PQ-10: How the Industry Utilizes This Cationic Polymer

Cationic polymers are often used in shampoo and body wash formulations to provide conditioning and antistatic properties, and to aid in the deposition of other ingredients. Polymers of this type may be entirely synthetic or derived from bio-based renewable resources. The perceived benefits are delivered for both skin and hair due to these ingredients' substantive adsorption to the substrates.^{4, 5}