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Hair gel just for shining
hi friends , will be a good idea to make hair gel with : carbomer , TEA , MPG , preservative and perfume ? just to give hair shining effect no more .
attending your advices @Perry @ngarayeva001 @Chemist77 @MarkBroussard @Gunther -
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Maybe a little water soluble silicone, those ones you mentioned wouldn’t impart any shine once dried. Or ethoxylated esters like ethoxylated jojoba esters.
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thanks @Chemist77 , MPG can in adequat % give shining effect , not?
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I doubt that and this is strictly my personal opinion based on my trials and experience.
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@Chemist77 i appriciate your opinion, if i make it i will tell about result. I’am thinking about a % of MPG between 5 and 10.
Actually i add it in hair wax and professionnel says that it improved shining effect . -
Actually i made the gel and the resultat of shining is quiet good however in addition to shining effect this gel has also smoothing effect.
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Depending on your definition of gel,
you can make a simple one with just a silicone dissolved in cyclomethicone.
Pretty shiny, smoothing and even a mild hold.
Some of them are already marketed as drops for hair split ends.
You can often buy premade 15% dimethiconol in 85% cyclomethicone gel, you can bottle it as is, or you can add more dimethicone/ol or cyclomethicone if you want it to be more or less viscous, respectively.Now, adding fragrance to a 100% silicone formulation may be challenging.
Let’s see what do the more experienced guys can suggest. -
Would merquat 3330 be a viable option for shine? I’ve been looking to add some gloss to a water based product I am formulating as well.
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@Gunther thanks for your proposition , so oil are not soluble in silicone if i understood you? and i want to know what do you think about articels wich said that using silicone close the fiber of hair so silicone is harmfull for hair.
@Dirtnap1 may be it can make shining effect if you can make your experience and tell us.
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@Perry @ngarayeva001 @Chemist77 @DAS @MarkBroussard have you any idea about how solving perfume in 100% silicone blend?
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I’m not aware of any studies that prove that silicones are bad for hair.
Most silicone bashing is based on pseudoscience.
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@Gunther actually silicone has many different products so may some are harmfull and some are not .
About solubilizing perfume maybe isopropyl mystirate can be an adequat solublizer in silicone blend according to a personnel resaerch. -
Fekkher there is this ester C12-15 alkyl benzoate which @chemicalmatt always mentions in his posts on such issues. Try it, may work better than IPM.
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Thanks @Chemist77
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