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Anonymous posted this as a comment…When you say “astringent” it makes me think “drying out” – but that’s not the case with “astringent” oils and butters? I used to think I liked drier lotions too until recently. I find they don’t leave the (greasy, if you will) layer that I guess I like! But I...
So what have we learned by taking a look at the ingredients in heat protecting hair care products?What was the same? Each product contained dimethicone, water soluble or oil soluble, in differing amounts. Each contained conditioning agents, usually as a cationic quaternary polymer as opposed to an intense conditioner as a cationic quaternary compound (like...
Let’s take a look at another heat protecting hair care product – ghd Thermal Protector. Like the Nexxus product yesterday, this is a water based product. Ingredients: Water, SD Alcohol 40-B, Sodium Polystyrene Sulfonate, Propylene Glycol, Polysorbate 20, Aminomethyl Propanol, AMP-Acrylates/Allyl Methacrylate Copolymer, Benzophenone-4, Butylene Glycol, Citric Acid, Cocodimonium Hydroxypropyl Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein, Helianthus Annuus...
This is a change from the last two products in that the Nexxus (etc.) is water based! Let’s take a look at the ingredient list. (Be warned, it’s huge!) Ingredients: Water (Aqua), Amodimethicone, Glycerin, Propylene Glycol, PEG 12 Dimethicone, PVP, Fragrance (Parfum), Polysorbate 20, Cetylpyridinium Chloride, DMDM Hydantoin, Trideceth 12, Cetrimonium Chloride, Benzophenone 4, Triethanolamine,...
Let’s take a look at another heat protecting hair care product. Bio Silk’s Silk Therapy contains…Ingredients: Cyclomethicone, Dimethicone, SD Alcohol 40-B, C12-15 Alkyl Benzoate, Ethyl Ester of Hydrolyzed Silk, Panthenol, Phenoxyethanol,Methylparaben, Propylparaben, Parfum (Fragrance). Hexyl Cinnamic Aldehyde, Benzyl Benzoate, Linalool, Gamma Methyl Ionone, Citronellol, Lilial, Hydroxy Citronellol, Geraniol, Eugenol We know about cyclomethicone and dimethicone....