This document summarizes a seminar on hair conditioners presented by L. Purnachander. It defines hair conditioners and discusses their purpose, ideal properties, types, formulation, ingredients, method of preparation, and evaluations. There are three main types of conditioners - pack, leave-in, and ordinary conditioners. Key ingredients include surfactants, proteins, oily materials, humectants, thickeners, and glossers. Conditioners are formulated using various ingredients in specific concentrations and prepared via methods like melting and emulsification. Stability testing assesses properties like appearance, viscosity, and pH over heating/cooling cycles.

1. A
SEMINOR ON
HAIR CONDITIONERS
BY
L.PURNACHANDER
H NO:636216881040
COSMATIC TECHNOLOGY
Under the guidance of
Dr. G.GANESH KUMAR . M Pharm , PhD
Department of pharmacuitics
SRI KRUPAINSTITUTE OF PHARMACUITICALSCIENCES.
AFFILIATED TO OSMANIA UNIVERSITY.

3. CONTENTS…
➢INTRODUCTION & DEFINATION
➢PURPOSE
➢IDEAL PROPERTIES
➢TYPES OF CONDITIONERS
➢FORMULATION
➢METHOD OF PREPARATION
➢EVALUATIONS

4. INTRODUCTION
Hair conditioners are viscous liquid that is applied to the hair &
usually used after washing the hair with shampoo.
➢ Conditioners are based on cationic detergency &fatty
Material like lanolin (or) mineral oil.
➢ It is designed to restore hair to its natural state.
➢ it has the ability to repair damaged hair by providing shiny look
to the hair fiber.
➢ Hair conditioners restores the texture & appearance of the rough
& harsh hair.
➢ Hair conditioners are used to render the hair shiny ,easy to comb &
free from dryness.

5. PURPOSE OF CONDITIONERS
❖ Restore moisture is one of the main important purpose.
❖ Hair should be manageable after wash.
❖ Its vital role is to be smoothing the hair follicles.
❖ It should maintain the pH of the hair.

6. FUNCTIONS
Functions of
hair
conditioners
Provide
bounce
Smooth
&Soften
the hair
Non
irritant
Tighten
the cuticle Texture
Protective
sheath

7. TYPES OF HAIR CONDITIONERS
PACK
CONDITION
ERS
LEAVE
IN
CONDITIO
NERS
ORDIN
ARY
CONDITION
ERS

8. 1.PACK CONDIONERS
➢ It is heavy & thick.
➢ A high content of surfactant it is able to bind the hair structure and
give the hair surface scale together and tend to form thicker layer on
the hair surface.
➢ These are usually applied to the hair for a longer time.

9. 2.LEAVE IN CONDITIONERS
➢ They are thinner and have different surfactants.
➢ It is lighter and less viscous mixture and provide a significantly
thinner layer on the hair.
➢ This is designed to be used in a similar way to hair oil preventing
tangling of hair and keeps it smooth.

10. 3.ORDINARY CONDITINERS
➢ It combines some aspects of both packs and leave in ones.
➢ These are generally applied the use of shampoo.
➢ Further it can be characterized into three major types.
i. MOISTURIZER.
ii. RECONSTRUCTURES.
iii. DETANGLERS.

11. 1.MOISTURIZERS
❖ These are organic solvents concentrated with Humectants.
❖ Humectants is to retain the moisture into the hair.
❖ This conditioners may not contain protein.
2.RECONSTRUCTURES
❖ It contain protein for Hydrolization.
❖ Human hair keratin has a low molecular weight (mw).
❖ This protein penetrates the hair shaft and give a shiny hair.
3.DETANGLERS
❖ These are acidifiers & have low pH.
❖ The function is to close the cuticle of the
❖ hair which cause tangles.

12. INGRIDIENTS:

13. 1.SURFACTANTS:
➢ There is a use of cationic surfactants like cetyltrimethyl ammonium
chloride.
➢ Longer chain alkylcompounds are the best conditioning properties.
➢ In small amounts, quaternary ammonium derivatives improve
manageability , prevent fly away by neutralization negative charges in
the scalp.
➢ A wide variety of others cationic surfactants have been proposed &
introduced into conditioners.

14. 3.PARTIALLY OR TOTALLY HYDROLYZED
PROTIENS
❖ They are mainly used to protect , enrich or repair hair fiber.
❖ They are hydrolysates of collagen , keratin & milk casein..
❖ A cream rinse formulation containing 5% hydrolyzed animal protein
has been shown to repair 50% of split ends reverses 25% for the same
rinse without protein.

15. 3.OILY MATERIALS
➢ It is used to improve hair condition.
➢ Oily materials have been used to supply lubrication & luster.
➢ They help to reduce fiber friction & the abrasive effects of handling
& they improve the condition of hair.
➢ Silicon oil are often used.
➢ Lanolin derivatives are highly praised & used for emollient qualities .
➢ Hydroxylated & acetylated lanolin & lanolin ester ,

16. 4.GLOSSERS :
➢ They are light reflecting chemicals which bind to the hair surface.
➢ Usually polymers , silicones .Eg; Dimethicone (or) Cyclomethicone.
5.SUNSCREENINGAGENTS:
❖ It is added for the protection against proteins degrading & color loss.
❖ BENZOPHENONE -4 - ETHYL HEXYL METHOXY-
CINNAMATE are the two agents used in hair products.
❖ The common sunscreen used on skin are rarely used for hair products
due to their texture & weight effect.

17. 6.HUMECTANTS
❖ Humectant is a hygroscopic substance which is used to prevent the
dryness of the product.
❖ A variety of humectants are used are polyols , sod. pyrrolidone
carboxylate are used.
❖ Others are glycerol . p.g.
7.THICKNERS
❖ Cellulose derivatives are used as thickener agent.
❖ Carbomers are rarely encountered because of their incompatibility with
most cations.
❖ Eg. sodium chloride

18. INGREDIENTS CONCENTRATION (%) CATEGORY
Stearyl alcohol 0.6 % Base/Stiffening agent
Glyceryl monostearate 0.2 % Stabilizer
sodium chloride 0.2 % Thickening agent
Benzalkonium chloride 1.5 % Surfactant
Water 97.5 % Solvent
Perfume Quantity sufficient
Color Quantity sufficient

19. INGREDIENTS CONCENTRATION(%) CATEGORY
cetyl dimethyl
ammonium chloride
0.2 % Surfactant
Cocoamidopropylami
de oxide
2.0 % Conditioning agent
Propyleneglycol 5.0 % Clarifying agent
Hydroxy propyl
methyl cellulose
0.5 % Viscofier
Water Make up to 100 % Solvent

20. S.NO.
ingredients Concen
tration(
%)
category
1 Petroleum jelly 1.0 Humectant
2 Glycerol stearate 0.5 Emollient
3 Acetylated lanolin alcohol 2.5 Emulsifier
4 Stearyl alcohol 2.5 Viscofier
5 Cetyl tri methyl ammonium
chloride
2.0 Conditioning agent
6 water 1.0 Solvent
7 Perfume & preservatives Q.S

21.  Melt the cetyl alcohol in a jacketed side vessel.
 Heat to 70-750C. When both phases are at 70-75°C.
 Add the oil phase to the water phase with homogenization to
form an emulsion.
 When the emulsion has formed, commence cooling to 4O°C
with paddle stirring only.
 Add Preservatives and fragnance.
 Adjust pH and viscocity.

22. Stability testing of hair conditioner:The stability in accelerated conditionsof
sample was assessed using
 heating and cooling method (45° C, 24 hrs and 4° C, 24 hrs for 6 cycles) as
shown in Figure 1. The
 physical and chemical stability such as appearance, texture, color, odor,
viscosity, pH and phase
 separation were observed. The evaluation of physical and chemical propertiesof
sample was performed in Triplicat.
 The appearance, odorand separation were evaluated by visual method. The
viscosity was
 evaluated using a Brookfield viscometer (MLVT115, USA). The pH was
evaluated using a pH meter (ph 700, German).
 The colorof sample was investigated by colormeasurement (Miniscan EZ,
USA).

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