Palmer's Coconut Oil Formula Leave- In Conditioner, 250ml

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The saturated nature of coconut oil also means that it is a heavy-duty-oil ideal for dry skin types. A double-blind research confirmed that extra virgin coconut oilis as effective in treating xerosis (aka very dry skin) as mineral oil.Another study found that coconut oil is more effective than mineral oil in treatingmild to moderate atopic dermatitis (aka eczema) in children. Good old water, aka H2O. The most common skincare ingredient of all. You can usually find it right in the very first spot of the ingredient list, meaning it’s the biggest thing out of all the stuff that makes up the product. Water (Aqua), Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Fruit Extract, Propylene Glycol, Behentrimonium Chloride, Cetearyl Alcohol, Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil, Dimethicone, Phenyl Trimethicone, Gardenia Tahitensis Flower Extract, Tocopheryl Acetate, Tocopherol, Hydrolyzed Keratin, Silk Amino Acids, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Panthenol, Cyclopentasiloxane, Ethylhexylglycerin, Leuconostoc/Radish Root Ferment Filtrate, Stearalkonium Chloride, Cyclohexasiloxane, Phenoxyethanol, Oleth-20, Stearyl Alcohol, Dimethyl Stearamine, Isopropyl Alcohol, Fragrance (Parfum), Coumarin. It’s not something new: it was introduced around 1950 and today it can be used up to 1% worldwide. It can be found in nature - in green tea - but the version used in cosmetics is synthetic. A light-feeling, volatile silicone that gives skin a unique, silky and non-greasy feel. It has excellent spreading properties and leaves no oily residue or build-up. what‑it‑does

Other than having a good safety profile and being quite gentle to the skin it has some other advantages too. It can be used in many types of formulations as it has great thermal stability (can be heated up to 85°C) and works on a wide range of pH levels (ph 3-10). If you have spottedethylhexylglycerinon the ingredient list, most probably you will see there also the current IT-preservative, phenoxyethanol. They are good friends becauseethylhexylglycerincan boost the effectiveness of phenoxyethanol (and other preservatives) and as an added bonus it feels nice on the skin too.

It's a super commonly used water-thin volatile silicone that gives skin and hair a silky, smooth feel. What-it-does: emollient, viscosity controlling, emulsifying, emulsion stabilising, surfactant/cleansing| Irritancy: 1 A spray-dried or freeze-dried version of Aloe Leaf Juice. The point of both drying methods is to make waterevaporate from the juice and leave just the "useful" components behind.

Palmer's® Coconut Oil Leave-In Conditioner instantly detangles, putting an end to tugging and pulling at knotty hair. With a few sprays hair has instant slip and silkiness for easier comb-through and styling. Features Hair-nourishing emollients fortify hair, control frizz, reduce split-ends and give hair healthy-looking shine. Palmer's® Coconut Oil Formula™ products contain ethically and sustainably sourced Coconut Oil and Tahitian Monoï, infused with Tiaré flower petals. These raw, natural ingredients deeply hydrate, repair damage and give hair incredible shine. Benefits An extremely common multitasker ingredient that gives your skin a nice soft feel (emollient) and gives body to creams and lotions. It also helps to stabilize oil-water mixes (emulsions), though it does not function as an emulsifier in itself. Its typical use level in most cream type formulas is 2-3%.

An easy-to-formulate, commonly used, nice to have ingredient that’s also called pro-vitamin B5. As you might guess from the “pro” part, it’s a precursor to vitamin B5 (whose fancy name is pantothenic acid). It’s a real oldie: expressed directly from the seeds, the oil is used not for hundreds but thousands of years. According to The National Sunflower Association, there is evidencethat both the plant and its oil were used by American Indians in the area of Arizona and New Mexico about 3000 BC. Do the math: it's more than 5000 years – definitely an oldie. Spray product throughout towel dried or damp hair. Comb through to ends to coat hair with conditioning proteins. Do not rinse. Style as desired. Can be used throughout the day as needed. Research also shows that it might be useful for wound healing as it promotes fibroblast (nice type of cells in our skin that produce skin-firming collagen) proliferation. As for hair care, coconut oil has pretty solid research showing that it can penetrate into the hair very well (better than mineral oil and sunflower oil) and it can prevent hair protein loss as well as combing damage. If you have problems with damaged hair, split ends, coconut oil is worth trying as a pre- or/and post-wash treatment. Labmuffin has an awesome blogpost explaining in more detail why coconut oil is good for your hair.