Hair Conditioner Flashcards
When do we need a conditioner
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the flow of natural oil is …. normal
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the hair has experienced chemicals or thermal damage
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shampoos are used ….
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protective oil film is ……. and …… of moisture occurs.
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Consequences
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hair get dry
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the ……..split and break, revealing the ….. hair fibers
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this gives hair the dry, frizzy look with split ends.
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Why do we use conditioner
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Hair conditioner adds moisture
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Help keep outer shell intact
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reduces the tendency to tangle
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makes hair more manageable and easy to comb.
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Give hair shine and luster
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Phenyltrimethicone
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Hair Shape
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People describe their hair as being thick or thin, coarse or fine. What they are usually talking about is the ….. their hair gives to the head.
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This coverage depends on two things:
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People vary a lot in these two parameters
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The ‘average’ person has around ….. hairs, but people with very dense hair may have as many as ……
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The diameter of the hair shaft is usually around …. µm in Europeans, but in Asians it can be …. µm.
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Hair that is both dense and thick looks completely different from that which is few and fine
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Cosmetics can play …. with the thickness but not with the number…
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Mechanism(s) of hair conditioning
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Animal, vegetable, or mineral oils are used to supplement some of the natural oils removed from or lacking on the hair and scalp, but they can do nothing for the …… of hair.
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Most hair product contain a certain amount of conditioning agents
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The molecules of most conditioning agents carry ……
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The negative charges attract the positively charged molecules and these …. on the hair.
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The immediate effect is that positive and negative charges cancel each other out, so reducing ….. on the hair and, of course, the ‘fly away’ that is associated with it.
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➢’2-in-1’ shampoos, how it works?
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➢’2-in-1’ shampoos contain both cleansing agents and high levels of conditioning agents.
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➢’2-in-1’ shampoos they rely on … to achieve conditioning .
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There is no question of conditioning agents building up on the hair if these shampoos are used …….
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Shampooing always removes the conditioning agents that were applied previously.
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Over ….% of the shampoos sold nowadays are of this type
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each conditioner particle is trapped inside a …
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they are not washed away but, because of their electrical charges (+)
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The basic demands on a conditioner are to make hair……
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That why there is no much difference between one conditioner and another in terms of basic ingredients.
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➢The only clear differences between different hair conditioning products are:
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Whether they have oil base or silicone base
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Whether they contain a film forming ingredient to
make the hair thicker or no
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The particular concentrations of oil, silicone and/or film forming agent in the conditioner
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There is no much difference between conditioners for dry, normal or greasy hair except that for
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The ………. is important. If too much, hair may feel greasy, if too little hair feels dry.
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Conditioners with herbal ingredients or collagen may cause
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are more preferred because it makes for a nice shine without stickiness and it is not allergenic.
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…… is preferred and more effective than 2 in 1 formulation.
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Tegin
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Bees wax
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Castor oil .
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Glyceryl Stearate
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Protein conditioners
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Some advertising suggests that protein conditioners contain keratin and this keratin will bind with hair keratin and repair any damage. This is not true because:
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Keratin based conditioning agents usually contain
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….. are the wrong kind of keratins for hair.
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It would be very difficult to get the hair bind to topically applied keratins even if they were the right kind of hair keratins.
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Conditioners are largely washed away in the application process, they have …..
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Protein conditioners ……… the hair structure
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make the hair looks thicker,
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filling the gaps of the damaged outer cuticle.
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imparting shine and enabling easier brushing and combing.
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It is not true to any extent that it repairs damaged hair and keratins because
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The effects of protein conditioners (even if it is keratin) are only ……… and they have to be …….. to maintain its effect.
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