Silicone replacements at OQEMA

Your expert guide to compliant and high-performance alternatives.

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The European Union is making strides towards a more sustainable and environmentally friendly future by banning the use of silicones D4, D5, and D6 in all cosmetic products, effective from June 6, 2027. This regulation aims to reduce the environmental impact and potential health risks associated with these substances. 

As a result, it's crucial for cosmetic manufacturers to seek out effective and safe alternatives. At OQEMA, we are committed to helping you navigate this transition smoothly with our range of innovative substitutes.

Benefits at a glance

Emollients

Ingredients that soften and smooth the skin by improving spreadability, sensory feel, and moisture retention without silicones.

Emsulsifiers

Components that enable stable mixing of oil and water phases, ensuring consistent texture and performance in silicone-free formulations.

Rheology modifiers

Materials that control viscosity and flow behaviour, helping to replicate the silky feel and stability typically provided by silicones.

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Close-up of a freckled face with green eyes and glowing skin, as a finger applies white face cream to the cheek.

Sun care

Protect your skin from harmful UV rays without compromising on performance. Our silicone-replacement sun care ingredients provide excellent spreadability and a non-greasy feel, ensuring a pleasant application experience while safeguarding your skin.

Oxbalance® NPG-Di-heptanoate (CQ)

INCI Name: Neopentyl Glycol Diheptanoate

Oxbalance NPG-Di-Heptanoate is a light, colorless, and odorless emollient, offering a non-greasy, silky-smooth texture that enhances the sensory experience of your formulations. Certified as a bio mass balanced ingredient, it is a natural version of NPG-Di-Heptanoate, providing a sustainable and eco-friendly alternative. 

In suncare applications, Oxbalance NPG-Di-Heptanoate excels due to its superior solubility of UV filters, leading to enhanced and even spreadability, which boosts protection against harmful UV rays. Beyond suncare, this versatile ingredient is also ideal for use in skincare, haircare, and color cosmetics, making it a great alternative to formulations with cyclomethicones. 

Choose Oxbalance NPG-Di-Heptanoate for its exceptional performance across a wide range of applications, ensuring a natural and effective solution for all your formulation needs.   

Oxbalance® NPG-Di-heptanoate (CQ)

INCI Name: Neopentyl Glycol Diheptanoate

Oxbalance NPG-Di-Heptanoate is a light, colorless, and odorless emollient, offering a non-greasy, silky-smooth texture that enhances the sensory experience of your formulations. Certified as a bio mass balanced ingredient, it is a natural version of NPG-Di-Heptanoate, providing a sustainable and eco-friendly alternative. 

In suncare applications, Oxbalance NPG-Di-Heptanoate excels due to its superior solubility of UV filters, leading to enhanced and even spreadability, which boosts protection against harmful UV rays. Beyond suncare, this versatile ingredient is also ideal for use in skincare, haircare, and color cosmetics, making it a great alternative to formulations with cyclomethicones. 

Choose Oxbalance NPG-Di-Heptanoate for its exceptional performance across a wide range of applications, ensuring a natural and effective solution for all your formulation needs.   

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Woman with curly hair playfully holding up a single curl, looking upward with pursed lips, against a warm neutral background.

Hair care

Experience the same smooth, frizz-free results with our silicone-free hair care alternatives. These solutions offer exceptional conditioning and shine, ensuring your hair remains healthy and vibrant without the environmental downsides of silicones.

BergaCare FG Gel

BergaCare FG Olive

Hyaluronic Tucuma Extra

INCI Name: Hydrogenated Olive Oil Unsaponifiables (and) Hydrogenated Ethylhexyl Olivate (and) Hydrogenated Castor Oil/Sebacic Acid Copolymer

Discover a world of hair styling possibilities with BergaCare FG Gel, the silicone-free answer for achieving smooth and controlled hair. This cutting-edge component offers the same silky texture and gentle grip as conventional silicones but with a feather-light, organic touch.

