Features

  • A creamy, moldable hair styling product.
  • Designed with good pick up and bounce.
  • Formula has no animal byproducts.
  • Can be used on short to medium hair.

Ingredients

  • Kester Wax K-60P: Naturally derived plasticizer. Increases melt point, stability, compatibility in anhydrous systems, thickens emulsions and provides texture. Usage level 0.5-20%.
  • Kester Wax CT: Vegan wax blend designed to mimic the properties of lanolin wax. Thickener, film former, texturizer, thickener, emollient. Usage level 0.5-20%.
  • Kester Wax K-24: Naturally derived wax ester of plant origin. Low melt point semi-solid, melts on body contact, provides cooling sensation. Adds slip, reduces greasy feel, dimethicone alternative. Usage level up to 50%.

Categories

Main Topic

  • Hair Care

Sub Topics

  • Hair Styling
  • Unisex
  • Vegan
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Procedure

  • Begin heating water to 80°C and add Phase A ingredients one by one, mixing each until uniform.
  • Combine Phase B ingredients, and heat to 80–85°C until melted.
  • Add Phase B to Phase A under agitation and mix at high speed until emulsion is uniform.
  • Cool to 55–60°C and pour into containers.

Stability

Three months at 45°C, three months at room temperature, three freeze/thaw cycles.

Suppliers

  1. Koster Keunen, Inc.
  2. Lubrizol
  3. Rita
  4. Brenntag Specialties

Ingredient Trade Name

INCI Name

%
Phase A
Deionized Water Aqua 57.65
Disodium EDTA Disodium EDTA 0.05
Pemulen TR-12 Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer 0.1
Tealan 993 Triethanolamine 0.2
PVP K-904 PVP 5.0
Propylene Glycol Propylene Glycol 5.0
Optiphen4 Phenoxyethanol, Caprylyl Glycol 1.0
Phase B
Kester Wax CT1 C32-36 Isoalkyl Stearate, Polyhydroxystearic Acid, Stearyl Behenate, Cetearyl Alcohol, Polyglyceryl-3 Stearate, Polysorbate 60 10.0
Kester Wax K-60P1 Polyhydroxystearic Acid 10.0
Kester Wax K-241 Lauryl Laurate 5.0
Permulgin D1 Cetearyl Alcohol, Ceteareth-20 6.0