Eco-friendly conditioning for natural hair care


Hair is an extension of our individuality, reflecting personal style and defining our entire look. Maintaining a more natural and healthy hair style is a trend that is growing with the movement to embrace all hair types and textures at the root. Whether treating wavy, curly or straight hair, conditioning is an essential part of our personal care routine to protect, revitalize and nourish the biomaterial that helps define us.

Minimal ingredients with good performance


Conscientious consumers desire more natural, simpler formulas containing few ingredients (perceived to be gentler on the scalp/hair) and products that are eco-friendlier and more sustainable, with a lower environmental impact.

The ethos of hair care brands focuses on transparent, traceable ingredients, minimalist labels to give consumers confidence in a product's content, biodegradability for peace of mind and responsible, proven formulations (energy/waste/materials). People want proof that the product works – and proof that the ingredients are more sustainable.

In a time overshadowed by so much uncertainty and questioning, proving the efficacy and credibility of products will gain consumer trust and increase the value of hair care products. Ingredient verification and product claims are becoming increasingly important to consumers. In hair care, there is tremendous pressure to provide consumers with the highly effective end results they want, while acting honestly and responsibly, both socially and environmentally.

Hair conditioner formulas for all textures & types


When given the choice, consumers primarily use hair care products formulated for their hair texture and style and expect them to deliver the desired result. The challenge is that – depending on the hair texture – products are not always readily available or explain how they can help. There is an opportunity for hair care brands to clearly explain how a product formula works for each hair texture and type. Segmenting hair products for suitability by hair length will appeal to those with longer hair as well as those with textured or curly hair, especially since hair looks and behaves differently at the roots than at the ends.

Different application methods are possible to condition the hair, make it supple and keep it looking healthy. Conditioners that stay in the hair or need to be washed out, hair oils and rich conditioning masks are common products on the market.

What are the most important factors in achieving healthy hair, frizz control and protecting hair against heat are key questions from the end consumer. As a result, hair should fall softly and feel smoothly, while having a great shine and look healthy and strong.

To meet the needs of consumers to protect the hair and the environment at its best, Univar Solutions offers a broad portfolio of different bio-based ingredients such as cationic surfactants, polymers, thickeners and waxes or conditioning agents to meet the varied needs of customers and to develop new innovations in the area of hair care and hair conditioning.

Eco-friendly bio-based cationic conditioning


Jaguar® Optima is a unique naturally-derived solution for oil-based and silicone-free shampoos offering conditioning performance even in sulfate-free formulations. It offers ease of wet and dry combing, quick rinse, and rich wet feel. This product helps achieve long-lasting clean, lightweight feel and soft, shiny, healthy-looking hair.

Eco-friendly bio-based cationic thickening


Jaguar® HP 120 COS is ideal for thickening solutions containing high alcohol or glycol content. It provides an emollient effect to the skin and can be used as a general purpose viscosifier for hydroalcoholic solution, oil-in-water emulsion stabilization and foam stabilization. This product is stable over a wide pH range and is compatible with electrolytes, polar solvents, glycols and alcohols.

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Eco-friendly bio-based thickening


CELLOSIZE™ PCG-10 is rapidly dispersible in cold water. It is a thickener that is compatible over a wide pH range, delivering pseudo-plastic rheology to end-use products. It is used in rinse-off and leave-on conditioners, conditioning shampoos and hair relaxers.

Bio-based polymer from corn for styling your hair


MaizeCare™ Style Polymer by Dow is bio-based polymer, derived from corn that allows flexibility in hair care styling from stiff hold to subtle definition and textures from waxes to sprays. It is also non-GMO. It is an easy to use powder, the aqueous dispersion forms a natural film with comparable performances to synthetic film formers, with added benefit of being non-hydroscopic for high humidity resistance.

From a renewable resource with good environmental profile, MaizeCare™ Style Polymer is biodegradable, 100% vegetable origin, Non-GMO source consequently awarded COSMOS by ECOCERT. His INCI: Hydrolyzed Corn Starch is listed in the Catalogue of Cosmetics Ingredients used in China

Natural quat-free conditioning


AminoSensyl™ HC by Inolex is a 100% natural, quat-free hair conditioning system for sustainable high-performance hair care. Its ecofriendly design provides a readily biodegradable cationic system that is safe and gentle to humans and non-toxic to aquatic life. AminoSensyl™ HC is derived from the essential amino acid, valine, which is naturally found in hair and skin, and Brassica Napus seed oil. The pre-neutralized combination of Brassicyl Valinate Esylate cationic amino lipid with Brassica Alcohol forms lamellar liquid crystals for ease of formulation and enhanced performance. INOLEX’s cutting edge amino lipid technology creates rich textures and deep moisturization for soft, weightless conditioning to smooth, define, and strengthen hair. AminoSensyl™ HC contains 100% biobased content as certified by the USDA BioPreferred® Program, is COSMOS approved, and is approved for use in NSF/ANSI 305 certified personal care products.

Natural conditioning emollient


Jaguar® Optima is a unique naturally-derived solution for oil-based and silicone-free shampoos offering conditioning performance even in sulfate-free formulations. It offers ease of wet and dry combing, quick rinse, and rich wet feel. This product helps achieve long-lasting clean, lightweight feel and soft, shiny, healthy-looking hair.

Bio-based gum blend for hair serum


DOWSIL™ PMX-1508 Fluid by Dow is a blend of an ultra-high viscosity dimethiconol in C13-15 alkane a bioderived, inherently primary biodegradable carrier for use in hair care, skincare, suncare and color cosmetic applications.  Key benefits:

  • Provides smoothness and slipperiness to hair
  • Conditions hair
  • Provides hair shine
  • Helps increase natural origin content of formulations (ISO 16128)
  • Heat protection
  • Inherently biodegradable carrier

For dry combing, measurements made with Dia Stron MTT175 combing device show that DOWSIL™ PMX-1508 Fluid as all gum blends significantly decrease total combing work compared to untreated hair (up to 90% reduction).

For shine, DOWSIL™ PMX-1508 Fluid provides the highest level of shine. Shine is impacted by carrier volatility level as shown below. Shine measurements on Caucasian hair were done with SAMBA Hair

Conditioning ester based on castor oil


BioEstolide™ 250 by Biosynthetic Technologies is a slightly heavy ester. It can be used in rinse off and leave in conditioners and hair masks for dry damaged hair and where moisturization is needed. Imparts a nice shine and helps protect the hair from thermal damage.

Look at the benefit of BioEstolide™ 250 applied in rinse-off conditioner and after thermal treatment on fine very curly hair, average density.

 

BioEstolide 250 vs Silicone Quat Microemulsion

 On fine very curly hair, average density after thermal treatment in comparaison to freshly shampooed hair:

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