Beauty and Personal Care
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High-performing and eco-conscious solutions
Around the world brand owners seek to create products with exciting new benefits consumers can see and feel. We innovate and partner with our customers to provide high performing and eco-conscious solutions to meet growing consumer demand for cleansers, hair products, skin creams, long-lasting makeup, sunscreen, and much more.
Safe personal care solutions for people and the planet
As an industry leader in sustainability, we are committed to reducing our environmental footprint, increasing resource efficiencies, and developing multi-functional products that do more for consumers.
Spotlights: Hair
Use our selector tool to discover the best product to deliver on your brand promise for hair care application.
Achieve full conditioning power, unmatched softness & manageability with DEXCARE™ CD-2 Polymer, a dual-action bio-fermented polymer.
Explore MaizeCare™ Clarity Polymer, a bio-based and biodegradable polymer for crystal clear hair styling.
Spotlights: Skin and Sun Care
A Rheology Modifier ideal for cleansing formulations, ACULYN™ F1 Polymer enables a clear transparent appearance and exhibits good suspending capabilities over a broad range pH.
Discover film formers in cosmetics for long wear performance.
Explore skin care solutions that offer unique sensory, texture, optical appearance, and multifunctional properties.
Explore our broad-spectrum solutions for sun protection.
Spotlights: Cosmetics
DOWSIL™ FC-5012 ID Resin Gum is designed to enhance long wear, shine, and comfort in color cosmetic formulations.
Explore a-MAIZE-ing Concepts Collection formulations for high-performing skin and make-up applications.
Discover acrylic based performing thickeners and rheology modifiers.
Concepts Collection
Discover our skin wellness concepts collection featuring the first-ever skin microbiome-friendly certified silicone technologies.
Discover new formulations designed to reach top level performance with a minimum natural origin content of 90%.
Explore formulations by bio-based MaizeCare™ sourced from corn that have good curl retention and overall performance.
Natural and upcycled for the eco-conscious consumer.
in-cosmetics Asia Awards 2025
DEXCARE™ CD-2 Polymer won a Silver award in the Innovation Zone Best Ingredient Award for functional ingredients at in-cosmetics Asia 2025. This new bio-fermented dual-cationic dextran is a conditioning agent acting as a deposition aid for both silicones and natural oils.
PCHi Fountain Awards 2025
Our innovative ingredient, EcoSmooth™ Rice Husk Cosmetic Powder, has won the Gold Award in the Sustainability category at the prestigious Fountain Awards during PCHi 2025! This product is a sustainably sourced, multifunctional amorphous silica upcycled from rice by-products that enhances optical and sensory performance across skin care, color cosmetics, and hair care applications.
SEPAWA Innovation Award 2025
DEXCARE™ CD-2 Polymer has been recognized with a SEPAWA Innovation award, a testament to Dow’s commitment to sustainable innovation and high-performance solutions in personal care. This new bio-fermented dual-cationic dextran is a conditioning agent acting as a deposition aid for both silicones and natural oils.
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