Used in personal care products such as lotions, shampoos, soaps, skin care and anti-aging products, eye and facial makeup, lipsticks, toothpaste, shaving creams and lubricants.
Uses
Guar Gum is used to help achieve better emulsions, and in soaps. It also helps increase viscosity in hair care products, and is used in natural toothpaste recipes.
Benefits
• Makes hair thicker and stronger
• Prevents hair breakage
• Acts as a thickener, emulsifier, and stabiliser
• Has conditioning properties
Usage Rate
Use in concentrations between 0.5-2%. May be added to water without being heated.
Strengths
Regarded as the best thickening, stabilising, and emulsifying additive.
Caution
Guar Gum, also known as Goma Guar, Gauran, and Gomme Gua is a natural polymer that is derived from the guar or cluster bean. It is a fine, odourless, and off-white powder that is soluble in water, making it ideal for application in the manufacture of products used in or with water, like shampoo and soaps. Guar Gum powder has various cosmetic applications and is used to make formulations stable or provide emulsification. It is also used to increase the thickness of products.
Loaded with both nutritional and medicinal properties, this non-toxic emulsifier binds to liquids and forms a thick material, therefore it is widely utilised in the manufacture of lipsticks, shampoos, face masks, and conditioners.