Hair Types and Required Specific Ingredients for Conditioning ...

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
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