Normal hair
Limp hair
Dry hair
All hair types
Price per L = £133.33
Normal hair
Limp hair
Dry hair
All hair types
Presentation
Features
Properties and uses
In practice
Storage and precautions
Find out more
Why we love it
The strengthening and beautifying active ingredient for hair care
Suitable for all hair types, especially brittle or damaged hair and sensitive scalps
Ideal for sensitive, blemished or damaged skin
Easily incorporated into your mixtures
Quality
Cosmetics
Function
Skin-repairing and hair-strengthening cosmetic active ingredient
Benefits and properties
Soothing
hair fortifier
moisturising
restorative
INCI name
Panthenol, Aqua, Citric acid
Composition
75% D-Panthenol, dissolved in water for ease of use. A small amount of citric acid is added to adjust the pH.
Presentation
Colourless viscous liquid, packaged in an amber glass bottle with dropper cap, supplied with a sampling pipette (viscous product).
Environmental qualities and characteristics product sheet
Reference
0310801 - provitamin B5 5 mL
Main packaging material
Glass bottle
Recyclability
Most packaging can be recycled
Applications: hair care, skin care
Application difficulty: easy
I add it to a neutral AZ base: yes
Cosmetic recipes: yes
Properties
As a cosmetic ingredient, the cosmetic active ingredient provitamin b5 (panthenol) is recognised for its properties:
Skin restore: stimulates the proliferation of skin cells
Soothes the skin
Prevents skin dehydration: reduces water loss and maintains the skin's softness and elasticity
Indications
Sensitive skin or skin prone to discomfort
Skin with blemishes
Damaged skin
Delicate areas
A few ideas
This active ingredient can be used as an ingredient in your skin care preparations:
Restorative cream
Care for dry hands and feet
After-shave or post-depilation care
After-sun care
Dosage
2 to 5% (of the total weight of your mixture)
1ml = approximately 26 drops
oil-insoluble
Density
1.15
Water-soluble
Use in home cosmetics
Cream and lotions, shampoo, shower, gel, mask, lotion.
Note
Note: As this product is viscous, the flow through the dropper insert can sometimes be difficult. In such cases, we recommend carefully removing the dropper insert and taking the product with a pipette or measuring it with a dosing spoon.
Provitamin B5 can be incorporated into a ready-to-use AZ Neutral Base to make:
an emulsion: with Organic Neutral Plant Milk, Organic Neutral Youth and Organic Moisturising Creams, Organic Neutral Hair Mask Base
an aqueous gel: with organic aloe vera gel
a mask: with the Peel-off Mask
a foaming product: with the Organic Neutral Cleansing Base, the Organic Neutral Shampoo Base, the Organic Neutral Cleansing Cream Base
a soap: with the Melt & Pour Soap Bases
a mascara or eye liner: with the Mascara and Eye Liner Base
Incorporate provitamin B5 as an ingredient in one of the AZ neutral bases listed above to make an emulsion, gel, foaming product, soap, mascara or eye liner.
Pour your product into a cosmetic preparation bowl or other suitable container.
Add the desired amount of provitamin B5 (see table of typical dosages) and within the limit of the maximum percentage to be incorporated into the AZ Neutral Base of 2% for the Mascara and Eye liner Base and 3% for the other neutral bases.
Shake well to mix well.
Pour the product into its container, using a pipette if necessary.
Provitamin B5 can be incorporated as an active ingredient in all your formulas containing water: creams, milks, lotions, cleansing gels, shampoos, etc.
Incorporate provitamin b5 into all your water-containing formulas
Add provitamin B5 cold, at the end of the formulation.
Shake well to mix well.
Storage
Store at room temperature, away from moisture and light. Close the bottle tightly after use.
Precautions
Keep out of reach of children.
Do not swallow, avoid contact with eyes.
Follow recommended dosages.
Responsible Person
EU responsible person: Aroma-Zone FR-84220 Cabrières d’Avignon
UK responsible person: Obelis UK Ltd, Sandford Gate, Oxford, OX4 6LB, UK
Essential Oils
1 ml = approximately 35 drops (with our Aroma-Zone dropper caps)
Carrier oils
1 pump (Aroma-Zone aluminium pump) = approx. 0.15 ml
Mass / Volume conversion (for a liquid)
Mass (g) = Density x Volume (ml) at 20°C
Further information
1 full teaspoon = between 3 and 4.5 ml
1 full tablespoon = between 7.5 and 10 ml
However, these spoon ratios depend on a number of factors (e.g. viscosity of the liquid, temperature, depth and size of the spoon, rheological behaviour of the liquid), and we strongly advise you to use precise measuring equipment, such as graduated test tubes, graduated pipettes, and precision scales.
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Supplier documentation
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Stozkowska W, Piekoś R.Investigation of some topical formulations containing dexpanthenol,
Acta Pol Pharm. 2004 Nov-Dec; 61(6): 433-7.
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Wananukul S, Limpongsanuruk W, Singalavanija S, Wisuthsarewong W. Comparison of dexpanthenol and zinc oxide ointment with ointment base in the treatment of irritant diaper dermatitis from diarrhea: a multicenter study,
J Med Assoc Thai. 2006 Oct ; 89(10 ): 1654-8
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Ebner, Fritz; Heller, Andreas 2; Rippke, Frank; Tausch, Irene, Topical Use of Dexpanthenol in Skin Disorders.
American Journal of Clinical Dermatology. 3(6) : 427-433, 2002.
