Give textured hair a boost with natural repair ingredients

As the demand grows for textured hair care products, formulators will need to continue to develop effective methods to address the specific needs of this type of hair. Hair has been and still remains a strong social symbol amplified by the growing natural hair care movement and the desire to reconnect with cultural identity.

Dedicated options are limited, leaving consumers with textured hair struggling to find trustworthy, mainstream brands that can offer tailored solutions. Among the challenges that textured hair poses is dryness resulting from the hair’s intrinsic curl pattern, elevated cuticles, lower sebum secretion and its limited spreading along the shaft. Textured hair can also be challenging to nourish and treat due to its high ellipticity, curliness and structural delicacy. These unique characteristics call for the specially designed and formulated solutions that Solvay can provide.

Solvay combines its strategic positioning with its access to recognised experts and its relationships with innovative partnerships, working hand-inhand with salons and formulators to advance the production, testing and evaluation of the next generation of textured hair care products.

Solvay has cracked the code for creating formulas designed to keep hair healthy, drawing from a full palette of hair repair ingredients that includes Jaguar C162, Mackpro Plus Rice C and Polycare Split Therapy. Jaguar C162 provides combing, conditioning and softness to even the most damaged hair. The attributes of Mackpro Plus Rice C deliver shiny, healthy and beautiful long hair, while Polycare Split Therapy secures the full, long-lasting sealing of the splits. These natural repair ingredients also nourish and care for the fibre, from root to tip.

A bio-based conditioning solution

Consumers no longer have to choose between a lower-performing, ecofriendly solution and an effective, yet conventional product. Formulators can use Jaguar C162 to easily create different products targeting all types of hair while fulfilling the two most critical consumer expectations: 1. performance 2. a natural solution that offers a wholesome, nude feel.

The light-conditioning properties of Jaguar C162 meet consumers’ needs for optimising the intrinsic nature of their own hair and enabling selfexpression through products designed as ‘just for me’. When combined with plant oils, ester oils or silicones in both clear and opaque formulations, this unique guar polymer can also address damaged and over-processed hair. Jaguar C162 offers a best-in-class ability to deposit silicones on over-processed hair, making it an ideal choice for addressing this specific concern. Discover Solvay’s velvet curl cream formulation featured in Table 1. This care and styling hybrid product is formulated with Jaguar C162 and provides durable hydration, facilitates styling and structures the hair curl.

A powerful vegan quaternised protein

Mackpro Plus Rice C uses technology derived from rice – an ancient and valued food staple that resonates with certain beauty rituals in the Asian culture. This gluten-free quaternised protein provides conditioning to damaged, dry and textured hair and helps enhance hair longevity. It provides formulators with an answer to the call for vegan and cruelty-free ingredients and serves as an ideal alternative to quaternised keratin and quaternised wheat proteins.

Solvay has designed a tailored routine of 10 products specifically for textured hair. The routine includes an eco-friendly conditioning formula (see Table 2), which showcases the benefits of Mackpro Plus Rice C and its ability to make styling easier, to structure the curl and provide durable hydration that keeps the follicles in good health.

SOLVAY’S COMMITMENT TO SUSTAINABILITY

The company combines its dedication to engineering the most advanced hair care solutions with a passion for creating sustainable materials for natural hair care products. Solvay’s range of guar polymers are bio-based and naturally derived from guar seeds that are sustainably sourced in India through Solvay’s Sustainable Guar Initiative programme. The company is proud to partner with guar farmers and empowers them with tools and knowledge to encourage sustainable farming practices, which result in more continuous, highyield production.

Full split reparation for long and healthy hair

Trimming is no longer the only fix for repairing damaged hair. Polycare Split Therapy keeps hair long and strong by delivering long-lasting sealing of split ends, repairing more than 90% after the first use. Formulators can use this bio-sourced ingredient to create holistic split end repair products, such as shampoos, conditioners and serums. Showcased in Table 3, the Solvay deep conditioning mask for curly hair gives a durable full split sealing for shiny, healthy and beautiful long hair thanks to the Polycare Split Therapy. •

Solvay – www.solvay.co.za