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  • Query on Hair Conditioner

    Posted by mikethair on September 21, 2017 at 6:19 am

    I have a query on the hair conditioner list of ingredients below:

    In this particular list, what could be the function of the Isopropyl Alcohol? Is it there to help dissolve another ingredient? I’m just wondering which ingredient. Perhaps the Burdock? From my experience with the other ingredients there should not be any particular solubility issues?

    Thanks

    Water (Aqua), Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Cetyl Alcohol, Cetrimonium Chloride, Sesamum Indicum (Sesame) Seed Oil, Glycerin, Adansonia Digitata Seed Oil (Baobab), Equisetum Arvense Extract (Horsetail), Arctium Lappa Root Extract (Burdock), Urtica Dioica (Nettle) Leaf Extract, Citrus Tangerina (Tangerine) Peel Oil, Citrus Nobilis (Mandarin Orange) Peel Oil, Lavandula Angustifolia (Lavender) Oil, Vanillin, Tocopherol (Vitamin E), Isopropyl Alcohol, Citric Acid, Phenoxyethanol, Benzyl Alcohol,

    OldPerry replied 7 years, 3 months ago 4 Members · 3 Replies
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  • Bill_Toge

    Member
    September 21, 2017 at 7:04 am

    given that it’s near the end of the list, it’s probably a residual solvent from one of the other ingredients (possibly vanillin?)

  • DRBOB@VERDIENT.BIZ

    Member
    September 21, 2017 at 6:12 pm

    most certainly coming in with extracts which must be at a very low level

  • OldPerry

    Member
    September 21, 2017 at 8:35 pm

    I agree.  It’s a solvent for one of the feature ingredients.

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