Hair Care Ingredients AkzoNobel Amphomer Edge polymer (INCI Name: Octylacrylamide/ Acrylates/Butylaminoethyl Methacrylate Copolymer) helps provide the stiffness and high humidity resistance of AkzoNobel’s current Amphomer polymer but also offers improved long-lasting hold, durability and style retention. Formulated for high alcohol aerosol and nonaerosol sprays, the polymer keeps volume in place for over 24 hours. It also can be used in aqueous styling gels, mousses, creams and waxes, where strong, long-lasting hold is desired. Amphomer Edge polymer is compatible in high levels of hydrocarbon and/or dimethyl ether systems, which makes it a suitable selection for formulators, particularly in Europe and Asia, looking to develop global chassis hair spray systems. It tolerates heat up to 232°C (450°F), providing thermal protection and shielding hair from heat damage caused from flat irons and curling wands. Further, it offers a balance of hold and adhesion properties and a proven toxicology and safety profile that enables formulators to make an easy transition into existing formulations. Ashland Included in Ashland’s BiotHAIRapy biofunctional platform for hair are a series of five offerings, each targeting a specific aesthetic benefit. The Hair Stemness System—based on rice protein—may help mitigate the stress factors known to compromise hair growth capital. The Hair Fullness System—based on corn protein— may support better intercellular communications, a process essential for hair density. The Hair Keratin System—based on yeast extract—may contribute to structural proteins required for stronger, healthierlooking strands. The Hair Detox System serves as one of the first hair anti-aging solutions. Based on natural pea proteins, it may help preserve melanin in oxidative stress conditions. The Hair Melanin System, based on flax seed proteins, supported an increase in markers involved in melanin production within the hair follicle in ex vivo evaluations. Coast Southwest Endicare DP-530S (INCI: Polyethyloxazoline) is a water-soluble hair fixative polymer in easy-to-use liquid form. It is an economical alternative to PVP (Polyvinyl Pyrrolidone) or PVOH (Polyvinyl Alcohol) in both hairsprays and high clarity hair gels. It provides curl retention and thermal stability and is resistant to humidity. It is suitable for formulators who want to produce clear, high viscosity hair gels and can be used easily in emulsion formulations and in single phase and cold process systems. DSM DSM is further expanding into the global synthetic polyquaternium market with the launch of three new conditioning polymer members in its TILAMAR range: Polyquaternium-7, Polyquaternium-6 and Polyquaternium-22. Evonik Evonik has relaunched TEGO Cosmo C 100, an amino acid derivative identical to the natural creatine occurring in the skin. Creatine helps improve the mechanical properties of bleached and straightened hair and it protects hair against heat damage because it rebuilds and strengthens the hair structure of different ethnicities from within, by building electrostatic bridges. TEGO Cosmo C 100 helps improve the mechanical properties of stressed hair and protects it against heat damage by rebuilding and strengthening the hair structure from within. With the relaunch, Evonik offers an effective active ingredient that addresses the different challenges and requirements of various hair ethnicities and qualities and contributes to keeping the hair healthy and looking beautiful. In addition, TEGO Cosmo C 100 has global availability as it is already IECSC and SFDA registered. Wacker Hydroxytyrosol is a highly effective antioxidant and acts as a free-radical scavenger. As a result, it can protect hair from UV radiation induced damages, thus reducing color-fading and bleaching of hair. Thanks to Wacker’s patented process, the ingredient is now available as a nature-identical substance of greater purity, free of unwanted byproducts and with a defined amount of active ingredient. Marketed under the brand name HTEssence, it offers an enhanced cost-benefit ratio and is easy to process in hair care products. Hydroxytyrosol, 20 Spray July 2016
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