Hair Types and Required Specific Ingredients for Conditioning ...

Hair Types and Required Specific Ingredients for Conditioning ... Hair Types and Required Specific Ingredients for Conditioning ...

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With 10 panelists* rinseability wet comb wet feel dry comb dry feel bounce gloss body/volume antistatic ease to style weighing down directly weighing down later VARISOFT ® EQ 65 Pellets provides similar excellent conditioning properties like VARISOFT ® BT 85. Formula: rinse 0.5% Ceteareth-25 5.5% Cetearyl Alcohol 2.0% active quat pH = 4.5 -0.8 -0.6 -0.4 -0.2 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 CTAC no VARISOFT ® EQ 65 better difference better * conducted externally by an independent test institute Figure 18: Half-head test results – BTAC vs. VARISOFT ® EQ 65 20

Summary: Specific properties of conditioning agents for rinses Figure 19 gives an overview of the test results, the tested products and their specific properties and advantages. Overall, the most efficient conditioners to fulfil the needs of strongly damaged hair are VARISOFT ® BT 85 and VARISOFT ® EQ 65 Pellets. Other conditioning ingredients are recommended for special hair types and specific properties, such as VARISOFT ® W 575 PG for increased volume (list a specific property) for fine hair. Product Properties Dry comb Detangling/wet comb Wet feel Dry feel Gloss/shine Minimizes curl droop Body/volume Anti - fly - away Hair type Wash fastness Additional benefit Use level [%] VARISOFT ® 300 (Cetrimonium Chloride) O O O O X O All types Emulsifier 1.0 – 3.0 All types, VARISOFT ® EQ 65 Pellets also coarse, Environmental (Distearoylethyl Dimonium brittle, friendly, Chloride; Cetearyl Alcohol) X X O X damaged emulsifier 0.3 – 3.0 Coarse, VARISOFT ® BT 85 brittle, (Behentrimonium Chloride) X X O X O X damaged Emulsifier 0.2 – 2.0 VARISOFT ® 432 PPG (Dicetyldimonium Chloride) X X X O normal Emulsifier 1.0 – 3.0 Excellent emulsifier, VARISOFT ® TA 100 synergism: (Distearyldimonium Chloride) O X O X normal ABIL ® Quat 3474 1.0 – 3.0 VARISOFT ® W 575 PG (Quaternium-87) O O X X X fine No build up 1.5 – 2.5 VARISOFT ® PATC (Palmitamidopropyltrimonium Thickening in Chloride) O O X O All types surf. formulas 1.0 – 4.0 TEGO ® Amid S 18 All types Emulsifier, (Stearamidopropyl esp. fine synergism: Dimethylamine) X O O O X O hair ABIL ® Quat 3474 1.0 – 3.0 Self emulsifying, improves ABIL ® Soft AF 100 volume and curl (Methoxy PEG/PPG-7/3 All types, stability of Aminopropyl Dimethicone X X O fine hair org. quats 0.3 – 4.0 Synergistic with 0.2 – 3.0 ABIL ® Quat 3474 TEGO ® Amid S 18 (Quaternium-80) O O X X All types & ABIL ® Quat 3474 X = superior test results; O = positive test results Figure 19: Specific properties of conditioning agents for rinses 21

With 10 panelists*<br />

rinseability<br />

wet comb<br />

wet feel<br />

dry comb<br />

dry feel<br />

bounce<br />

gloss<br />

body/volume<br />

antistatic<br />

ease to style<br />

weighing down directly<br />

weighing down later<br />

VARISOFT ® EQ 65 Pellets<br />

provides similar excellent<br />

conditioning properties like<br />

VARISOFT ® BT 85.<br />

Formula: rinse<br />

0.5% Ceteareth-25<br />

5.5% Cetearyl Alcohol<br />

2.0% active quat<br />

pH = 4.5<br />

-0.8 -0.6 -0.4 -0.2 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8<br />

CTAC no VARISOFT ® EQ 65<br />

better difference better<br />

* conducted externally by an independent test institute<br />

Figure 18: Half-head test results – BTAC vs. VARISOFT ® EQ 65<br />

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