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Personal Care
High-Purity Ingredients for Safe and Effective Personal Care Formulations
In the personal care industry, formulation success hinges on high-quality ingredients that deliver performance, safety, and compliance. Whether it's creating superabsorbent polymers for hygiene products, film-forming agents for cosmetics, or oxidizing agents for hair bleaching, the right raw material makes all the difference.
At WE Chem, we offer a focused selection of acrylates, methacrylates, and persulfates used in personal care applications. These include specialty monomers like 2-ethylhexyl acrylate and 2-hydroxyethyl acrylate for flexible and hydrophilic polymer networks, as well as oxidizing agents such as ammonium and potassium persulfate for reliable bleaching performance. With preservatives like benzoic acid and sodium benzoate rounding out the range, we supply essential ingredients that support safe, functional, and innovative formulations.
Each product is listed alphabetically below and includes:
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Full chemical name, abbreviation, and CAS number
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Typical applications such as coatings, adhesives, textiles, personal care, or hydrogels
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Packaging options such as drums, IBCs, bulk or customized formats
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Suggested alternatives for formulating flexibility and supply chain resilience
Browse all personal care ingredients and explore how each one elevates your formulations.
2-ethylhexyl acrylate
CAS: 103-11-7
2-EHA
Main Applications: Paints & Coatings (produces flexible, weather-resistant coatings), Adhesives & Sealants (especially pressure-sensitive adhesives and caulks, where it imparts low-Tg softness and tack), Textiles & Paper (finishes and coatings requiring flexibility) and Personal Care (superabsorbent polymers for hygiene products)
bulk, IBC, drums, cans
Alternative to: n-Butyl acrylate (nBA).
2-Ethylhexyl acrylate offers lower Tg and higher flexibility than n-butyl acrylate, making it a softer alternative in pressure-sensitive adhesives and sealants.
2-hydroxyethyl acrylate
CAS: 818-61-1
2-HEA
Main Applications: Adhesives & Sealants (improves adhesion and toughness in specialty adhesives, including UV-curable adhesives), Coatings (high-performance and UV-curable coatings with improved corrosion resistance and flexibility), Hydrogels/Biomedical (forms water-absorbing polymer networks for wound dressings and drug delivery) and Personal Care Polymers (film-formers in cosmetics)
bulk, IBC, drums, cans
Alternative to: 2-HEMA.
2-HEA polymerizes faster and creates softer, more flexible polymers than HEMA, useful for adhesives and hydrogels.
2-hydroxypropyl acrylate
CAS: 25584-83-2
2-HPA
Main Applications: Coatings (used in industrial coatings and UV-curable resins to enhance scratch and chemical resistance), Adhesives & Sealants (improves adhesion strength and water resistance in sealants and adhesives), Biomedical Hydrogels (for medical applications requiring water absorption and flexibility) and Personal Care (hydrophilic polymer in skincare formulations)
bulk, IBC, drums, cans
Alternative to: 2-Hydroxypropyl methacrylate (2-HPMA).
2-HPA gives softer, more flexible polymers and faster cure than 2-HPMA, useful in flexible coatings, adhesives, and elastomeric systems.
2-hydroxypropyl methacrylate
CAS: 27813-02-1
2-HPMA
Main Applications: Industrial Coatings (ingredient in two-component and UV-curable coatings, adding flexibility and adhesion while retaining hardness), Adhesives (improves cohesion and moisture resistance in acrylic and polyurethane adhesives), and Personal Care Polymers (occasionally in hair sprays or cosmetic coatings for its film-forming properties)
bulk, IBC, drums, cans
Alternative to: 2-Hydroxypropyl acrylate (2-HPA).
2-HPMA offers higher Tg and better chemical resistance than 2-HPA, making it suitable for harder, more solvent-resistant UV and 2K-systems.
ammonium persulphate
CAS: 7727-54-0
APS
Main Applications: Polymerization Initiator (widely used to initiate radical polymerization for latex polymers in coatings, adhesives, and acrylic emulsions), Personal Care (key oxidizing agent in hair bleaching powders and hair dyes), Electronics (used as an etchant for copper circuits in PCB manufacturing) and Textiles (for desizing and bleaching in textile processing)
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Alternative to: Sodium persulphate (SPS).
