Crystal Leave-On Conditioner nourishes and revitalizes the hair fiber giving an immediate enhanced look. Apply this creamy conditioner to your hair and enjoy the pleasant, flowing touch that Sensolene® and Oliwax® confer to the formulation: you’ll feel your fingers pleasantly slip across the hairs, detangling knots and smoothing lengths, while the liquid crystal structures made by Olivem® 1000 and Oliwax® LC restore the damaged shafts, improving hair vitality.

 
Sequence Trade Name INCI Name %
A   Water (Aqua) (deionized) up to 100
    Cetrimonium Chloride (25% active) 4.00
B OLIVEM® 1000 Cetearyl Olivate, Sorbitan Olivate 4.00
  OLIWAX® LC Cetyl Palmitate, Sorbitan Palmitate, Sorbitan Olivate 1.50
C OLIWAX® Hydrogenated Olive Oil, Olea Europaea (Olive) Fruit Oil, Olea Europaea (Olive) Oil Unsaponifiables 1.00
  SENSOLENE® Ethylhexyl Olivate 2.00
  OLIVEM® 300 Olive Oil PEG-7 Esters 1.00
  BIOCHEMICA® AVOCADO OIL REFINED Persea Gratissima (Avocado) Oil 0.50
    BHT 0.10
D   Preservative a.n.
E   Fragrance (Parfum) a.n.
F   Sodium Hydroxide (10% aqueous) a.n.

PREPARATIVE PROCEDURE

1 Prepare phase A and warm it to 75-80°C;
2 Add Olivem® 1000 and Oliwax® LC flakes (phase B) into phase A, under magnetic stirring;
3 Stir for 5 minutes and then homogenize for 1 minute using a suitable dispersion unit (e.g., Silverson, Ultra-Turrax®);
4 Prepare phase C and warm it to 70-75°C;
5 Add phase C to phase AB at 75°C and homogenize for a few minutes using a suitable dispersion unit (e.g., Silverson, Ultra-Turrax®);
6 Put the warm emulsion in the oven at 80°C for 20 minutes;
7 Homogenize the emulsion for a few minutes using a suitable dispersion unit (e.g., Silverson, Ultra-Turrax®);
8 Cool batch to room temperature under slow agitation;
9 Add phase D to batch, mix, then add phase E to batch and mix.
10 Prepare phase F solution, add to batch in amount necessary to adjust batch pH to between 5.5 – 6.5, and homogenize.