Hello guys, I'm trying to formulate a deep conditioner for an African textured hair...
Can you please take a look at this formula for me please 🥺
Looking forward to your help and advice. Thank you.
Water 72%
Cetyl alcohol 6%
Coco butter 0.5%
Coconut oil 2%
D-panthenol 1%
Btms 50 2%
PhenoX 1%
Frag 0.1%
Germall plus 0.5%
Lactic acid 0.5%
Glycerine 4%
Centrimonium 1%
Coco betaine 0.5%
Vit E 0.50%
Dimethicone 5%
Propyl G 1%
Aloe gel 0.50%
Wheat protein %
Comments
Do you think it will work well if I added Gelatin of about 1-2%
Do you think more emollient like shea/ olive oil will make a difference?....0.5%
I need so much slip in the conditioning mask.
Thanks again @ketchito your tips are really helpful.
Did you try your prototype already? Try it first with Dimethicone 3-4%, PQ-7 (10% w/w) at 1%, Cetyl alcohol 4-5% and without Phenoxyethanol. If you need more slip, you can start increasing the Dimethicone...and I wouldn't increase butters (they actually reduce slip) and natural oils (they just don't feel so nice on hair).
Also, I noticed you added coco-betaine. Any particular reason for that? It wouldn't be on my lineup of ingredients for a conditioner, which of course doesn't mean you can't use it.
I don't have pq-7 at the moment so I will have to wait.
I added the Coco betaine just to give it a lil more lather while washing out... But I guess it's not necessary it didn't make much of a difference.
You didn't say anything about the gelatin🥺
Would wheat protein be effective at just 1%?
Thanks for taking out time to attend to me♥️
Being not a fan of hydrolyzed proteins for hair products, I'm aware that the quaternized types have more affinity for hair fibers, so I'd use them instead (I remember Gluadin WQT P being a quaternized version of hydrolyzed wheat protein).