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Water-soluble Hair Styling Polymers
Tips: Apply hair styling products when hair is at least half dry to prevent over dilution from wet hair.
Mousses and hair sprays are easiest forms to distribute throughout fine hair without weighing it down.
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Polyquaternium 4
Acrylates Copolymer
PVP/VA Copolymer
PVP Chitosan
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Typically applied to wet hair to help create volume and provide styling hold during drying process and when dry by:
o forming bonds between hair strands
o coating hair strands to add stiffness
o increasing hair-to-hair friction and fullness
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Hair Gels:
o Pantene Pro V Volume Gel
o Aussie High and Mighty Gel
o Herbal Essences Citrus Lift Extra Hold Foaming Gel
Mousses:
o Pantene Extra Fullness Mousse
o Aussie Real Volume Mousse
o Herbal Essences Citrus Lift Max Hold Whip It Up Mousse
Hair Sprays:
o Pantene Thickening Spray
o Aussie Real Volume Root Lifter
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Alcohol-soluble Hair Styling Polymers
Tip: Aerosol hairsprays typically provide the smallest particle size droplets and are the most weightless with strong hold.
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Acrylates Copolymer
Octylacrylamide/acrylates/
butylaminoethyl
methacrylate copolymer
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Usually applied to dry hair to set style by forming bonds between hair strands.
Low water solubility provides more humidity resistance to hold.
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o Herbal Essences Citrus Lift Flaunt It Finishing Mist
o Aussie Real Volume Aerosol Hairspray
o Pantene Full & Thick Extra Fullness Hairspray
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Anti-dandruff Shampoo Active Ingredients
Tip: Never follow your anti-dandruff shampoo with a cosmetic shampoo. This can remove up to 65% of your dandruff protection ingredients.
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Pyrithione Zinc
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Anti-dandruff compound which eliminates flaking and creates healthy environment for hair growth.
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o Head & Shoulders Shampoo
o Neutrogena TGel Healthy Defense
o Pantene Anti-dandruff shampoo
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Shampoo Surfactants
Tips: Look for shampoos that also contain Polyquaternium 10, a light detangling aid that helps provide volume when hair is dry.
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Ammonium Laureth Sulfate
Ammonium Lauryl Sulfate
Cocoamidopropyl Betaine Sodium Lauroyl Sarcosinate
Cocamide MEA Lauramine Oxide
Sodium Lauryl Amphoacetate Cocamidopropyl Betaine
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Removes dirt, sebum and styling products from hair.
Creates and sustains lather.
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o Pantene Full & Thick Shampoo
o Pantene Sheer Volume Shampoo
o Aussie Real Volume Shampoo
o Herbal Essences Citrus Lift Uplifting Shampoo for Fine Hair
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Hair Conditioner Ingredients
Tip: Rinse-off conditioners or spray-in conditioners are usually the best choice for fine or thinning hair. Avoid leave-in conditioners which tend to weigh fine hair down.
Apply rinse-off conditioner to ends of hair avoiding root area for most volume.
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Cetyl alcohol, stearyl alcohol
Quaternium, Stearmidepropyl dimethylamine, Ditallowmethyl Ammonium Chloride
Pro B Vitamins, amino acids: Panthenol, Pantethine, panthenyl ethyl ether, tyrosine, lysine, histidine
Dimethicone, cyclomethicone, cyclopentacyloxane
Polyquaternium, Hydrolyzed protein, Keratin Amino Acids
Oil Emollients: Mineral oil, Glycerin, Propylene Glycol, Natural Oils, petrolatum
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Gives smooth hair feel and improved moisture retention.
Charge dispersal helps reduce static and makes hair easier to comb.
Deep penetration into cortex improves moisture retention for strength and elasticity.
Creates smooth hair feel, reduces friction, makes combing easier.
Positively charged and preferentially attracted to areas of damage, also fortifies damaged areas, can add volume.
Moisturizes hair and makes softer.
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Gives smooth hair feel and improved moisture retention.
Charge dispersal helps reduce static and makes hair easier to comb.
Deep penetration into cortex improves moisture retention for strength and elasticity.
Creates smooth hair feel, reduces friction, makes combing easier.
Positively charged and preferentially attracted to areas of damage, also fortifies damaged areas, can add volume.
Moisturizes hair and makes softer.
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