Different factors (hormonal, nutritional, seasonal, and environmental) influence hair growth and appearance. Any disequilibrium alters hair, making it dull, rough, porous, and breakable.
Hair conditioning
Conditioning is everywhere in hair care. Customers want to give their hair lubricity, feel, manageability, strength, and more. Each benefit results from the ingredient activity we call hair conditioning.
Here are some of the most exciting ingredients for providing conditioning effects. They have advanced performance properties that offer excellent conditioning for hair.
Hair conditioning ingredients are specialties that create unique, distinct, and beneficial features in hair care products—the kind of features that will help offerings stand out in customers' minds.
Phospholipids, quaternary, and natural ingredients are ideal for today's hair care applications. Mildness, substantivity, high performance, and multifunctionality are typical properties of modern hair conditioning ingredients.TPF Wheat Complex is a unique hydrating complex offering a combination of moisture-balancing wheat protein and film-forming properties that work synergistically to give hair better body control to improve the stress relaxation and elasticity of the hair.
Trametes Versicolor is a polypore mushroom grown on tree trunks and found worldwide. Trametes Versicolor Extract contains many biologically active substances, including polysaccharides, proteins, and free amino acids.
While there is no doubt that hormone levels are an important factor in hair loss, it is far from being the only one. In particular, the aging of the scalp can accelerate the process.
Triethylhexanoin is a triglyceride ester of 2-ethylhexanoic acid, a colorless, clear liquid soluble in many organic solvents. It is a unique emollient that imparts an elegant, light-skin feel and a powdery after-feel to formulations.
Trifluoromethyl C1-4 Alkyl Dimethicone is a clear liquid a fluoro silicone fluid containing trifluoroalkyl groups in its molecular structure.
Red Clover Blossom (Trifolium Pratense) is abundant throughout Europe and central and northern Asia, from the Mediterranean to the Arctic Circle.
Trimethylsiloxyphenyl Dimethicone is a clear viscous liquid that provides increased compatibility with cosmetic ingredients and chemical stability to oxidation.
Trimethylsilylamodimethicone is a silica-based polymer. It is a clear liquid with a low odor. It is a non-reactive amine functional fluid that is substantive and offers excellent wet/dry combing and softness to hair care products.
Triticum Vulgare Germ Protein is a natural ingredient derived from wheat germ. It is a multifunctional active for skin care applications and is valued for its tensor, smoothing, and moisturizing effects.
Triticum Vulgare Gluten is a natural non-hydrolyzed wheat protein from the grain's endosperm with remarkable hydrophobic properties. It exhibits preferential binding characteristics to damaged hair areas.
Triticum Vulgare Protein is a high molecular weight protein fraction received from soft wheat. Thanks to its film-forming and mechanical "lifting" properties, wheat protein provides a noticeable instant protective and anti-aging effect.
Triundecanoin (Glyceryl Triundecanoate) is a triglyceride derived from esterification undecanoic acid and glycerine. Fully refined and deodorized, it is a clear liquid with a neutral odor and excellent stability.
Make the skin particularly soft, prevent it from dehydrating, have a hygroscopic effect and refine the structure of the skin.
UTMF is an Ultra Thin Molecular Film that ensures the stabilization of the molecule against oxidation and enhances cutaneous absorption of active ingredients through the epidermis.
Vegetable Oil (Olus oil) is a nonionic vegetable-derived blend of fatty alcohols and triglycerides that provides excellent stability and is very easy to use. It is a natural body and alternative for paraffines in lotions and creams.
Lesser Periwinkle (Vinca Minor) is native to the Mediterranean region and may also be indigenous in more northern parts of Europe. It is grown as a groundcover plant in gardens.
Vinyl Caprolactam/VP/Dimethylaminoethyl Methacrylate Copolymer is a Polyvinylcaprolactam derivative used in alcohol-free styling products as a water-soluble film former and high-performance and exceptional fixative polymer with pseudo-cationic functionality.
Vitamin B5 is used as a wound-healing accelerator and a moisturizer. It widely used in pharmaceutical and cosmetic products.
Vitis Vinifera vine sap contains a balanced mix of nourishing compounds including sugars, amino acids, polyphenols, and minerals. It has a stimulating effect on the plant buds, but also revitalizes human skin cells providing energy, building blocks, and essential nutrients.
VP/Dimethylaminoethylmethacrylate Copolymer is a high molecular weight, a pseudo-cationic derivative of PVP that provide
VP/VA Copolymer is a Vinylpyrrolidone/vinyl acetate copolymer, a nonionic film-forming polymer for hair care applications. It is a white powder with a slight characteristic odor.
Wheat Amino Acids is derived by the complete hydrolyzation of wheat protein. Obtained amino acids and remaining short peptides small enough to penetrate the hair and robust sufficient to condition from the inside out!
Witch Hazel (Hamamelis Virginiana) Water is produced from branches harvested in the autumn, which are cut to the ground, but resprout, producing a new harvest in a few years. Portable chippers allow for on-site processing.
Yogurt Powder is a dry biotechnological ingredient with probiotic properties. In skin care applications, it helps to maintain a healthy microbial balance of the skin, suppresses the growth of harmful bacteria, and provides essential nutrients.
Yucca glauca is a bluish, green perennial found in the Mid and Western US. The leaves of the plant are long and stiff with a sword-like appearance. The plant can grow anywhere from two to four feet in height.
Rich in essential fatty acids, corn (Zea Mays ) oil helps keep the epidermis hydrated. Ideal for hair and skin care products aimed at those who are dry, mature, or damaged.
Zinc pyrithione is one of the most popular anti-dandruff ingredients contributing bactericide-fungicide action in shampoos, conditioners, and leave-on products. It is a dispersion of fine particles that enhances the anti-dandruff efficacy and cosmetic performance attributes.