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Durosoft natural ingredients

Product possibilities across sustainable skincare, cosmetic and hair care are endless with Durosoft, our range of naturally derived polyglyceryl esters.

Features and benefits of our Ingredients Durosoft

The most sustainable polyglyceryl ingredients for skincare and haircare in the market

The most sustainable polyglyceryl ingredients for skincare and haircare in the market

Ideal for creating COSMOS and RSPO SG certified and China Compliant products

Mild and effective ingredients for natural products

Mild and effective ingredients for natural products

Mild yet effective oil in water and water in oil emulsifiers and solubilisers for creating fun textures and emulsions. Emulsifiers enhance the product feel and spreadability, while solubilisers allow stable incorporation of fragrances and oils compatible with common synthetic ingredients.

Compatible with synthetic ingredients

Compatible with synthetic ingredients

The Durosoft range of natural ingredients is a starting point for creating a natural range of personal care products. Their non-ionic characteristics make them compatible with a broad range of cosmetic oils, active ingredients, surfactants and co-emulsifiers.

Provides greater formulation stability

Provides greater formulation stability

Durosoft ingredients provide the widest HLB range of 4-17 for a greater stability profile.

Our products

Products Certification Highlights
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Cosmos Approved Natrue Approved
Durosoft PG4-O Ingredients • Vegan Products • Durosoft Natural Ingredients • Made with Organic
Naturally formulate rich creams and water-free oils and cleansers
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RSPO Cosmos Approved Natrue Approved
Durosoft PG4L-SG Durosoft Natural Ingredients • Made with Organic • Vegan Products • Sustainable • Certified RSPO
Formulate sustainable RSPO SG certified light feel creams and lotions
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Cosmos Approved Natrue Approved
Durosoft PG10-O Ingredients • Durosoft Natural Ingredients • Vegan Products • Made with Organic • Sustainable
Formulate natural creams, lotions and gels with great stability and pleasant feel
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RSPO Cosmos Approved Natrue Approved
Durosoft PG10L-SG Made with Organic • Vegan Products • Sustainable • Certified RSPO • Durosoft Natural Ingredients
Formulate sustainable skin and eye friendly cleansers or moisturisers with pleasant skin feel
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Cosmos Approved RSPO Natrue Approved
Durosoft PG10CY-MB Durosoft Natural Ingredients • Vegan Products • Sustainable • Certified RSPO • Made with Organic
For naturally solubilising essential oils and fragrances in water-based systems as an alternative to synthetic solubilisers

Packaging options

5kg Kegs

Great for trials and sampling. Minimum Order Quantity (MOQ) - 30kg

25kg Bucket

Suitable for larger production runs

Durosoft Natural Ingredients

Ingredients FAQs

These are some of the most common questions we receive about our Durosoft products. If there is something else you’d like to know, please contact us and a member of the Stephenson team would be more than happy to assist.

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The majority of our bases are gluten-free - if you require further information please contact us here.

We use palm and palm kernel oils, and ingredients derived from both oils. Wherever possible, we use oil and ingredients from certified sustainable sources. All products that are made using certified sustainable palm and palm ingredients have the letters SG or MB at the end of their name referring to RSPO Segregated (SG) and RSPO Mass Balance (MB). It isn’t possible to source everything we use from certified sustainable sources, but we are always researching and discussing with our suppliers to find new options.

Lye (also known as Sodium Hydroxide or Potassium Hydroxide) is the material that is used in making all of our soaps. Solid soaps (Crystal Melt and Pour range or Extruded soap bases) use Lye from Sodium Hydroxide, while Stephenson Liquid soaps use Lye from Potassium Hydroxide. We use Lye to saponify oils and/or fatty acids to produce soap. Once the soap is produced, all the lye is used up during the saponification reaction and so there is none left in the final product.

No, we are a speciality base supplier, we manufacture and ship soap bases and other product bases that are converted by our customers into finished products. Typically our bases make up around 80-99% of a finished product.

No, we are strictly against animal testing and our ingredients are not tested on animals.

GMP applies to companies manufacturing finished products. As a supplier of ingredients and bases, this does not apply. Stephenson holds ISO 9001 Quality Certification and supplies companies that have GMP certification.

We've been making soap here at Stephenson’s since 1856, originally for the textile industry.

Yes, all the glycerine used in our soap bases is derived from vegetable sources.

Most of our product are vegan friendly. Only small amount of our products contain animal-derived milk and honey. These include Crystal Goat’s Milk, Crystal Donkey Milk and Crystal Honey.

No.

Yes, you can use Durosoft PG10CY-MB. The level depends on the amount and type of fragrance you are going to use.

If you're making an emulsion, high shear mixing is required.

It depends on the formulation, usually you can get good results with < 10%.

No but you can check the guide formulations in our guide book here.

Emulsions (creams and lotions), leave-on and rinse-off, face body and hair products, as well as waterless formulations.

No, they are cosmetic grade.

Yes, Durosoft PG10CY-MB works very well at solubilising fragrances and it can be a straightforward swap for PEG-40 and even Polysorbate 20. For more information download our brochure here.

Non-ionic.

PG4-O and PG10-O have 18 months from the date of manufacture.

PG4L-SG, PG10L-SG, PG10CY-MB have three years from the date of manufacture.

You can find it in the brochure (click link here), on our Durosoft product matrix (click link here) or on the product page for each ingredient on the website too.

We supply Durosoft in a range of packaging from 10kg, 25kg through to a bulk drum of 200kg.

Want to know more?

To speak to a member of the Stephenson team, please complete the form opposite and we’ll get in touch.

Alternatively you can speak to our sales team using the details below:

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