Crodamol STS (aka PPG-3 benzyl ether myristate, but I’m typing Crodamol STS instead!) is a PPG-ester that behaves a lot like our alkyl esters! It’s a great detackifier, good spreader, and dry feeling emollient. It offers good film forming abilities on our hair and skin, which is why it’s considered a silicone substitute for dimethicone....

PPG esters are known as polypropylene glycol esters, and they are (according to this link) “a mixture of propylene glycol mono- and diesters of saturated and unsaturated fatty acids derived from edible oils and fats. The products are produced either by direct esterification of propylene glycol with fatty acids or by transesterification of propylene glycol...