Oils & Balms

Functions as an effective and gentle solvent to dissolve makeup and impurities, rinsing off cleanly without leaving an oily residue.
Body Lotions & Oils

Creates quick-absorbing body lotions and dry body oils that hydrate and soften the skin, leaving a smooth, non-tacky finish.

How to Use PureSyn™ 2 in Your Formulations

Understanding PureSyn™ 2

PureSyn™ 2 is an emollient—an ingredient that makes skin feel soft, smooth, and luxurious. Think of it as a texture optimizer that delivers a silky, elegant slip without greasiness. It belongs to a class of highly refined synthetic oils called polyalphaolefins (PAOs), valued for their exceptional purity, safety, and long-term stability.

For formulators, PureSyn™ 2 (Hydrogenated Poly(C6-14 Olefin)) is a problem-solver when a formula feels heavy or oily. It lightens skin feel, enhances spreadability, and provides a premium sensory profile comparable to silicones like Dimethicone—making it ideal for “silicone-free” concepts. Being a non-polar, fully saturated hydrocarbon, it is highly resistant to oxidation and remains stable across a wide pH range, helping keep your finished product consistent over time.

Formulation Tips

Recommended usage is flexible: use 1–5% to fine-tune slip and reduce greasiness in lightweight lotions and serums; 5–15% when you want it to function as a primary emollient in face creams or oils; and up to 25% (or higher, as appropriate) in anhydrous formats like cleansing balms or dry body oils.

Add PureSyn™ 2 to the oil phase. It is heat-stable and can be processed with oils, waxes, and butters. It is broadly compatible with esters, hydrocarbons, silicones, waxes, UV filters, and pigments, and remains stable across a wide pH range—ideal for formulas containing acids or other challenging actives. Non-comedogenic by nature, it suits all skin types, including oily and acne-prone skin.

Key Formulation Benefits:

Elegant, Silky Skin Feel: Provides a smooth, velvety, and non-greasy finish that elevates the sensory profile of creams, lotions, and serums.
Excellent Silicone Alternative: Delivers slip, cushion, and shine comparable to silicones—perfect for “silicone-free” claims without sacrificing performance.
High Purity & Stability: As a synthetic PAO, it resists oxidation and performs consistently across a wide pH range.
Enhances Spreadability: Improves glide and even application in moisturizers, foundations, and sunscreens.
Versatile & Multi-Functional: Works across skincare, hair care, sun care, and color cosmetics as an emollient, texture modifier, and solvent.
Non-Comedogenic & Gentle: Designed for a lightweight feel with low pore-clogging potential, suitable for all skin types.

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Benefits	Clean & Natural, Formulation Versatility, Lightweight Feel, Non-Greasy, Silicone-Free, Smooth Spreadability, Texture & Sensory, Wide pH Range
INCI Name	Hydrogenated Poly(C6-14 Olefin)
Usage Rate	1%-25%
Functional Type	Conditioning Agents, Emollients & Moisturizers, Esters & Synthetic Emollients, Sensory Modifiers, Silicone Alternatives, Texture Enhancers
Phase Compatibility	Oil Phase
Application Area	Body, Eye, Face, Hair, Lip
Product Type Suitability	Cleansers, Color Cosmetics, Creams & Lotions, Hair Styling, Serums & Essences, Sun Care
Certifications	Biodegradable, Cruelty-Free, Vegan
Physical Form	Liquid

Frequently Asked Questions About PureSyn™ 2

It’s an emollient that softens and smooths the skin. Its main role is to improve texture, delivering a silky, non-greasy feel and enhancing spreadability.

PureSyn™ 2 provides a similar elegant slip and cushion but is a hydrocarbon (PAO). It’s ideal for “silicone-free” positioning while maintaining high-end sensory performance.

Use 1–5% to fine-tune feel in lotions and serums; 5–15% when used as a primary emollient in creams and facial oils; up to 25% in anhydrous formats like cleansing balms or dry body oils.

Add PureSyn™ 2 to the oil phase. It is heat-stable and can be processed with other oils, butters, and waxes.

No. PureSyn™ 2 is a synthetic ingredient engineered for purity, stability, and consistency. It is vegan and cruelty-free.

PureSyn™ 2 is non-comedogenic with a low likelihood of clogging pores, making it suitable for oily and acne-prone skin types.

Moisturizers, serums, foundations, lip gloss, sunscreens, and silicone-free hair conditioners or shine sprays—any formula where a lightweight, silky, non-greasy feel is desired.

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