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We source ingredients for the use in hair and skin care products, as well as bath and body.
25/09/2026
Ingredient Spotlight: Grapeseed Oil
Lightweight emollience with a smooth skin feel.
Grapeseed Oil is a versatile plant-derived oil valued for its lightweight texture and emollient properties, making it a popular choice for formulations where a softer, smoother feel is desired without a heavy finish.
It can be used across a range of skincare, haircare and personal care applications, offering formulators both functional and sensory versatility.
Why formulators use it:
Provides lightweight emollience
Helps leave skin feeling soft and smooth
Suitable for a range of skincare and haircare applications
Contributes to the sensory profile of creams, lotions and oils
Useful where a lighter oil profile is preferred
A practical botanical oil that brings together emollience, versatility and sensory appeal.
23/09/2026
Ingredient Spotlight: Avocado Oil
Nourishing emollience for skin and haircare formulations.
Avocado Oil is a versatile plant-derived oil valued for its rich emollient properties and its ability to contribute a soft, conditioned feel to the finished product.
Its naturally rich profile makes it well suited to formulations where nourishment, moisturisation and a smooth sensory experience are important.
Why formulators use it:
Provides emollient properties
Helps leave skin feeling soft and conditioned
Suitable for skin and haircare applications
Works well in creams, lotions, oils and conditioning formulations
Adds a rich sensory dimension to finished products
A versatile botanical oil for formulations where performance and sensory experience need to work together.
Consumers are bringing skincare expectations—targeted benefits, science-led claims and attention to skin health—to the scalp and haircare category.
18/09/2026
Ingredient Spotlight | Cocoglucoside & Glyceryl Oleate
Gentle cleansing with a conditioning touch.
Cocoglucoside & Glyceryl Oleate is a combination of a mild non-ionic surfactant and a refatting agent, designed to support gentle cleansing formulations while helping maintain a pleasant skin feel.
It is particularly relevant for cleansing products where formulators want to balance effective cleansing with a softer, more conditioned after-feel.
Why formulators use it:
Supports mild cleansing formulations
Helps improve the sensory profile of cleansers
Contributes to a softer, more conditioned skin feel
Suitable for a range of personal care cleansing applications
Useful where mildness and sensory performance need to work together
A practical example of how ingredient selection can help balance performance and sensory experience within a formulation.
Looking for ingredients that help you formulate without compromise? Talk to us.
The beauty conversation around ageing is changing. Consumers are increasingly interested in maintaining healthy-looking, resilient skin over time—not just correcting visible signs once they appear.
15/09/2026
Ingredient Spotlight | Polyquaternium-7
Conditioning support for smoother, more manageable hair.
Polyquaternium-7 is a water-soluble cationic polymer widely used in hair and personal care formulations for its conditioning and film-forming properties.
It can help improve the feel and manageability of hair, making it particularly useful in formulations where a smoother, softer after-feel is desired.
Why formulators use it:
Provides conditioning benefits
Helps improve hair manageability
Supports a smoother, softer feel
Can help reduce static and improve combability
Suitable for shampoos, conditioners and other haircare formulations
A versatile conditioning polymer that helps turn a cleansing or treatment formulation into a better sensory experience for the consumer.
Looking for the right ingredients for your next formulation? Talk to ESP.
11/09/2026
Ingredient Spotlight | PEG-40 Hydrogenated Castor Oil
Solubilising power for versatile formulations.
PEG-40 Hydrogenated Castor Oil is a versatile non-ionic surfactant and solubiliser used to help incorporate oil-soluble ingredients into water-based formulations.
It can be particularly useful when working with fragrance oils, essential oils and other lipophilic ingredients, helping to create clear or homogeneous formulations where these ingredients would otherwise be difficult to disperse.
Why formulators use it:
Helps solubilise oils and fragrances in aqueous systems
Supports clear, homogeneous formulations
Compatible with a wide range of personal care applications
Useful in products such as mists, sprays, shampoos and cleansing formulations
A practical formulation ingredient that helps bridge the gap between oil-soluble ingredients and water-based systems.
Looking for the right solubiliser for your formulation? Talk to us.
We know the ingredient. But do we know what it is actually doing? The next generation of formulation is looking more closely at the link between ingredient, mechanism and outcome.
09/09/2026
Ingredient Spotlight | Benzoin Pourable
A classic ingredient, made formulation-ready.
Benzoin has a long history across perfumery, skincare and wellness applications, valued for its distinctive warm, sweet and balsamic character.
Benzoin Pourable brings this traditional ingredient into a convenient liquid format, combining the familiar character of Styrax benzoin resin with easier handling and incorporation into formulations.
From fragrance and aromatherapy to personal and home care, it offers formulators a versatile way to introduce the comforting, resinous character of benzoin into a range of applications.
Discover Benzoin Pourable with ESP.
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