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Conditioner formula needs more detangling- suggestions please
Hello!
I am trying to make a conditioner formula that leaves the hair very soft, smooth, detangled, and great shine. I want the conditioner to be thick, but very slippery, as I have very tangly dry hair. I have tried this formula and used it twice. Here are the issues- not detangling enough and my hair is soft, but not as soft as I would like. Hair does feel smooth however. This is a conditioner that would be used once a week. Suggestions?
Here is the formula
Behtrimonium Chloride- 2.3%
cetyl alcohol- 4%
ceatryl alcohol- 3%
shea butter- 2%
Centrimonium Chloride- 2%
dimethicone- 2%
preservative- .5%
citric acid- .2%
fragrance- 1%
glycerin- 1%
water-q.sI have considered adding amodimethicone, upping the centrimonium chloride, adding a second conditioning agent (BTMS-50), increasing the dimethicone, or reducing the fatty alcohol content
What are your thoughts?
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7 Replies
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behentrimonium chloride is far more better than cetromonium
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Be careful not to overdose the cationic - especially mixed ones. Cationic overload can give products some very unpleasant wax-like coatings on hair which can be difficult to remove.
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yes but how can i increase the detangling? I added the CETAC for detangling, but it seems not to be enoough
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You could conduct a knockout experiment.
I suspect the shea butter is actually reducing the detangling effect of other ingredients. Often you can improve formula function by removing ingredients.
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@Perry never thought about removing the shea butter. would an ester provide more slip in place if the shea butter? perhaps fractionated coconut oil or IPM?
I was actually trying to mimic this conditioner
Water/Eau/Aqua, Cetyl Alcohol, Behentrimonium Chloride, Cetrimonium Chloride, Dimethicone, Isopropyl Myristate, Glycerin, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea Butter), Cetearyl Alcohol, Fragance/Parfum,
Dorago Officinalis (Borage) Seed Oil, Hippophaea Rhamnoides (Sea Buckthorn) Seed Oil, Panthenol, Tocopheryl Acetate, Ctric Acid, Methylchloroisothiazolinone, Methylisothiazolinone, Butyphenyl Methylproponial, Limonene, Hydroxycitronellal, Hydroxyisohexyl 3-Cyclohexene Carboxaldehyde, BCC12-Basethis conditioner has alot of slip. i guess it thought that replacing the IPM for more shea butter wouldn’t have a big difference. I know they are nothing alike, i thought the shea butter was “better for hair”. everything elimanated I didn’t think was essential.
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My new guess at the formula I am going to try. hopefully with the addition of the ester and less shea butter there will be more slip
Behentrimonium chloride- 2.5-3%
Cetyl alcohol- 5%
CETAC- 2%
Dimethicone- 2%
IPM-1.5%
Glycerin- 1%
Shea butter-.5%
Cetearyl alcohol- .5%
fragrance-.5%
preservative- .5%
water- q.s -
That looks like a reasonable guess.
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