Ammonium persulfate can replace sodium persulfate as a radical initiator and oxidizing agent in many polymerization and etching processes, offering strong oxidizing power and good water solubility.
benzoic acid
CAS: 65-85-0
BZA
Main Applications: Food & Nutrition – used in the production of food preservatives (its salts like sodium benzoate inhibit microbial growth in acidic foods and beverages), Personal Care & Pharma – used as a preservative and antimicrobial in cosmetics, ointments, and pharmaceuticals (e.g. topical antifungal preparations), Alkyd Resins & Coatings – used in making alkyd resin paints and coatings (as a modifier that improves gloss and hardness of paint films). Also an intermediate in synthesis of dyes and other organic compounds.
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ethyl methacrylate
CAS: 97-63-2
EMA
Main Applications: Cosmetics & Personal Care (primary monomer in artificial nail liquids and dental resins, chosen for fast curing and hardness in acrylic nails and dental prosthetics), Adhesives & Sealants (forms hard, fast-curing polymers in certain reactive adhesives and sealants), and Coatings & Plastics (used in specialty acrylic coatings and impact-resistant plastics where clarity and durability are required)
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Alternative to: Methyl methacrylate (MMA).
EMA provides slightly lower Tg and increased flexibility versus MMA while maintaining good clarity, useful in impact-modified resins and flexible coatings.
potassium persulphate
CAS: 7727-21-1
PPS
Main Applications: Polymerization (similarly used as a free-radical initiator in emulsion polymerization for plastics, rubber, and resins), Hair Bleaching (a common component in hair bleach formulations as an oxidizer, often in combination with ammonium persulfate), Printed Circuit Board Etching (etchant for microelectronics to selectively remove metals) and Pool & Water Treatment (used in some applications to generate free radicals for oxidative cleaning). Potassium persulfate is valued for its stability and is often the persulfate of choice in cosmetic bleach powders.
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Alternative to: Ammonium persulphate (APS).
Potassium persulfate can replace APS as an initiator or oxidant where slightly different solubility and decomposition behavior are beneficial, for example in emulsion polymerization and hair-bleaching systems.
sodium benzoate
CAS: 532-32-1
SB
Main Applications: Food Preservation (Nutrition) – the sodium salt of benzoic acid, it is one of the most common food preservatives (used in acidic foods, beverages, and condiments to inhibit molds and bacteria), Beverages & Personal Care – used in soft drinks, juices, and in cosmetic products (like mouthwash, shampoos) as an anti-microbial agent; Pharma – used in certain formulations and as a diagnostic aid in medicine (and as a tablet lubricant or in cough syrups). Also used in antifreeze and automotive coolants as a corrosion inhibitor for aluminum.
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sodium persulphate
CAS: 7775-27-1
SPS
Main Applications: Electronics (used to microetch and clean copper surfaces in PCB fabrication and semiconductor manufacturing), Polymer Manufacturing (initiator for emulsion polymerizations in making latex paints, adhesives, and acrylate dispersions), Textile Bleaching (serves as a bleach/oxidizing agent in textile and laundry applications) and Cleaning/Etchant (ingredient in cleaning agents for metal surfaces and in oxidative water treatment).
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Alternative to: Ammonium persulphate (APS).
Sodium persulfate is a strong oxidizing agent and polymerization initiator that often substitutes APS, with advantages in storage stability and lower hygroscopicity in many formulations.
tert-butyl acrylate
CAS: 1663-39-4
tBA
Main Applications: Coatings (high-solid and solventborne coatings where hardness and hydrophobicity are needed), Adhesives (improves bonding strength and rigidity in acrylic adhesives), Plastics (as a feedstock for specialty acrylic polymers), and Personal Care (in polymers for cosmetics due to its hydrophobic, UV-resistant properties).
