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BioSilk WOW

BioSilk WOW

Price range: $10.50 through $265.00 USD

INCI: Triheptanoin, C13-16 Isoalkane

Source: Naturally Derived

 

BioSilk WOW is a 100% plant-derived silicone alternative designed to replicate the luxurious sensory profile of cyclomethicone while supporting modern sustainable formulation standards. This lightweight emollient delivers exceptional spreadability, rapid absorption, and a silky-to-powdery afterfeel, making it an ideal ingredient for high-performance skincare, hair care, and color cosmetic formulations.

Unlike traditional volatile silicones, BioSilk WOW is derived from renewable plant feedstocks and designed with green chemistry principles in mind. The ingredient glides effortlessly across the skin or hair, leaving behind a soft, velvety finish that enhances the overall elegance of a formulation without heaviness or greasy residue.

With sensory performance comparable to cyclopentasiloxane (D5), BioSilk WOW allows formulators to achieve the same luxurious slip, improved spreadability, and refined finish expected from silicone-based products—while maintaining a silicone-free marketing position.

Its multifunctional nature also makes it a powerful pigment dispersant and slip agent, improving the application of makeup products and enhancing the aesthetics of sunscreens and emulsions.

  • Natural Silicone Alternative
    Provides the elegant slip and spread of cyclomethicone while remaining plant-derived.
  • Ultra-Lightweight Texture
    Fast-spreading fluid absorbs quickly into the skin with no greasy residue.
  • Silky-to-Powdery Afterfeel
    Leaves skin smooth, soft, and velvety with a refined cosmetic finish.
  • Improves Formulation Aesthetics
    Reduces heaviness and tackiness while enhancing product glide.
  • Excellent Pigment Dispersant
    Helps evenly distribute pigments and inorganic UV filters in color cosmetics and sunscreens.
  • High Performance in Hair Care
    Delivers shine, softness, and conditioning comparable to silicone fluids in hair serums and conditioners.

Recommended Use Level: Up to 100%

 

How to Use: Add to the oil phase of formulations. Compatible with both hot and cold processing methods.

 

Formulation Tips

  • Helps reduce greasy feel in oil-rich formulations

  • Enhances pigment dispersion in makeup products

  • Works well alongside natural emollients and esters

  • Excellent for lightweight sensory profiles in hair serums

 

Skin Care

  • Enhances spreadability of creams and serums

  • Reduces tack and greasy afterfeel

  • Improves absorption and elegance of formulations

  • Provides a soft, powdery skin finish

Hair Care

  • Adds slip and detangling properties

  • Improves shine and softness

  • Helps reduce frizz without buildup

Color Cosmetics

  • Improves pigment dispersion

  • Enhances blendability and spread of makeup products

  • Creates a lightweight, silky texture in foundations and highlighters

BioSilk WOW is highly versatile and suitable for nearly all personal care formulations:

  • Facial serums and oils

  • Moisturizers and emulsions

  • Hair serums and conditioners

  • Sunscreens

  • Color cosmetics (foundations, highlighters, lip products)

  • Deodorants and antiperspirants

  • Makeup primers

It can also function as a pigment-wetting agent, making it especially valuable in decorative cosmetics

Appearance: Clear to pale liquid
Odor: Characteristic
Kinematic Viscosity (25°C): ~6.9–7.3 cSt
Specific Gravity (25°C): ~0.872–0.875
Refractive Index (25°C): ~1.433–1.439

BioSilk WOW was developed using green chemistry principles and a life-cycle design approach.

Key sustainability highlights include:

  • 100% renewable plant-derived feedstocks

  • Biodegradable ingredients

  • Non-persistent in the environment

  • Solvent-free manufacturing process

  • Lower energy production compared to silicone manufacturing

Primary renewable sources include sugarcane, coconut, and castor oil.

 

Attention – October 15, 2025: To comply with a trademark notice to cease use of the trade name for this material,  this product has been renamed “BioSilk WOW” formerly “Natural Cyclopentasiloxane Alternative.” Only the name has changed — the formulation, quality, and manufacturer remain exactly the same. We will continue to offer this material for resale under its new name in full compliance with trademark requirements.

Safety data sheet
COA

INCI: Triheptanoin (and) C13-16 Isoalkane

Use: ≤100%

Solubility: Lipophilic (oil-soluble)

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