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1. Deformulation

Reflects activity from April 1 - May 21, 2024

1a. Top De-Formulated Products


# Product Name Brand Product Type
1 Unseen Sunscreen SPF 40 Supergoop! Sunscreen
2 ICE Ceramide Moisturizer with Vitamin F Sunday Riley Moisturizer
3 Gloss Bomb Universal Lip Luminizer Fenty Beauty by Rihanna Lip Balms & Treatments
4 No. 4 Bond Maintenance™ Shampoo Olaplex Shampoo
5 All in One Leave-In Conditioner Moroccanoil Hair Conditioner
6 Jet Lag Mask + Moisturizer Summer Fridays Face Mask
7 Squalane + Omega Repair Deep Hydration Moisturizer Biossance Moisturizer
8 Brazilian Bum Bum Refillable Body Cream Sol de Janeiro Body Care
9 Lip Butter Balm for Hydration & Shine Summer Fridays Lip Balms & Treatments
10 Hydro Grip Hydrating Makeup Primer with Hyaluronic Acid + Niacinamide MILK MAKEUP Primer

By Product Type

# Product Type %
1 Moisturizer 21%
2 Serum 12%
3 Hair Conditioner 11%
4 Shampoo 8%
5 Sunscreen 5%
6 Lip Balms & Treatments 5%
7 Primer 5%
8 Foundation 4%
9 Hair Serum 3%
10 Facial Oil 3%
N/A Other 23%

By Brand

# Brand %
1 Supergoop! 4%
2 Drunk Elephant 4%
3 The Ordinary 3%
4 SUNDAY RILEY 3%
5 Charlotte Tilbury 3%
6 OUAI 3%
7 Summer Fridays 3%
8 CeraVe 2%
9 COLOR WOW 2%
10 OLAPLEX 2%
N/A Other 72%

1b. Top Raw Materials Selected by Users


# RM Name RM Supplier INCI Name(s) Count % Formulas
1 Glycerin Ampak Company Glycerin 28 2.3%
2 Zemea® Propanediol CovationBio PDO LLC Propanediol 25 2.0%
3 Olivem® 1000 Hallstar Cetearyl Olivate (and) Sorbitan Olivate 20 1.6%
4 Gransil Blur-X11 Grant Industries, Inc. Polysilicone-11 (and) Water (and) Polymethylsilsesquioxane (and) HDI/Trimethylol Hexyllactone Crosspolymer (and) Laureth-12 (and) Phenoxyethanol (and) Ethylhexylglycerin 20 1.6%
5 Granhydrosil™ PSQ-W-GL (NP) Grant Industries Glycerin (and) Polymethylsilsesquioxane (and) Water (and) Phenoxyethanol (and) Ethylhexylglycerin 18 1.5%
6 Neossance® Squalane Amyris Squalane 17 1.4%
7 MONTANOV™ 202 SEPPIC Arachidyl Alcohol (and) Behenyl Alcohol (and) Arachidyl Glucoside 17 1.4%
8 DL-Panthenol TRI-K Industries, Inc. Panthenol 14 1.1%
9 SymCare® O Symrise Hexyldecanol (and) Pentylene Glycol (and) 4-t-Butylcyclohexanol (and) Bisabolol (and) Cetylhydroxyproline Palmitamide (and) Hydroxyphenyl Propamidobenzoic Acid (and) Stearic Acid (and) Brassica Campestris (Rapeseed) Sterols (and) Zingiber Officinale (Ginger) Root Extract 14 1.1%
10 SIMULGEL™ NS SEPPIC Hydroxyethyl Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer (and) Squalane (and) Polysorbate 60 13 1.1%
11 Silsoft*Q Momentive Performance Materials Aqua (and) Silicone Quaternium-18 (and) Trideceth-6 (and) Trideceth-12 12 1.0%
12 Calendula Extract GLW - BCE4178 Biocosmethic Glycerin (and) Aqua (and) Calendula Officinalis Flower Extract (and) Sodium Benzoate (and) Potassium Sorbate (and) Citric Acid 12 1.0%
13 MONTANOV™ 68 MB SEPPIC Cetearyl Alcohol (and) Cetearyl Glucoside 12 1.0%
14 Microcare® PHC THOR Phenoxyethanol (and) Chlorphenesin (and) Aqua (and) Glycerin 12 1.0%
15 Baicapil™ Provital Propanediol (and) Water (and) Arginine (and) Lactic Acid (and) Glycine Soja (Soybean) Germ Extract (and) Triticum Vulgare (Wheat) Germ Extract (and) Scutellaria Baicalensis Root Extract (and) Sodium Benzoate (and) Gluconolactone (and) Calcium Gluconate 12 1.0%
16 PRODEW® 500 Ajinomoto Sodium PCA (and) Sodium Lactate (and) Arginine (and) Aspartic Acid (and) PCA (and) Glycine (and) Alanine (and) Serine (and) Valine (and) Proline (and) Threonine (and) Isoleucine (and) Histidine (and) Phenylalanine (and) Water 12 1.0%
17 AQUAXYL™ SEPPIC Xylitylglucoside (and) Anhydroxylitol (and) Xylitol 11 0.9%
18 Silsoft* CLX-E Momentive Performance Materials Dipropylene Glycol (and) Polysilicone-29 11 0.9%
19 euxyl™ pe 9010 preservative Ashland Phenoxyethanol (and) Ethylhexylglycerin 11 0.9%
20 Glycerine USP 99.7% Kosher Liquid Acme Hardesty Co. Glycerin 10 0.8%
21 Leucidal® Liquid Active Micro Technologies LLC Leuconostoc/Radish Root Ferment Filtrate 10 0.8%
22 Dermol™ M-5 ALZO International Inc. Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride 9 0.7%
23 MONTANOV™ 82 SEPPIC Cetearyl Alcohol (and) Coco-Glucoside 9 0.7%
24 Kostol IBT RSPO Koster Keunen, Inc. Cetearyl Alcohol (and) Behentrimonium Methosulfate (and) Cetyl Alcohol 8 0.7%
25 Niacinamide PC dsm-firmenich Personal Care Niacinamide 7 0.6%

