cationic polymers

#alltheingredients: Polyquaternium-11 – cationic polymer for hair and skin care products

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A bottle with polyquaternium 11 sits beside a beaker with a clear, thickened liquid on a digital scale.

Let’s meet this new-to-me cationic polymer, polyquaternium-11, a clear, viscous, odourless liquid conditioning ingredient that offers anti-static, film forming, skin conditioning, and hair conditioning properties along with improved curl retention that can be used in hair and skin cleaners as well as hair conditioners. Before we start… Check out my enormous hair chemistry & hair...

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#alltheingredients: Poly Suga Quat L-1010P (INCI: Polyquaternium 78) with formulas!

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This conditioning ingredient profile appeared in its original form in the e-book, Shiny things, volume 3: Things that distracted me, issued in November 2019. This is is the kind of material I share in these e-books – ingredient profiles, emollient profiles, other profiles along with formulas to show you how to use them.  Many are exclusive...

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Q&A: What can I substitute for polyquaternium 7 in a conditioner bar?

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In the December Q&A, Sherri asked, I was hoping to make conditioner bars for my girls’ stockings, but I’m almost out of polyquaternium 7, and my usual Canadian supplier is sold out. Are there any substitutions I can use? Quick note: I’ve started a Q&A post on conditioner bars that you’ll find pinned to the right...

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Creating an epic level rinse off conditioner: Altering the conditioning emulsifier

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Holy cow, I didn’t expect this to be a series, but here we are! If you want to catch up with what we’ve been discussing over the last week or so, here’s the list of links! CONFIRMED! Formula for an epic level rinse off conditioner with behentrimonium chloride #alltheingredients: ICE Conditioner or JEEQUAT® NDCS or...

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Polyquats! Let’s take a closer look at polyquaterniums or cationic polymers, plus an aside about -trimoniums

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I’ve written about this topic before – see this post – but I thought since I have so many more polyquats in my workshop, we should take a closer look at them.  What’s cationic polymer? A polymer is “Any of numerous natural and synthetic compounds of usually high molecular weight consisting of up to millions...

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