Month: April 2010

Surfactants: Amide ether sulfates

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Amide ether sulfates result from the sulfation of ethoxylated amide and can be combined with sodium, magnesium, or ammonium to produce something like ammonium lauryl ether sulfide or magnesium PEG-3 cocamide sulfate. They have good skin compatibility and they are very mild cleansers to the point where they don’t remove a lot of the lipids...

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Cetrimonium chloride – even more awesome than before!

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Now, I know you don’t need another reason to include cetrimonium chloride in your conditioners, but here it is…it can help remove silicone build up on your hair! Yep, our beloved detangling and softening agent can actually help if you’ve been using enough cyclomethicone and/or dimethicone in your conditioners or anti-frizz sprays to de-static an...

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Surfactants: Sodium laureth sulfate (SLeS) – a type of alkyl ether sulfate

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Alkyl ether sulfates result from the sulfation of an ethoxylated fatty alcohol. Ethoxylation is the process by which ethylene oxide is added to a fatty acid alcohol to create detergent properties in a surfactant. If you compare the molecule above to that of SLS (from yesterday), you’ll see that little oxygen (O) atom is messing...

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L’Oreal’s EverStrong series of hair care products

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I saw an ad for this line of products earlier this week, so I had to check it out. From the L’Oreal site…(and the typos are also from the L’Oreal site – tha’s and rosemay? Seriously?)For hair that needs extra strength, now there is haircare tha’s so gentle, yet so strong. The new EverStrong Sulfate-Free...

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Surfactants: Alkyl sulfates

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Alkyl sulfates are probably the most maligned of the surfactants. They are organic esters of sulfuric acid created by sulfation of a fatty alcohol chain that vary according to the number of carbons in that hydrocarbon chain. (For instance, if you were sulfating lauric acid, you’d have a carbon chain of 12 carbons. If you...

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