Texique® PQ37

Whether you’re producing products for skin, hair, or body care, Texique PQ37 can condition and improve viscosity all in one. It is a preservative free cationic acrylic homopolymer dispersion using naturally derived hemisqualane to deliver excellent performance as both a conditioning agent and rheology modifier.

As a conditioning and thickening polymer ideally suited for a diverse range of applications, Texique PQ37 is a great addition to any number of formulations. As well as skin and hair care, it is also excellent in sun creams and lotions as well as aqueous systems. As a stabilising and suspending agent, it opacifies and is also cold-processable without requiring neutralisation.

See below for more detail on the properties of Texique PQ37, including solid content, natural content, and pH value, as well as a list of suitable applications. For more information on our Texique range, please download our brochures below and get in touch with a member of the Scott Bader team today.

Key benefits:

  • Viscosifies and conditions all in one
  • Good emolliency and substantive in skin creams and lotions
  • Moisturising
  • Use with nonionic and cationic ingredients
  • Most effective when formulating around pH 3 – 6
  • Recommended usage 0.50% – 3%
  • Typical properties
  • Applications
  • Resources
  • Formulations
  • Regional availability and certification

Typical properties

INCI name
Polyquaternium-37, C13-15 Alkane, PEG-7 Oleate

  • Solid content – 50%
  • Natural content according to ISO16128 – 50%
  • pH – 3 – 7
  • Specific Gravity at 25°C – 1.03 g/cm3
  • Bulk viscosity as supplied – 6,000 cPs
  • Thickened deionised water – 15,000 cPs

*Deionised water thickened with 2% of Texique PQ37 as supplied. Brookfield RVT, Spindle 5, 5 rpm at 25°C.

Applications

Skin care

  • Cleansers

Hair care

  • Conditioners - rinse off
  • Conditioners - leave on

Styling

  • Cream - leave on
  • Putties / Pomade
  • Emulsion Spray

Body care

  • Lotions / Balms
  • Creams
  • Emulsion Sprays
  • Foot care
  • Specialist - (e.g. Dry skin, Anti-cellulite)

Mens grooming

  • Aftershave
  • Shaving
  • Styling - Beards

Resources

Brochures


Data sheets


Texique® PQ37 Hair Conditioning Masque

Texique® Bio-Based Personal Care Additives

Formulations

Download formulation sheet

Regional availability and certification

  • ISO 16128 – Natural derived
  • Halal
  • Vegan friendly

Products

Our product ranges cover a wide selection of applications within the personal care market, formulated with both people and the environment in mind. You can feel safe in the knowledge that by using our ingredients you are taking care of both.

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Resources

Everything you need to know about using our personal care products, including educational videos, data sheets and example formulations.

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Sustainability

Our founder, Ernest Bader, believed that ethical and moral action to improve this world was vital. His beliefs are still the foundation for everything we do and they continue to drive our innovation today.

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