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improving the shine in hair styling gel

Posted by lopamudra on April 4, 2015 at 5:59 am

Hi…

I have tried out a hair styling gel using Carbopols and acrylates…but on evaluation the shine that it imparts to the hair strands is poor…I have tried DC 193 and 5330 for imparting shine but that makes my formulae turbid….any help???

CosChemFan replied 9 years, 8 months ago 4 Members · 5 Replies
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belassi

Member
April 4, 2015 at 6:46 am

Try a water dispersible silicone such as Silsense DW-18.
lopamudra

Member
April 4, 2015 at 7:15 am

thanks for the suggestion ,will definitely try it but just a query…how is a water dispersible sillicone not going to make the system hazy..
belassi

Member
April 4, 2015 at 2:51 pm

Because it is perfectly miscible and forms a clear solution.
Bill_Toge

Member
April 4, 2015 at 5:10 pm

if it’s the genuine article, DC193 shouldn’t cause a gel to go cloudy like that; hell, in the past I’ve used it at 2% and not had any issues with clarity
CosChemFan

Member
April 6, 2015 at 9:53 pm

I use PEG-8 Dimethicone. It adds shine and great sensory. I use it at 2% as well and the gel is clear, but it leaves a weird slick feeling film on hair. It also takes away the tacky feeling feeling that the gel leaves.

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