Top Suppliers of Raw Materials Selected by Users

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Supplier | % Formulas | | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | BASF | 17.9% | | 2 | Croda | 9.6% | | 3 | SEPPIC | 9.3% | | 4 | Evonik | 6.7% | | 5 | Grant Industries | 6.1% | | 6 | Ashland | 5.3% | | 7 | Symrise | 4.3% | | 8 | Acme Hardesty Co. | 4.1% | | 9 | Innospec | 3.8% | | 10 | Alzo International | 3.6% | | 11 | Centerchem | 3.6% | | 12 | Biocosmethic | 3.5% | | 13 | Hallstar | 3.5% | | 14 | Lubrizol | 3.2% | | 15 | Ampak Company | 3.0% | | 16 | Brenntag | 2.9% | | 17 | Clariant | 2.9% | | 18 | TRI-K Industries | 2.8% | | 19 | Lucas Meyer Cosmetics | 2.6% | | 20 | Active Concepts | 2.5% | | 21 | Barnet Products | 2.5% | | 22 | Momentive Performance Materials | 2.5% | | 23 | Ajinomoto Health & Nutrition North America, Inc. | 2.4% | | 24 | Provital | 2.4% | | 25 | Lipoid Kosmetik | 2.2% |

Select INCIs within Raw Materials Selected by Users

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INCI | % Formulas | | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | Tocopherol | 40.8% | | 2 | Sodium Hyaluronate | 25.8% | | 3 | Tocopheryl Acetate | 21.8% | | 4 | Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter | 20.1% | | 5 | Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil | 17.4% | | 6 | Squalane | 15.8% | | 7 | Ceramide NP | 11.7% | | 8 | Niacinamide | 11.5% | | 9 | Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil | 8.8% | | 10 | Pentaerythrityl Tetra-di-t-butyl Hydroxyhydrocinnamate | 8.0% |

2. Raw Material Search

Reflects activity from April 1 - May 21, 2024

2a. Summary Observations


Topic analysis of search queries conducted on Potion indicates that users are taking full advantage of the platform’s natural language-based capabilities. Most searches contain rich, complex content and reflect a combination of several topics as presented below. Some illustrative examples include:

When sorting by topics that elicited the most user response (defined as clicks ‘out’ of the Potion platform to respective raw materials profiles on ULP, SpecialChem, etc.), the following key search themes emerge: