Abstract

Having beautiful, healthy hair has always played an important role in society. Not only that, but when people arehaving a good hair day, they feel on top of the world. Even so, choosing hair care products, consumers don’t just look forconditioning and performance anymore; wherever possible, they also prefer environmentally compatible formulations that donot contain ingredients such as silicones and are in line with the eco-ethics trend. To help manufacturers create productsaligned with the trend and still make every day a good hair day for consumers, Cognis Care Chemicals offers acomprehensive range of ingredients based on natural, renewable raw materials. For instance, a transparent microemulsion toboost conditioning performance, a micronized wax dispersion for the use in shampoos with professional conditioning and antihair-breakage benefits, and an emollient that offers an alternative to cyclic silicones and is eligible for numerous eco-labels.