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anti-dandruff ingredients
In customer tests, I’ve found that tea tree oil appears to be an effective anti-dandruff agent at 0.1%, but even at that level the aroma is difficult to mask. Does anyone have any suggestions for alternatives / complements with antibacterial/antifungal activity? (Please don’t suggest zinc pyrithione, the whole idea is to get away from that stuff and have an effective, kinder, alternative to the horrible Head and Shoulders.
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Yes, Belassi … you might try Clary Sage Oil. While it will not mask the odor of Tea Tree Oil, the combination of Tea Tree and Clary Sage yields a nice woodsy, earthy aroma (my clients love it) and the Clary Sage will provide some benefits.
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Thanks for that, Mark. I’ll look into getting some immediately after the holiday. I was thinking of also trying say 0.5% monolaurin, although that will require going to a hot initial mix. It’s going to take a lot of testing. I think I will have to see if I can recruit a test panel somehow. The problem is once you fix their problem, they are no longer on the test panel (sigh)
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Hi Belassi,
I am Alamgir, newly joint in this forum i have been working as a R & D chemist in a newly start company in Dubai, i have seen your discussion on anti dandruff agent with Mark hence i would like to say why don’t you use climbazole, if you are not interested in zinc pyrithion.
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@ belassi what is so horrible with zink pyrithione?
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@alam: Thanks for the idea, but it’s not available in my market.
@David: Can’t make a clear with that, besides which, Head and Shoulders uses it, and I despise that product. H&S is cleverly formulated (in my opinion) to cause irritation (because of its use of SLS) which is then “cured” by the active ingredients. Good marketing but terrible for the consumer. -
so just piroctin olamine is left
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There are few anti dandruff blends are available in market from Bell Flavor & fragrances (BFF) which is mixture of herbal extracts & Anti dandruff -S (Ichthammol & pirocton olamine with hydrogenated castor oil) from Crodarom. you may find one of them in your market.
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