Conditioning agents in shampoo
Why conditioning agents (oils, etc) and active ingredients (botanical extracts, etc) are added to the shampoo while they all wash off if cationic surfactant is not present?
I am confused whether to add active ingredients or not in my formulation. I want to add only those ingredients which would help.
I am confused whether to add active ingredients or not in my formulation. I want to add only those ingredients which would help.
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Ingredients like oils, vitamins and humectants will do little for the hair from a shampoo and are only added in shampoos for label claims.
It means there is no need to add oils and botanical extracts in the shampoo. Shampoos are made milder on the basis of mild surfactants only. These should be added in the conditioner only.
I don't want build-up on the scalp so I am afraid to add cationic polymers and silicones in my shampoo. But I have read that Guar hydroxypropyltrimonium chloride does not build up, is it true?
On the top of it I use conditioner with 5% of cetrimonium chloride, silicones and again Polyquaternium 10.
And I finish this routine with a very simple but extremely efficient detangler: 20% of dimethicone 1000 +80% of cyclomethicone. If after all of this I don't have a "build up" I don't know who would.
I use a clarifying shampoo 1-2 times a month to make sure there is no build up but to be honest I don't think it's even necessary.
But if you are worried so much, just add cationics and silicones to the conditioner and don't apply it close to roots.
As I am trying to make natural products, now I will consider to add isoamyl laurate (silicone alternative) in my shampoo.
Regarding natural products.. What detergents are you planning to use? The only so called natural that comes to my mind are glucosides. And they make terrible shampoo.
Soapnuts are very difficult to deal with as they are eyes' irritant, otherwise I guess it was the good natural cleansing option. I am planning to make shampoo using surfactants.
1 Quaternized silicones i.e. amodimethicone
2 Non-quaternized silicones like dimethicone or dimethiconol
3 Cationics like Polyquaterniums or quaternized guar
4 Cationics like Cetrimonium or Behentrimonium in a non-anionic (i.e. no SLES) surfactant formulas
5 Very mild or very low level of surfactants so they strip less oils from hair (but they won't clean and foam as well)
6 Co-wash (washing your hair with conditioner)
Everything truly natural is just doomed to fail as it will go down the drain in rinse off products.
Albeit they may do something in leave-on products i.e. coconut oil applied on hair.
I have read it provides good mild cleaning. I have used oats powder for washing my face and I feel it works well.
May I ask what the surfactants were like? SLES?
May I ask how did you add fragrance to this silicones only formula?
I actually added 0.3% of lavender EO to that silicone blend. It made it slightly cloudy (really insignificant) but it’s for my use, so doesn’t matter. It doesn’t separate. I have been using it for several months already.
What did you use to thicken it? Crothix?
Yes I used crothix for thickening it. CDEA and Polyquat 10 are important for this formula because they add viscosity.
Esaflor ec4 is guar hydroxypropyl trimonium chloride vc 3500-4000.
I don't have any viscosity builder available except for what I told u.
And for peg6 Caprylic Capric triglyceride,, is it better or cetiol HE7?
I am trying it and I hope to reach something good.