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  • what ingredients shall add to hair gel to make looks shine

    Posted by enzinhoo on February 12, 2019 at 7:44 am

    what ingredients shall add to hair gel to make looks shine on hair and also the product itself doesnt appear brilliant although i added mono propylene glycol and peg 400

    Chemist77 replied 5 years, 2 months ago 5 Members · 4 Replies
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  • Mary24

    Member
    February 12, 2019 at 11:31 am

    try polysorbate 80 to be added in ur formula 

  • Fekher

    Member
    February 12, 2019 at 1:18 pm

    @enzinhoo try silicones or C12-15 alkylbenzoate but may it will decrease the transperency of gel.

  • ngarayeva001

    Member
    February 12, 2019 at 3:11 pm

    PEG-8 Dimethicone adds some nice shine. But as Fekher said it reduces transparency (but not much).

  • Chemist77

    Member
    February 13, 2019 at 3:28 am

    Read on Aquastyle 300, this could be a good choice for overall performance enhancement. 

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