The photodegradative effect of UV exposure on human hair is well documented. Continuous exposure to sun rays lightens hair color and makes human hair rough, brittle, and difficult to comb. UV rays damage the proteins of cuticles.
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.Milk amino acids consist of highly soluble amino acids derived from milk proteins made by a combination of enzyme and acid hydrolysis. It contains all the essential amino acids and can be viewed as a balanced treatment for the skin and hair.
Milk Lipids is a waxy-sold, refined natural milk lipid fraction that provides conditioning, emolliency, and moisturization to both skin and hair. It is a natural ingredient that gives the skin a soft, smooth, and pliable appearance.
Milk contains many proteins that have scientifically proven benefits on skin regeneration, cell renewal, and as active prebiotic. Also, milk proteins improve the stability of other important ingredients, as well as be a part of the delivery system enhancing penetration of active substances into the deeper layers of the skin.
Bee balm (Monarda Didyma) is native to North America and was discovered by the American Indians who called it Oswego; they used it as a remedy for colds, sore throats, and chest complaints and as a cure for dandruff and pimples.
N-Capryloyl Lysine is an amino acid-based functional powder derived from L-lysine that forms hexagonal flat crystals. It is insoluble in water and oils and is a texture modifier in pressed powder foundations.
Nettle (Utica dioica) extract contains minerals, vitamins, and phytohormones like histamine and leaves tonic, antibacterial, and revitalizing effects on the skin. Thus histamine-like action Nettle extract excites hair growth and improves the structure, shine, and softness.
Nonapeptide-1 is a synthetic
NosilFix is a technology for hair that creates an extremely pleasant, lightweight, invisible shield on the hair. It can help improve not only the immediate look and feel of hair but, as an active delivery system, also help absorb hair-nurturing ingredients and improve it with time.
Nymphaea Gigantea (Giant waterlily or Blue waterlily) is an aquatic perennial plant from the family Nymphaeaceae that is native to Australia. It is edible and grows in still-water bodies.
Ocimum Basilicum Extract is a light to medium amber liquid with a characteristic odor derived from the whole plant of Sweet Basil, also called Common Basil.
Octyldodecyl Oleate is an EcoCert-certified ester derived from olive oil used in skin/hair care applications and decorative cosmetics for its dispensing, emollient, and shining properties. It is a clear light yellow liquid, with a faint olive odor and non-greasy feel.
This large and delicately fragrant flower usually opens between six and seven o'clock in the evening, hence the name Evening Primrose (Oenothera Biennis).
Olive oil evens out dry, flaky, and rough skin while providing a soothing, moisturizing, antioxidant, and anti-inflammatory effect.
Olivoyl Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein (Olivoyl Glutinate) is a completely vegetable surfactant combining the exceptional fatty acid profile of Mediterranean olive oil (around 85% of unsaturated fatty acids and vitamin E) with vegetable proteins, extracted from wheat by gluten hydrolysis.
Orbignya Oleifera Seed Oil is a pale yellow liquid with a mild odor, an organically certified emollient developed from sustainable resources in the Amazon rainforest.
Orbignya Oleifera Seed Oil PEG-8 Esters is a hydro-dispersible ester based on Babacu (Babassu) oil. It is also known under the trade name Hydramazon Oleifera.
Orbignya Oleifera Seed Oil PEG-8 Esters is a hydroactive emollient that reduces skin defatting from surfactant systems.
Orchid (Orchis Mascula) was once a popular nutritious drink found in cafes on London's Fleet Street.
Oryza Sativa Bran Oil is a rice bran oil, a clear yellow to amber oily liquid. It is a good source of antioxidants, essential fatty acids, vitamins, unsaponifiables (3.5%), and other skin-nourishing compounds. It is an excellent ingredient for the treatment of dry and flaky skin.
Oryza Sativa Extract is a clear liquid, a natural ingredient derived from the “essence” of rice. It provides just what thirsty skin needs- substances known to be part of the Natural Moisturizing Factor of the skin. Corneometer tests proved it.
Palmitoyl glycine is a pearly delicate surfactant ingredient, a product of the condensation of palmitic acid with glycine amino acid. Derived from natural raw materials, it has unique characteristics:
Pantethine as an intermediate in the conversion of Pantothenic Acid (Vitamin B5) to Coenzyme A plays an important role in the metabolism of amino acids, carbohydrates, and lipids. Due to people’s lifestyle changes resulting i. a.
Panthenol is a provitamin of Pantothenic acid (vitamin B5), part of the B-complex group, is present in all living cells and is a constituent of coenzyme A. The critical function of this coenzyme is to act as a carrier in acetylation reactions (Krebs cycle).
Panthenyl Hydroxypropyl Steardimonium Chloride is a clear to stratified liquid, a conditioner that combines Provitamin B5, with a long-chain quaternary.
Panthenyl triacetate is an acetylated derivative of Vitamin B5 (Pantothenic acid or Panthenol), that is more stable against hydrolysis in the product and oil-soluble which enables incorporation in oil-based formulations.
Vitamin B5 (Pantothenic acid) is a precursor of the coenzymes involved in more than 100 different metabolic pathways including energy metabolism of carbohydrates, proteins, and lipids, and the synthesis of lipids, neurotransmitters, steroid hormones, porphyrins, and hemoglobin.
Papain is produced from the milky latex of all papaya parts but especially in the green, unripe fruits by scarification of the skin of the fruit and inducing latex flow.
Papain, one of the active enzymes in papaya, has antimicrobial properties. Papaya can help reduce edema, may discourage clotting, and promotes wound healing, and the active enzymes also mildly exfoliate the skin.
Passiflora Edulis Seed Oils PEG-8 Esters is a hydro-dispersible emollient based on natural oil from the passion fruit. It is also known under the trade name Hydramazon Passiflora.
PCA Dimethicone is an isomer of the natural moisturizing factor "PCA" covalently bonded to a silicone backbone. It is designed for easy addition to leave-on and rinse-off conditioning and cleansing products.