Cornstarch (Zea mays) easily falls into the category of old-fashioned new technology. With the push toward natural products, cornstarch has become a natural alternative to overly manufactured goods. Personal care ingredient supplier Bell Chem wishes to share cornstarch’s amazing properties in beauty products with its customers.

Why Cornstarch is Used in Beauty Products

Beauty care products involve many of the senses: they must look, smell, and, most especially, feel good. While many beneficial skincare chemicals work well, their texture is sometimes off putting since they feel greasy, slimy, or weak. The addition of cornstarch changes the feel of personal care products to a silky, richer feel. This process absorbs oil during the heating phase of production with no overall volume change. The product feels significantly creamier, and the oil is released over time.

Adding Nutrients

Cornstarch is packed with vitamins A, B1, B2, and C, as well as the minerals calcium, iron, and zinc. These nutrients stimulate cell regeneration and keep existing cells healthy. Cornstarch provides a vehicle to admit nutrients through the epidermis into underlying layers of tissue. 

Improving Texture

Cornstarch creates a smaller bubble in effervescent foam, turning a traditional cream into a more densely packed, easier-to-spread, creamy product. Cornstarch also binds water to oil-based components within a formula to stabilize the emulsion, which gives a consistent product with every use while it extends the shelf-life of the product.

Soothing Irritated Skin

When added to antiperspirants and deodorants, cornstarch soothes irritated skin, absorbs sebum and oil, and deters bacteria and inflammation. For acne-prone skin, cornstarch’s ability to absorb sebum and oil leaves smoother skin with fewer blemishes. Infant powders contain cornstarch since it is natural, safe, and effective without blocking tiny pores.

Sun Protection

Skin is often irritated by sun, chemicals, injury, or environmental factors. Many of the products formulated to combat these irritants contain cornstarch to relieve itching, moisture, inflammation, microbial growth, and other reactions. Sunscreens containing ultraviolet filters are frequently sticky without the addition of cornstarch.

Exfoliant Properties

Ground coarsely, cornstarch is a great exfoliant, sloughing dead skin cells to allow the lower, new epidermal layer to glow.

Bell Chem is a personal care ingredient supplier based in Longwood, FL (just north of Orlando) with hundreds of products stocked in their 50,000+ square-foot warehouse, including CSANTM sanitation products. You can expect the highest quality products, expedited shipping options for maximum efficiency, and unrivaled personalized customer service. Let our knowledgeable and friendly customer service representatives and accounting staff personalize all your needs by either calling 407-339-BELL (2355) or by sending us an online message.