DOWSIL™ Silicone Gum Blends
We all want great hair days – every day
Wouldn’t it be nice to have hair that looks and feels great each and every day? Conditioning hair oils are one of the fastest growing hair care categories because consumers want hair that looks healthy and feels smooth … each and every day.
Our diverse family of DOWSIL™ Silicone Gum Blends helps you deliver on your brand promise. With these silicone blends you can create leave-on hair care products that help condition all types of hair – providing benefits like enhanced shine and smoothness, easier wet and dry combing, frizz control and heat protection. And you can formulate products globally – including Europe! The INCI names are also China compliant.
Our newest generation of gum blends have more carrier options, including those with greater natural content – biobased and biodegradable – and with a variety of volatility and viscosity properties. This helps you meet the needs of consumers and the ever-changing global landscape. Leverage our online selector guide for gum blends to find the available product that exactly meets your requirements.
The new-generation gum blends are featured in our Dow Hair Academy, where you will learn to create your own hair oil collection by combining an exciting marketing story with the outstanding performance your customers expect from your brand promise.
DOWSIL™ Silicone Gum Blends benefits summary
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Volatility Factor* (32°C) | 30 | 90 | 20 | 10 |
*100 = high voltatility, 0 = low voltatility
Empty box = no performance versus untreated hair |
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XIAMETER™ PMX-1411 Fluid
A blend of ultra-high viscosity polydimethylsiloxane in cyclopentasiloxane.
XIAMETER™ PMX-1501 Fluid
A blend of an ultra-high viscosity dimethiconol in cyclopentasiloxane.
DOWSIL™ PMX-1504 Fluid
A blend of an ultra-high viscosity dimethiconol diluted in readily biodegradable carriers.
DOWSIL™ PMX-1505 Fluid
A blend of an ultra-high viscosity dimethiconol diluted in readily biodegradable carriers.
DOWSIL™ PMX-1507 Fluid
A dimethiconol gum blend with a low viscosity dimethicone.
DOWSIL™ PMX-1508 Fluid
A blend of an ultra-high viscosity dimethiconol in bio-derived, inherently primary biodegradable C13-15 alkane.
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