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  • Color lock

    Posted by David on September 16, 2016 at 10:55 am

    A shampoo from Fudge claims the following:

    1. Protects
      hair colour for up to 25 washes
    2. Colour
      shield technology which locks in, maintains and enhances colour
    3. Makes
      hair lustrous and vibrant
    4. Combats
      fade with specially formulated colour retention ingredients

    Claim 1,3 and 4 are straight forward but is something special needed for claim 2? I mean in terms of testing? Can you call any shampoo where the color stays on the hair more than one washing  “locked in by shield technology”?

    Ingredients:
    Aqua (Water), Disodium Laureth Sulfosuccinate, Cocamidopropyl Betaine, Cocamide MEA, Dimethicone, Parfum (Fragrance), Phenoxyethanol, Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer, Glycol Distearate, PEG-12 Dimethicone, Sodium Chloride, Decyl Glucoside, Polyquaternium-10, Laureth-4, Glycerin, Amodimethicone, PEG-250 Distearate, PEG-120 Methyl Glucose Dioleate, Benzyl Alcohol, Propylene Glycol, Potassium Sorbate, Polyquaternium-7, Laureth-23, Butylene Glycol, Citric Acid, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Extract, Sodium Benzoate, Hydrolyzed Lupine Seed Extract, Methylisothiazolinone, Tocopherol, 1,2-Hexanediol, Caprylyl Glycol, Benzoic Acid, Limonene, Butylphenyl Methylpropional, Aqua (Water), Cetyl Alcohol, Stearyl Alcohol, Behentrimonium Chloride, Dimethicone, Glycerin, Phenoxyethanol, Parfum (Fragrance), Amodimethicone, Isopropyl Alcohol, Cetrimonium Chloride, Polyquaternium-10, Hydroxyethylcellulose, Benzyl Alcohol, Potassium Sorbate, Laureth-23, Laureth-4, Citric Acid, Hydrolyzed Lupine Seed Extract, Methylisothiazolinone, Tocopherol, 1,2-Hexanediol, Caprylyl Glycol, Sodium Benzoate, Benzoic Acid, Limonene, Butylphenyl Methylpropional

    Microformulation replied 8 years, 2 months ago 5 Members · 5 Replies
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  • johnb

    Member
    September 16, 2016 at 12:52 pm

    The think I would do here is disguise myself as a consumer and ask the manufacturer.

    You can have a lot of fun this way!

  • Bill_Toge

    Member
    September 16, 2016 at 6:57 pm

    the only thing that might do it is amodimethicone, which is a film former and substantive to hair - I wouldn’t call it a “colour shield” myself, but then again I’m not a marketing person

  • Microformulation

    Member
    September 16, 2016 at 7:02 pm

    I worked on a similar product and it is actually deceptively simple, nit based on Chemistry (with the exception of the film former) and based 99% on marketing. The thought process was “sulfates strip the color, therefore my sulfate free shampoo protects the hair color.” I swear to all, it was this simple and marketing based.

  • belassi

    Member
    September 16, 2016 at 8:05 pm

    We have found no discernible difference between sulphate-free and ‘normal’ shampoo regarding colour protection.

  • Microformulation

    Member
    September 16, 2016 at 8:06 pm

    @Belassi You are thinking like a reasonable, evidence based Formulator, not a Marketer! lol I agree. I thought the Science was spotty but we were “invited” to not over think it.

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