What can you do to prevent static, flyaway, self-repellent hair?
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Modified on: Wed, 27 Mar, 2024 at 9:21 AM
"The symptoms you are describing relate to cationic build-up, which can be caused by cationic conditioning agents that might be present within your products. Therefore, you might be missing a strong surfactant in your routine, such as sulfate, that would help to remove this product build-up.
Cationic ingredients include:
- Stearalkonium chloride
- Cetrimonium chloride
- Cetrimonium bromide
- Behentrimonium methosulfate
- Behentrimonium chloride
- Benzalkonium chloride
- Cinnamidopropyltrimonium chloride
- Cocotrimonium chloride
- Dicetyldimonium chloride
- Dicocodimonium chloride
- Hydrogenated Palm Trimethylammonium chloride
- Lauryltrimonium chloride
- Quaternium-15
- Quaternium-22
- Stearamidopropyl dimethylamine (lactate, citrate, propionate)
- Isostearamidopropyl dimethylamine
- Isostearamidopropyl morpholine
- Wheatgermamidopropyl dimethylamine
- Behenamidopropyl dimethylamine
- Polyquaternium-xx
To remove these ingredients use a shampoo containing any sulfate, for example:
- Sodium Lauryl Sulfate
- Ammonium Lauryl Sulfate
- Sodium Coco-Sulfate
- Sodium Myreth Sulfate
C14-16 Olefin Sulfonate is sulfate-free, but is also strong enough to remove this type of build-up!
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