✅ Product Description:
Our Isopropyl Myristate (IPM) is a high-grade, ultra-light emollient widely used in skincare, cosmetics, and topical formulations. Boasting excellent spreadability and rapid absorption, IPM enhances skin feel while improving texture and application of lotions, creams, oils, and medicated products.
✅ Key Features:
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✅ High–Purity Emollient – Pure, clear, and colorless with neutral scent
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✅ Lightweight & Non-Greasy – Feels silky and smooth on skin
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✅ Penetration Enhancer – Boosts delivery of active ingredients in topical products
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✅ Solvent-Compatible – Easily mixes with oils, esters, and silicones
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✅ Versatile Application – Fits in skincare, hair‑care, massage oils, makeup, sunscreen
✅ Common Uses of Isopropyl Myristate:
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Skin Moisturizers – Softens, hydrates, and improves spreadability
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Makeup & Foundations – Enhances glide and reduces greasy residue
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Topical Medications – Aids in better absorption of active therapeutics
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Massage Oils & Liniments – Provides smooth glide without oily feel
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Hair Serums – Adds gloss and manageability without heaviness
✅ Example Formulations:
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Hydrating Lotion: 20% IPM + 5% Active + 75% Water Phase
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BB Cream: 15% IPM + Silicone Blend + Pigments + Emulsifiers
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Massage Oil: 80% IPM + 10% Carrier Oil + 10% Essential Oils
✅ Technical Specifications:
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Appearance: Clear, colorless to pale yellow liquid
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Odor: Very mild, almost neutral
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Refractive Index: ~1.43 @ 25 °C
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Specific Gravity: ~0.84–0.87 @ 20 °C
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Flash Point: ~84 °C (closed cup)
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CAS No.: 110-27-0
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Shelf Life: 24 months in sealed container
✅ Misspelling/Alternate Spellings :
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Isopropyl myristat
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Iso propyl myristate
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Isopropal myristate
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Isopropyl miristate
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Isopropyl myritate
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Isopropryl myristate
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IPM emolliant
(These variants capture common user search errors or regional spelling differences.)
✅ Safety & Storage:
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Store in a cool, dry place, away from heat and direct sunlight
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Keep container tightly sealed when not in use
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Avoid inhalation and prolonged skin contact during handling
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Follow standard PPE protocols in manufacturing environments
✅ Packaging Options:
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Bottles: 100 ml | 500 ml | 1 L
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Jerry Can: 5 L
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Drums: 25 L, 200 L
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Bulk shipments available upon request
Description: Ester of isopropyl alcohol and myristic acid (vegetable-derived). Low viscosity fluid non-greasy emollient, tolerates wide pH range, compatible with most surfactants. Thanks to its low viscosity and density, it has a high spreadability. Provides a soft and silky feel. Absorbs quickly. Colorless oil-like liquid. No or little odor. Soluble in Oil. Not Soluble in Water.
Why People Use This Product:
To provide emollient properties to products.
Popular Products That Use This Ingredient:
Lotions. Creams.
Interesting Facts:
Emollient (softens skin).
Counteracts the “oily” feel in some lotions. Provides a soft and silky feel. Absorbs quickly.
- Superior emollient for non-greasy bath, body and baby oils
- Lubricant and compression aid for pressed powders
- Light & non-tacky emollient for creams and lotions. Readily adsorbed by the skin
- When used at high concentrations it gently lifts makeup and surface dirt
- Gives gloss and shine to hair
- Resistant to oxidation (does not become rancid)
- Widely used as diluent for fragrance oils.
Use: Creams, lotions, hand creams, shampoo, shower gels, makeup removers, powders and foundations.
Application: Can be added to formulas as is, add to oil phase. Typical use level 1-20%. Common use levels are lotions and creams 2-5% and bath oils 30-40%. For external use only.
TIPS: This product reduces the greasy feel of most oils, tacky feel of some additives, and acts as a dry emollient in cosmetic formulations. Test your final product to insure optimal performance. Protect clothing and work area when mixing.
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