American Indians used Witch Hazel (Hamamelis Virginiana) in skin solutions and applied compresses externally to soothe inflammations, burns, infections, inflamed eyes, and body aches.
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.Hawaiian white ginger (Hedychium Coronarium) has been used internally and externally as a cleansing agent. Hedychium Coronarium has been considered useful in stimulating circulation and relieving muscle soreness and stiffness.
The scientific name of the genus, Helianthos, comes from two Greek nouns--helios for “sun” and anthus for “flower”. Sunflower (Helianthus Annuus) seeds number about 650 to an ounce and are used for their oil in cooking.
Herbasec® MPE Sebostat is composed of three plant extracts specially chosen for their sebum-regulating properties. Independent laboratory data support its efficacy.
Anthocyanocides in hibiscus has astringent, anti-inflammatory, and free radical scavenging, as well as enzyme inhibition properties to bring to natural skincare products.
In the Far East, the Chinese Hibiscus (Hibiscus Rosa-Sinensis) was the source of a black dye used for various purposes, from blackening shoes to tinting women's hair and eyebrows.
HMA Conditioner is a complex developed to improve hair conditioning effect, shine, and protect dye color. It encapsulates vitamin B5, silicone DC 200, and polyquaternium.
HMA has been developed as a delivery system for hair with excellent substantivity and coacervation techniques.
HMA Silky is a botanical complex that provides breakage resistance for hair. Due to unique coacervation technology, it acts as a hair micro-adhesive.
Hydrogenated Castor Oil/Sebacic Acid Copolymer is a polymer derived from natural raw materials and designed to seal down hair cuticles that were damaged by coloring, bleaching, or any other process that requires lifting of the cuticle.
Excellent wetting capabilities of Hydrogenated polydecene are ideal for suncare and make-up applications and complete innocuousness - ideal for babies and sensitive skins.
Hydrogenated Polyisobutene is a modified synthetic polymer. It is a clear, water-white, viscous liquid without odor. Its viscosity, flash point, and specific gravity depend on the average molecular weight (polymerization level), which ranges from 350 to 1300 Daltons.
Hydrolyzed Barley Protein is a protein hydrolyzate obtained from food-grade Golden Barley (Hordeum jubatum). It is carefully hydrolyzed without the addition of enzymes to preserve its unique characteristics.
Hydrolyzed Chestnut Extract is an active ingredient developed for hair care obtained from organically grown Castanea sativa fruits (chestnut).
It can improve both hair manageability and skin smoothness. In addition, hydrolyzed collagen has unique water-binding and texturizing properties, which enable it to bind to the water held by the hair shaft.
Vegetable proteins may be extracted, solubilized, purified, and supplied as light-colored, good clarity, low ash solutions.
Studies showed that elastin fragments activate skin fibroblast and boos extracellular matrix components production, including collagen and elastin.
Many manufacturers hydrolyze (divide long chains) mucopolysaccharides derived from natural sources like shrimp shells. Those hydrolyzed glycosaminoglycans are perfect-matching and ready-to-use building blocks for skins' own dermatan and hyaluronan production.
Hydrolyzed/oligomeric hyaluronic acid can penetrate into the deepest skin layers and store the moisture there in a targeted manner. The skin image is upholstered.
Hydrolyzed Jojoba Esters are
Keratin is made up of fibrous proteins rich in sulfur-containing amino acids, an essential component present in skin, hair, and nails. Hydrolyzed keratin is a mix of peptides and amino acids obtained from the controlled bio- or chemical hydrolysis of proteins from natural origin.
Hydrolyzed Linseed Seed is a hydrolyzed protein derived from Flax (Linseed - Linum Usitatissimum). It imparts benefits to skin and hair care products and is particularly suited to products based on natural concepts.
Hydrolyzed Lupine Protein is a clear light-yellow or orange-yellow solution with a characteristic odor.
Hydrolyzed Milk Protein is a biotechnology-derived ingredient that contains milk peptides and is rich in the amino acids cysteine and methionine and in Vitamin B6. It has sebum-regulating, nourishing, and skin barrier-repairing properties.
Oats are an excellent source of manganese and selenium – which may assist in building strong bones and promoting a healthier immune system; phosphorous; B Group Vitamins; magnesium; zinc, and dietary fiber.
Hydrolyzed rice protein is a versatile alternative to cosmetic grade proteins, carefully processed to yield a low odor and color product, which is freely soluble in water.
Hydrolyzed silk is a fragmented silk protein, peptides, and amino acids. "Smooth as silk" is a phrase that conveys sensuousness and elegance as no other words can.
Hydrolyzed Silk PG-Propyl Methylsilanediol Crosspolymer is a hybrid polymer created from the fusion of hydrolyzed silk peptides and silicone as a backbone.
Hydrolyzed Sweet Almond Protein is an enzymatic or chemically hydrolyzed protein extracted from sweet almond seeds. Its aqueous solution is a clear amber-yellow liquid with a slight odor.
Hydrolyzed Vegetable Protein is a general name for enzymatically or chemically hydrolyzed grain proteins extracted from various sources, including oats, wheat, maize, and soybean. It is compatible with almost all compounds used in personal care products.