Silicone Gum Blends

Every consumer wants to have great hair days each and every day - hair that looks healthy, shiny and smooth while being frizz-free and protected from heat damage. Conditioning hair oils and serums are one of the fastest growing hair care categories as they help deliver on these desires. Silicone gum blends are advanced materials purposely designed to allow formulators to create exceptional leave-in hair conditioning products that provide outstanding benefits to meet consumer demands across all hair types.

Silicone gum blends are unique blends of siloxane polymers combined with gum ingredients to form high-performance conditioning materials. Dow's diverse family of DOWSIL™ Silicone Gum Blends, available globally through their distribution partner Univar Solutions, enable formulations that enhance shine, increase smoothness, improve wet and dry combing ease, control frizz, and protect hair from heat damage when formulated into leave-in hair oils, serums, creams and other products.

The latest generation of these silicone gum blends features dimethiconol gum combined with four different carrier fluid options - isoparaffins, isododecane, dimethicone, and bioderived alkanes. This variety provides formulators greater versatility to achieve various volatility profiles, sensory properties and performance benefits. Some of the carrier options are bioderived and readily biodegradable. The blends allow formulating both leave-on and rinse-off products compliant with global regulations including Europe and China.

Compared to untreated hair, Dow's new silicone gum blends have demonstrated significantly improved conditioning effects like increased shine and ultra-smooth feel (up to a 90% reduction in combing forces) as well as superior heat protection (up to 58% less hair breakage after heat exposure). Their benefits have been proven through testing on hair tresses.

Univar Solutions, as Dow's distribution partner, offers formulators a wide range of these high-performance silicone gum blend products backed by Univar Solutions deep product knowledge, expansive supply chain network, and dedicated formulation expertise.

Formulators have excellent support options from Univar Solutions to take full advantage of Dow's innovative silicone gum blends. These advanced materials provide the performance and versatility needed to formulate differentiated hair conditioning products that truly allow consumers to enjoy great hair days every day. Check out the full product listings below or reach out to talk to a sales representative today.