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Detangling and Conditioning Clear Shampoos

Developing clear shampoo systems that provide conditioning and detangling benefits to the hair can be a challenge. There are few ingredients available that can address these challenges.

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Evaluating Shampoo Foam

There is probably no personal care category that is more competitive than shampoos. With this in mind, formulators of shampoos are asked by marketing to develop products to both appeal to consumers and perform (whatever “perform” means).

Formulating Conditioning Shampoos

Conditioning shampoos came into being when in order to replace hair body that had been lost by frequent shampooing and conditioning, formulators sought to introduce ingredients that would be deposited on the hair during the shampooing process. This article addresses the basics and the most recent developments in formulating conditioning shampoos.

Alternative Ingredients for Sustainable Shampoo Development

In this article, several ingredients are reviewed for development of sustainable shampoo formulations. Some of the functional ingredients reviewed are plant-based alternatives to existing, petro sourced ingredients while others are mild, sulfate-free and/ or ethoxylate-free alternatives to existing surfactant systems, thickening solutions for challenging media based on naturally derived polymers and efficacy boosters that reduce the use of non-renewable actives with equal benefit for the consumer.

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Formula Anatomy Deciphered—Shampoos

The primary purpose of a shampoo is to clean the hair and scalp; all other attributes such as styling, conditioning split ends, adding shine and improving combability are accomplished by grooming tasks and used for claim purposes to differentiate a product from the competition.

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Foaming for Formulators: Coco-glucoside

Coco-glucoside is naturally derived from plant sugars and fatty alcohols, and has become increasingly popular as a foaming and cleansing agent in formulations due to its natural properties. In this column, the creation, composition and application of coco-glucoside are examined for proper formulating in personal care products, compared with other anionic surfactants.

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Arista Industries, Inc.’s Coconut Oil

This ingredient boosts hair and skin health via moisturizing, anti-inflammatory and softening properties.

New Shampoo Technologies: Between the Shock Waves

Though shampoo technology is not presently experiencing sudden and dramatic change, the author reviews several recent advances in materials, test methodology (combinatorial chemistry), and formulation approaches (structured surfactant technologies).

Deposition from Conditioning Shampoo: Optimizing Coacervate Formation

New techniques are being offered to produce formulations faster and more cost effectively than ever before. Researchers at the Institute for Formulation Science have addressed this challenge by developing robotic combinatorial techniques for the preparation and investigation of complex mixtures.

In this installment of 'Formulating on Trend,' the author explains with concern for water scarcity, consumers are choosing waterless cosmetics. The author explains formulating one of the most popular waterless forms, the shampoo bar.

Formulating on Trend: Shampoo Bar

In this installment of "Formulating on Trend," the author explains how water scarcity and eco-friendly practices have motivated consumers to choose waterless cosmetics. She breaks down the popular shampoo bar as an example.

Coconut-derived Hydrotropes for Natural Cosmetics

Colonial Chemical Inc. has launched two vegetable-derived replacements for petroleum-based hydrotropes to formulate natural personal care products.

Novel Shampoo Effects from Solvay

During in-cosmetics 2014, Solvay launched a conditioning solution created to meet market demands for silicone-free, sulfate-free, oil-based and oil-free shampoos. The system targets not the hair type, but the type of effect desired from shampoos.

Comparatively Speaking: CAPB from Coconut Oil vs. Fatty Acid

Anthony J. O'Lenick, Jr., explains that CAPB can be made from two different processes, one with coconut oil and the other with fatty acid, which create two potential differences that affect how the material works in a formulation.

Coconut-derived Surfactant for Natural Formulations

Colonial Chemical Inc. has added a surfactant derived from coconut to its line of nature-based personal care products.

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Colonial Chemical Inc.'s ColaDet COCO

ColaDet COCO is a concentrated, green, mild surfactant blend with each surfactant derived from vegetable sources

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Opacify Gels and Shampoos Naturally

Imerys launched a new natural mineral solution to impart opacity and whiteness to gel and shampoo formulas. ImerCare Opaque serves as an alternative to oil-derived opacifiers.

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Amika's Phantom Hydrating Dry Shampoo Foam

With a novel foam texture, this dry shampoo hydrates hair with seabuckthorn berry while rice, tapioca and corn starch remove product buildup.

Structured Surfactant Systems for High Performance Shampoos

Specialized surfactant systems that form multilamellar vesicles can be used to design high performance shampoos that outperform micellar formulas. These materials combine with and stabilize actives ranging from molecular to particulate, liquid to solid, and hydrophobic or cationic, to deliver them equally to damaged and virgin regions of hair to act where they are needed most.

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