
Shell Silk Alkane
To meet the growing demand for high-performing beauty and personal care products, you want your formulations to have it all: sensory elegance, functional performance, application versatility and ready* biodegradability.
Discover Shell Silk Alkane鈥攁n excellent mineral-oil free and silicone-oil free option for emollience and conditioning effect for a wide range of skin and hair care formulations.
This innovative range of pharmaceutical-quality synthetic fluids is derived from our proprietary Gas-to-Liquid (GTL) technology. It鈥檚 highly pure, safe by design, readily biodegradable and low in ecotoxicity. The exceptional purity and chemistry of the product range ensures compatibility with sensitive skin, delivers strong hydration, smooth texture, and a soft and silky feel for skin and hair applications.
Shell Silk Alkane key benefits

Sensory elegance
Leaves no sticky residue, reflects a high amount of light from the skin, and delivers a smooth, silky after-feel

Functional performance
Delivers high performance in smoothing, moisturizing and hydrating to taming hair frizz and reducing split ends

Application versatility
Includes a wide range of viscosity for versatile applications鈥攆rom skin, sun and hair care products to cosmetics, cleansers and more

Ready* biodegradability
Shell Silk Alkane is biodegradable and low in ecotoxicity to water, soil, birds and plants
*ready biodegradability for select grades based on OECD Guideline 301 B tests conducted