KeraCare Hydrating Detangling Shampoo conditions hair with a special detangling formula so that it is easier to comb even when wet. It lathers well and takes out excess oil. Other than the standard water and fragrance additives, KeraCare Hydrating Detangling Shampoo has 14 additional ingredients.
Cleansing Agent
Cleansing agents are additives used to clean the surface that it is designed to be used on. In this case, the cleansing agent is ammonium lauryl sulfate and is used to gently clean the hair shaft of oil and debris, according to Cosmetics Cop.
Foaming Agent
Foaming agents are ingredients that help make a lather or that help a product lather more. The foaming agents in this detangling shampoo are disodium cocoamphodipropionate, sodium trideceth-7 carboxylic acid and lauramide DEA. Foaming agents help oil and dirt mix with agents that can be rinsed away from the hair shaft. Sodium trideceth-7 carboxylic acid can also act like a cleansing agent as well, strengthening the cleaning properties of this shampoo.
Surfactant
Surfactants are agents that give a surface smoothness so that the compound is able to glide better over it. The surfactant in KeraCare detangling shampoo is polysorbate 20, according to Cosmetics Info.
Thickening Agent
Thickening agents will make a compound thicker. Glycol stearate is the thickener used in the formulation of KeraCare's hydrating detangling shampoo, and according to Cosmetics Cop, it can also work as an emollient.
Preservatives
Preservatives help keep mold, bacteria and fungi out of a product by inhibiting their growth. Methylchloroisothiazolinone and methylisothiazolinone, both preservatives, are in this KeraCare shampoo. They are frequently used in combination for personal care products.
Coloring
FD&C yellow #5 a coloring that helps to change the color of a compound is also used in this shampoo.
Static Reducers
Additives like polyquanternium-10 and polyquanternium-7, that reduce the amount of static electricity in the air are static reducers. Both are present in KeraCare detanling shampoo and may help the look and feel of hair, according to Cosmetics Info.
Ph Adjuster
There is one additive that adjusts the pH of a product, keeping it from being too alkaline or too acidic. This pH adjuster is citric acid, according to Cosmetics Cop.
Chelating Agent
Chelating agents keep minerals that are used in a formula from binding together and in the KeraCare shampoo, the chelating agent used is tetrasodium EDTA.
Film Former
Hydrolyzed wheat protein, a film-forming agents used to create a thin film over the hair so that the product will glide well over the hair shafts and create continuous coverage is also present in KeraCare Hydrating Detangling shampoo.
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