Shell Silk Alkane:

Finding ingredients for your beauty and personal care formulations requires a balance between consumer expectations, regulatory standards, and practical formulation considerations.

Discover Shell Silk Alkane—an 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’s highly pure, safe by design, readily biodegradable¹ and low in ecotoxicity². 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.

¹_{Shell Silk Alkane G3, Shell Silk Alkane G6 and Shell Silk Alkane G10 are readily biodegradable, biodegraded by over 60% after 28 days in the OECD 301B test. Shell Silk Alkane G 18 biodegraded by 59% after 28 days in the OECD 301B test, this meets the criteria for inherently biodegradable.}

² _{Low aquatic ecotoxicity, classified as "not harmful" to algae and freshwater invertebrates when tested in accordance with OECD test guidelines 201 and 202 meeting the requirements of EN 16807 (>100 mg/L for acute toxicity tests).  Low terrestrial ecotoxicity classified as "not harmful" to earthworms when tested in accordance with OCED guidelines 222, meeting NOEC > 1000 mg/kg.)}