NanoBase™ Cortex

Formulation Class: Haircar: Triple nanodomain delivery base for hair treatment

Primary Function: Ready water-phase + nano-structuring base that transports actives through the cuticle toward the cortex, while remaining easy to finish with rheology, conditioning polymers, and fragrance.

Developed for in-shower or leave-on hair treatments that require uniform spread, controlled penetration, and clean rinse sensorials. Cortex pairs nanoscale stability, adaptable to thin serums, rich masks, thermo-gels, or co-wash textures depending on modifier modules added.

Technical Foundation

NanoBase Cortex maintains a nanoscale droplet/vesicle distribution inside a cream-style base and ships "ready for actives and texture," so formulators can plug in cysteamine, peptides/proteins, cationics, and rheology without rebuilding the base. Engineered with three distinct domains—nanoemulsion, nanoliposomal, and nanomicellar, to stabilize diverse actives, improve cuticle traversal, and enhance availability at the fiber level.

  • Nanoemulsion domain: outer hydrophilic shell + lipophilic middle for even wetting and slip across the fiber surface

  • Nanoliposomal domain: hydrogenated lecithin + phytosterol vesicles for alkaline‑robust delivery of hydrophilic actives toward the cortex

  • Nanomicellar domain: dynamic micelle/solubilization capacity for mid‑polarity actives and fragrance

Formulation Performance Observations

  • Supports multiple textures: thin serums, rich creams, thermo-gels (thin-in-bottle, thick-on-hair), or co-wash fluids depending on finishing modules

  • Delivers consistent spread through roots and dense textures; supports even, cumulative outcomes

  • Clean-rinse sensorial with strong wet-combing when paired with cationic polymers

  • Maintains nano-structure under pH shift and common hair-treatment add‑ons (reducers, cationics, odor-control modules)

Formulation Compatibility

  • Stable under high shear/ultrasonication in manufacture; robust to post‑add mixing

  • pH stability range (as base): ships ~5.9; validated post‑build to 8.5 (stress to 9.0) for mild‑alkaline treatments

  • Compatible with: cysteamine HCl (mild reducers), polyquaterniums/cationic guar, poloxamers (thermo‑gel), peptides/proteins, amino acids, humectants, silicones or silicone alternatives, zinc ricinoleate + cyclodextrin odor control, alkaline‑stable fragrance

  • Not recommended with: high ethanol loads; strong anionic surfactant systems as the primary cleansing base (use Cortex Cleanse variant for co‑wash)

Use Case Examples

  • Texture softeners (mild‑alkaline, cysteamine-based; thermo-gel or cream-gel)

  • Bond‑repair and strengthening masks (acidic/neutral; peptides/dimaleates/amino acids)

  • Smoothing/conditioning treatments and rich rinse‑out conditioners (with cationics; optional silicones)

  • Deep‑moisture masks and leave‑ins (HA/PCA/panthenol + proteins)

  • Scalp serums and post‑service rebalancing rinses (Cortex Cleanse variant)

  • Shampoo & Conditioners

  • +More

Notes on Customization

NanoBase™ Cortex can be modified into sibling variants to support: Fluid (serum‑light), Creme (richer mask), Cleanse (co‑wash/wash‑off), and Texture (mild‑alkaline focus), so brands can plug in actives and texture modules while retaining Cortex's three‑domain delivery and ready water phase.