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Beauty & Personal Care

Discover our specialist expertise, experience and outstanding service

We’re committed to meeting your needs

Our personal care experts are driven by a genuine passion for their work and a deep commitment to providing excellent solutions for our customers. With extensive market experience, application and formulation expertise, our truly dedicated experts lead the way in offering customized services.

We prioritize innovation, sustainability and safety, partnering with you to deliver tailored solutions that always meet your unique needs.

Contact us today to discover how we can help your business stay ahead of the curve. We’re excited to discuss what we can do for you.

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Your success is our success

Our sales, business development and technical teams work diligently to support you with everything you need on the journey from idea to execution. From technical feasibility, regulatory needs and formulation expertise right through to reliable ingredient supply, our commitment and care towards our customers is unsurpassed.

Working from our 14 state-of-the-art Personal Care Innovation & Application Centers across the globe, we specialize in creating premium, sustainable formulations from an extensive portfolio of high-quality ingredients. We conduct sensory evaluations and rigorous performance testing, while offering full technical support.

We’ve created regional and global Centers of Excellence for in-depth segment application evaluation and research to help create and drive new regional and global trends. You can also count on our excellent warehousing capabilities, which ensure consistent and safe supply.

We’re committed to innovation in all forms and enjoy developing new concepts and helping drive new trends. We have a team that is dedicated to partnering with independent brands to support their product development, selecting from our broad and high-quality product portfolio.

The value we bring to you

  • market insights/forecasts on beauty and personal care trends
  • proactive sharing of market trends with local key accounts
  • full knowledge of emerging products in the market
  • safety and sustainability
  • partnerships with suppliers that are aligned with our values and sustainability initiatives
  • technical formulations

  • global/regional supply chain solutions for an always reliable ingredient supply
  • regulatory support
  • we forge partnerships with independent brands
  • formulations assistance based on global, regional and local trends with expert knowledge of regulatory compliance
  • tailored mixing and blending
  • individual solutions and performance-testing reports

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Our state of the art laboratories are hives of innovation, where solutions are born.
Discover our specialty portfolio

High-quality ingredients for Personal Care

  • actives
  • botanical extracts
  • butters
  • chelating agents
  • color effects
  • colorants and pigments
  • conditioners
  • elastomers
  • emollients and emulsifiers
  • essential oils
  • esters
  • exfoliants
  • fatty alcohols, fatty acids and esters
  • film formers
  • fragrances and perfume ingredients
  • essential oils
  • innovative active ingredients

  • mild surfactants, bio-surfactants and blends
  • natural oils
  • optical brighteners
  • performance polymers
  • pigments
  • preservatives
  • rheology modifiers
  • silicones
  • skincare products sun care and complementary products (e.g biopolymers, SPF boosters)
  • solubilizers
  • surfactants
  • UV filters
  • vitamins and liposomes
  • waxes
  • and our own branded products such as CosVivet, Kenapure, Primesurf. Plus more on the way!

News and insights

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Brenntag's new product line
CosVivet

We supply you with safe and sustainable raw materials for tailor-made cosmetic applications, with full documentation and reliable delivery.

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Safety and reliability for the personal care industry: We’re your trusted partner

Safety is at the forefront of everything we do. We continue to ensure that you receive top-quality products that not only meet but exceed the latest safety standards and regulations.

We’re proud of our rigorous approach to supply-chain management and work closely with our trusted supply partners to guarantee safety and reliability at every stage of the process.

Moisturizer is a must

Towards a sustainable future

Join us on our journey to a sustainable future as we strive to become the industry leader in the responsible distribution of sustainable chemicals and ingredients. We’re proud of our Platinum status in the EcoVadis sustainability assessment, placing us in the top 1% across all industries assessed for sustainability performance.

Our Personal Care team strives to shape and make a positive impact on the industry. Whether it’s through featuring inclusivity in our trend and formula concepts or highlighting sustainable and ethical alternatives, we’re forever looking to drive change through our actions and our ingredients. We are committed to ingredients transparency and care about the increasingly popular “clean beauty” trend. We will always opt for carbon-neutral alternatives and the circular economy is at the forefront of our business.

Speak to a team member

Contact us today to find out more about our product offerings, to ask us any questions, or to let us know how we can assist you with a specific application.

Work with us

Interested in joining our Beauty & Personal Care team? Take a look at our Careers page for opportunities – we’d love to hear from you.