Thickening Oil/Silicone Bases for Glitter Suspension

Thickeners for Oil and Silicone to Suspend Gold Glitter Mica

For creating texture in formulas containing oil and silicone, and to prevent Gold Glitter Mica from settling, you can consider the following thickeners which have good particle suspension properties:

• Oil-Fix™ W (Oil/Silicone, Silica Dimethyl Silylate): This is a Silica designed to increase stability in W/O or W/Silicone formulas. It works well as a thickener in oil and silicone and has properties that help disperse and capture pigments, preventing color settling.
• Oil-Fix™ O (Oil Gelling, Silica Dimethyl Silylate): This is a Silica that helps create texture/gel in oil or glycol. It can thicken various oils and helps disperse pigments and prevent formula separation.
• Oil-Fix™ S (Silicone Gelling, Silica Dimethyl Silylate ): This is a Silica that helps create texture/gel in silicone or mineral oil. It is suitable for silicone-based formulas and also helps disperse pigments effectively.
• Oil Thick ™ Soft (Create oil gel / oil gellant / soft texture): This creates a soft oil gel texture and can be used with oils and silicones. Its description mentions preventing the settling of physical sunscreen powders (similar to mica) by dispersing them in oils or silicones.
• Silicone Thick™ (provides viscosity in silicone): This specifically provides viscosity in cyclopentasiloxane silicone, suitable for the silicone phase to help suspend particles.

The Oil-Fix™ group and Oil Thick™ Soft have properties that help suspend pigments or particles in oil and silicone bases, making them suitable for your formula to prevent Gold Glitter Mica from settling.