HARD-HOLD AND LONG-LASTING STYLING GEL

Lubrizol Advanced Materials Asia Pacific Limited
This specially designed styling gel provides long lasting hold, good shine and strong styling to the hair that is made possible through the use of Fixate® PLUS Polymer and Carbopol® Ultrez 21 Polymer. Formulated to meet sensory requirements for Asian hair.
Phase
Product
INCI Name
Supplier
Volume
A
Deionized Water
85.08
Acrylates/C10- 30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer
Carbopol® Ultrez 21 Polymer
1
0.25
Polyacrylate-14 (30%)
Fixate® PLUS Polymer
1
2.67
Polysorbate-20
Tween™20
0.60
Fragrance SHR 011911
0.10
Triethanolamine
TEA (99%)
0.90
DMDM Hydantoin
Glydant®
2
0.40
PVP (25% aq solution)
PVP K-30 Polymer
3
10.00

Preparation:

Procedure • Dissolve the fragrance into Tween™ 20 and mix for 2 minutes. • Add 20% de-ionized water to the mixture with agitation (100 rpm) for 2 minutes and then add the remaining de-ionized water (65.08%) with agitation. • Disperse Carbopol® Ultrez 21 polymer into the batch and wait until complete wetting. Mix with lowspeed agitation. • Add Fixate® Plus polymer to the batch with agitation and then add Glydant® slowly to the batch. • Increase the agitation speed to 300 rpm. Neutralize the batch to pH 7.3 with agitation for 30 minutes. • Add PVP K-30 polymer to the batch with agitation. Adjust the final pH to about 7.5 by TEA. Properties Appearance: Colorless, clear gel Clarity (% T): 90 min (Brinkmann PC801 colorimeter, 420nm) pH: 7.3 - 7.6 Viscosity: 50,000 - 60,000 mPa.s (Brookfield RVT @ 20 rpm, #7 spindle @25°C) HHCR (hr.) 2 – 3 (90% relative humidity, 25°C) Stability: Passed 3 months @ 4°C Passed 3 months @ 45°C Passed 5 freeze/thaw cycles Suppliers 1 Noveon 2 Lonza 3 ISP
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