Suitable for all hair textures, BergaCare FG Gel improves manageability, boosts shine, and avoids residue buildup, making it perfect for gels and styling aids. Opt for BergaCare FG Gel in your hair care formulas for a flexible, natural hold and effortless elegance – where effectiveness meets purity. 

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INCI Name: Hydrogenated Ethylhexyl Olivate

This plant-based ingredient is perfect for providing deep hydration, controlling frizz, and achieving silky smooth hair without any greasy residue. Bergacare FG Olive is suitable for all hair types, offering lightweight shine and shielding against heat damage to keep hair soft, strong, and easy to manage.

Whether you're creating a conditioner, serum, or leave-in treatment, Bergacare FG Olive provides the luxurious texture of silicones along with the added advantages of natural nourishment.

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INCI Name: Astrocaryum Vulgare Seed Butter

Due to the emollient and moisturizing properties of Hyaluronic Tucuma Extra, it provides an excellent alternative to volatile silicones in hair products.

Highly nutritious, a natural source of pro-vitamin A, Hyaluronic Tucuma Extra presents itself as an excellent emollient, with a high spreading power and provides a silky and smooth touch to the skin, whilst inducing the synthesis of hyaluronic acid (27%). Responsible for forming a transparent protective film on the skin without clogging pores or impairing lipid exchange, ideal for very dry skin, it is efficient in protecting against sun damage, skin revitalization and restoration of damaged hair strands.  

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BergaCare FG Gel

INCI Name: Hydrogenated Olive Oil Unsaponifiables (and) Hydrogenated Ethylhexyl Olivate (and) Hydrogenated Castor Oil/Sebacic Acid Copolymer

Discover a world of hair styling possibilities with BergaCare FG Gel, the silicone-free answer for achieving smooth and controlled hair. This cutting-edge component offers the same silky texture and gentle grip as conventional silicones but with a feather-light, organic touch.

Suitable for all hair textures, BergaCare FG Gel improves manageability, boosts shine, and avoids residue buildup, making it perfect for gels and styling aids. Opt for BergaCare FG Gel in your hair care formulas for a flexible, natural hold and effortless elegance – where effectiveness meets purity. 

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BergaCare FG Olive

INCI Name: Hydrogenated Ethylhexyl Olivate

This plant-based ingredient is perfect for providing deep hydration, controlling frizz, and achieving silky smooth hair without any greasy residue. Bergacare FG Olive is suitable for all hair types, offering lightweight shine and shielding against heat damage to keep hair soft, strong, and easy to manage.

Whether you're creating a conditioner, serum, or leave-in treatment, Bergacare FG Olive provides the luxurious texture of silicones along with the added advantages of natural nourishment.

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Hyaluronic Tucuma Extra

INCI Name: Astrocaryum Vulgare Seed Butter

Due to the emollient and moisturizing properties of Hyaluronic Tucuma Extra, it provides an excellent alternative to volatile silicones in hair products.

Highly nutritious, a natural source of pro-vitamin A, Hyaluronic Tucuma Extra presents itself as an excellent emollient, with a high spreading power and provides a silky and smooth touch to the skin, whilst inducing the synthesis of hyaluronic acid (27%). Responsible for forming a transparent protective film on the skin without clogging pores or impairing lipid exchange, ideal for very dry skin, it is efficient in protecting against sun damage, skin revitalization and restoration of damaged hair strands.  

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Smiling woman with dark hair holding an open jar of face cream over one eye, with a small amount of cream applied to her cheek, against a neutral background.
Smiling woman with dark hair holding an open jar of face cream over one eye, with a small amount of cream applied to her cheek, against a neutral background.

Skin care

Maintain the luxurious feel and efficacy of your skincare products with our advanced silicone-free ingredients. They provide hydration, smoothness, and a lightweight texture, making sure your skin stays nourished and radiant.

