Personal Care Specialties

Ingredients for Beauty™

Coast Southwest, Inc. is the region’s foremost distributor of personal care ingredients and other specialty chemicals.

Coast maintains its leadership position by providing the most comprehensive and diverse product line in the business. From ammonium lauryl sulfate and acai palmberry to zinc stearate, we can supply about any raw material for hair care, skin care, or cosmetics.

We also know how important cutting edge cosmetic science is to our customers’ new product strategies. Our team scours the globe searching for unique sources of innovation and technology so we can deliver that right new ingredient. We can spark the imagination of our customer’s research and development teams without burning a hole in their budgets.

So if you are looking for that latest special ingredient, or maybe even a commodity, Coast Southwest has all the Ingredients for Beauty.

Endicare™ ETP innovative liquid dispersion polymers are highly effective and easy to use. The ETP series was developed specifically for cosmetic and personal care products.

Z-Care™ is a new botanical solution for oily, inflamed, and acne-prone skin. Z-Care™ is aimed at the inflammatory triggers and the inflammation itself without the drying effect that many acne products produce.

Alguard™ is an anti-aging skin active shield from red micro-algae that protects and beautifies skin. Alguard™ has no scent. Formulators don't have to use a high percentages of this product to achieve results.

Créations Couleurs® provides amazing color pigments and an extensive range of performance ingredients for skin and sun care. These lines deliver innovation, anti-aging and color in very creative ways.