Today, we’re exploring the benefits of Endipearl® PK3 with Shannon Smith Butz, technical director, surfactants at Coast Southwest.
Endipearl® PK3 (INCI: Glycol Distearate (and) Laureth-4 (and) Cocamidopropyl Betaine) is a highly efficient cold pearl blend that allows effortless formulations of pearly shampoos, body washes, and hand soaps. Endipearl® PK3 is also sulfate- and formaldehyde-free.
What are the unique benefits of Endipearl® PK3?
SS: Endipearl® PK3 offers three huge advantages to formulators over the solid flakes typically used to create pearl. As a highly efficient, cold pearl blend, Endipearl® PK3 allows for faster, easier formulation, adds a luxurious silvery sheen to products, and adheres to the trending formaldehyde-free claim.
What can you tell us about “fuss-free” formulation?
SS: One of the biggest advantages of Endipearl® PK3 is its ease of use, which can save formulators time. Traditionally, the creation of pearling with a flaked product like EGMS (INCI: Glycol Stearate) and EGDS (INCI: Glycol Distearate) can be a finicky process for formulators. The creation of pearl from a flaked product is very fussy. The rate of cooling and mixing affects the crystal size and shape which are the critical properties of pearl creation and pearl stability.
However, Endipearl® PK3 does not need to be heated or melted like a flaked product to achieve pearling. This makes for a faster, more efficient formulation process. Using a liquid cold blend pearl like Endipearl® PK3 improves efficiency both in the lab and in production.
Tell us more about the benefits of Endipearl® PK3 for formulators.
SS: Endipearl® PK3 adds rich, silvery pearling to shampoos, body washes, and hand soaps. Without a pearling agent liquid soaps can appear gray in tone and look downright unappealing to consumers. Additionally, natural thickeners and surfactants often make it difficult to create crystal-clear products, and may add an unpleasant murkiness and cloudiness to formulations. However, as a cold pearl blend, Endipearl® PK3 easily eliminates both of these common issues. Endipearl® PK3 adds a luxurious pearly appearance to formulations and frees the formulator from dealing with clarity issues.
What do customers say?
SS: Customers who are new to the product are very impressed by the quality of the pearl created. They tell us they prefer its silvery sheen compared to other pearlizing agents. With its glimmering pearl and sheen, Endipearl® PK3 adds a high-quality luxuriousness to formulations.
Endipearl® PK3 adds rich, silvery pearling to shampoos, body washes, and hand soaps.
Interested in Endipearl® PK3?
Learn more or request a free sample here: Endipearl® PK3.
Or, if you’re interested in speaking or video-chatting with a Coast Southwest representative, please contact us at your convenience.