BENTONE GEL HS V

BENTONE GEL GTCC V

BENTONE GEL EUG V

INCI Name: C13-15 Alkane (and) Disteardimonium Hectorite (and) Alcohol

BENTONE GEL S V offers excellent spreading characteristics, akin to D5, making it a versatile component in skin formulations. Notably, it serves as an Ecocert hemisqualane carrier, delivering a light and dry feel on the skin, which is highly sought after in modern skincare products.

Additionally, it effectively mitigates the greasiness of certain active ingredients, enhancing the overall sensory experience. These qualities position BENTONE GEL S V as a valuable ingredient in various skincare formulations, particularly those aiming for a non-greasy, smooth application and an eco-friendly profile.

INCI Name: Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride (and) Stearalkonium Hectorite (and) Propylene Carbonate

Skin care formulations play a crucial role in the effectiveness and feel of skincare products. BENTONE GEL GTCC V, known for its significantly lower spreadability and 60% higher surface tension, offers various benefits for skincare products. It improves slip, reducing greasiness and tackiness while providing stability and thixotropy for emulsions.

These properties make BENTONE GEL GTCC V a valuable ingredient in formulating skincare products that not only feel pleasant on the skin but also enhance the overall performance and stability of the product.

INCI Name: Octyldodecanol (and) Disteardimonium Hectorite (and) Propylene Carbonate

BENTONE GEL EUG V is a revolutionary ingredient in skincare formulations, designed to elevate your product's performance. This advanced gel offers significantly lower spreadability and 55% higher surface tension, resulting in a unique texture that enhances the user experience. Its main benefits include superior lubrication properties that provide a soft, luxurious feel on the skin.

This gel also improves slip, ensuring a smooth and even application, while increasing the oil phase viscosity to maintain the formula's stability. BENTONE GEL EUG V is the ultimate choice for creating high-quality skincare products that deliver both comfort and efficacy.

BENTONE GEL HS V

INCI Name: C13-15 Alkane (and) Disteardimonium Hectorite (and) Alcohol

BENTONE GEL S V offers excellent spreading characteristics, akin to D5, making it a versatile component in skin formulations. Notably, it serves as an Ecocert hemisqualane carrier, delivering a light and dry feel on the skin, which is highly sought after in modern skincare products.

Additionally, it effectively mitigates the greasiness of certain active ingredients, enhancing the overall sensory experience. These qualities position BENTONE GEL S V as a valuable ingredient in various skincare formulations, particularly those aiming for a non-greasy, smooth application and an eco-friendly profile.

BENTONE GEL GTCC V

INCI Name: Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride (and) Stearalkonium Hectorite (and) Propylene Carbonate

Skin care formulations play a crucial role in the effectiveness and feel of skincare products. BENTONE GEL GTCC V, known for its significantly lower spreadability and 60% higher surface tension, offers various benefits for skincare products. It improves slip, reducing greasiness and tackiness while providing stability and thixotropy for emulsions.

These properties make BENTONE GEL GTCC V a valuable ingredient in formulating skincare products that not only feel pleasant on the skin but also enhance the overall performance and stability of the product.

BENTONE GEL EUG V

INCI Name: Octyldodecanol (and) Disteardimonium Hectorite (and) Propylene Carbonate

BENTONE GEL EUG V is a revolutionary ingredient in skincare formulations, designed to elevate your product's performance. This advanced gel offers significantly lower spreadability and 55% higher surface tension, resulting in a unique texture that enhances the user experience. Its main benefits include superior lubrication properties that provide a soft, luxurious feel on the skin.

This gel also improves slip, ensuring a smooth and even application, while increasing the oil phase viscosity to maintain the formula's stability. BENTONE GEL EUG V is the ultimate choice for creating high-quality skincare products that deliver both comfort and efficacy.

Selection guide

 

Skin care

Hair care

Sun care

BENTONE GEL HS V

x

 

x

BENTONE GEL GTCC V

x

 

x

BENTONE GEL EUG V

x

 

x

BergaCare FG Gel

x

x

x

BergaCare FG Olive

x

x

x

Hyaluronic Tucuma Extra

x

x

x

Oxbalance NPG-Di-heptanoate (CQ)

x

x

x

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