Ease of combing the hair??

Posted by filiz on April 26, 2021 at 7:33 am

Hello everyone,

I’m working on some shampoo formulations but I could not provide ease of combing the hair. Do you have any suggestions about this problem?

There are chemicals which is used in formulations:

*Polyquertenium-10
*Cocoamidopropyl Betaine
*Sodium Laureth Sulfate
PEG-40 Hydrogenated Castor Oil (and) PEG-7 Glyceryl Cocoate (and) PEG/PPG-120/10 Trimethylolpropane Trioleate (and) Glycerin (mix)*
Glycol Disterate, Sodium Laureth Sulfate, Cocamide MEA (mix)*

Thank you

stanley replied 2 years, 9 months ago 6 Members · 8 Replies

8 Replies

ngarayeva001

Member
April 26, 2021 at 11:26 am

combination of ingredients is fine, probably something is wrong with %
filiz

Member
April 27, 2021 at 6:35 am

Ah thanks @ngarayeva001

How many % should I use polyquertenium-10 ?
ngarayeva001

Member
April 27, 2021 at 8:57 am

polyquaternium-10 inci includes a variety of different products. some are more cationic than others, so there is no simple answer.
bill_toge

Member
April 27, 2021 at 10:04 pm

for shampoos you only need 0.1 - 0.2% for high molecular weight grades of PQ10

the order of addition is also a critical detail; you need to add cationics first, followed by amphoterics, followed by anionics

adding them out of order results in the formation of gummy insoluble ineffective salts
abdullah

Member
April 28, 2021 at 12:31 am

@Bill_Toge EDTA is also anionic and not compatible with cationic surfactants. So how does that effect PQ10?
JOJO91343

Member
May 29, 2021 at 10:06 pm

You may try to change the surfactant system in a small lab batch and keep pH in the acidic range (4.5 - 5.0) for better cleansing and better hair conditioning (Try first on volunteers from different ethnic background because this pH range may not be suitable for all of them in case if some of them used to have hair loss on periodical bases. They may need to treat their hair loss first):
Lauroyl / Myristoyl Methyl Glucamide (Co-emulsifier): 14%
Cocobetaine (Amphoteric): 14%
Sodium Cocoyl Glutamate: 7%
The pH range and The Surfactants Ratio shouldn’t cause any hair loss, but, if the people were experiencing Hair Loss before applying your formula and they didn’t notice it, they may think that your formula is the reason for their Hair Loss)
Good Luck
JOJO91343

Member
May 29, 2021 at 10:34 pm

This link will help explain my point
https://search.yahoo.com/search?p=The+best+ph+range+for+hair&fr=yset_widemail_chr_win&type=default
stanley

Member
July 13, 2021 at 8:01 pm

To whom is your products directed to?