OGX Extra Strength Biotin & Collagen Shampoo
OGX Extra Strength Biotin & Collagen Shampoo OGX Extra Strength Biotin & Collagen Shampoo ingredients explained: Water (Aqua), Sodium C14-16 Olefin Sulfonate, Cocamidopropyl Betaine, Biotin, Hydrolyzed Collagen, Hydrolysed Wheat Protein, Ethyltrimonium Chlorid
OGX Extra Strength Biotin & Collagen Shampoo OGX Extra Strength Biotin & Collagen Shampoo ingredients explained: Water (Aqua), Sodium C14-16 Olefin Sulfonate, Cocamidopropyl Betaine, Biotin, Hydrolyzed Collagen, Hydrolysed Wheat Protein, Ethyltrimonium Chloride Methacrylate/Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein Copolymer, Bambusa Arundinacea Stem Extract, Chamomilla Recutita (Matricaria) Flower Extract, Lamium Album Flower Extract, Gleditsia Triacanthos Seed Extract, Panax Ginseng Root Extract, Polyquaternium-22, PEG-7 Amodimethicone, Sodium Hydrolyzed Potato Starch Dodecenylsuccinate, Linoleamidopropyl Pg-Dimonium Chloride Phosphate, Polyquaternium-39, PEG-150, Pentaerythrityl Tetrastearate, PPG-2 Hydroxyethyl Cocamide, Propylene Glycol, Hexylene Glycol, Citric Acid, Sodium Citrate, Sodium Hydroxide, Sodium Benzoate, Fragrance (Parfum), Ext. Violet 2 (Ci 60730), Red 40 (Ci 16035) Show all ingredients by function Water (Aqua) solvent Sodium C14-16 Olefin Sulfonate surfactant/cleansing icky Cocamidopropyl Betaine Biotin Hydrolyzed Collagen emollient, moisturizer/humectant goodie Hydrolysed Wheat Protein moisturizer/humectant Ethyltrimonium Chloride Methacrylate/Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein Copolymer Bambusa Arundinacea Stem Extract Chamomilla Recutita (Matricaria) Flower Extract soothing, antioxidant 0, 0 Lamium Album Flower Extract Gleditsia Triacanthos Seed Extract Panax Ginseng Root Extract antioxidant, emollient Polyquaternium-22 PEG-7 Amodimethicone Sodium Hydrolyzed Potato Starch Dodecenylsuccinate Linoleamidopropyl Pg-Dimonium Chloride Phosphate Polyquaternium-39 PEG-150 moisturizer/humectant, solvent Pentaerythrityl Tetrastearate emollient, viscosity controlling PPG-2 Hydroxyethyl Cocamide emulsifying, surfactant/cleansing Propylene Glycol Hexylene Glycol solvent, emulsifying, perfuming, surfactant/cleansing 0-1, 0-2 Citric Acid buffering Sodium Citrate chelating, buffering Sodium Hydroxide Sodium Benzoate preservative Fragrance (Parfum) perfuming Ext. Violet 2 (Ci 60730) colorant Red 40 (Ci 16035) 2, 2 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. It’s mainly a solvent for ingredients that do not like to dissolve in oils but rather in water. Expand to read more Once inside the skin, it hydrates, but not from the outside - putting pure water on the skin (hello long baths!) is drying. One more thing: the water used in cosmetics is purified and deionized (it means that almost all of the mineral ions inside it is removed). Like this, the products can stay more stable over time. A versatile and biodegradable cleansing agent with high cleaning power and strong foaming properties. Unfortunately, these two properties for a surfactant usually mean that it is harsh on the skin, which is the case here as well. Super common ingredient in all kinds of cleansing products: face and body washes, shampoos and foam baths. Number one reason for its popularity has to do with bubbles. Everyone loves bubbles. And cocamidopropyl betaine is great at stabilizing them. The other reason is that it’s mild and works very well combined with other cleansing agents and surfactants. The art of cleansing is usually to balance between properly cleansing but not over-cleansing and cocamidopropyl betaine is helpful in pulling off this balance right. Oh, and one more nice thing: even though it’s synthetic it’s highly biodegradable. More info on CAPB on Collins Beaty Pages. Also called vitamin H, biotin is the main component of many enzymes in our body. A nice ingredient to take as a supplement for stronger nails and hair. When you do not take it as a supplement its effects are a bit more questionable but according to manufacturer info it can smooth the skin and strengthen the hair. The chemically chopped up version of the big protein molecule, collagen. It is often derived from fish or bovine sources and works as a nice moisturizer and humectant that helps the skin to hold onto water. To understand a bit more what Hydrolyzed Collagen is, you have to know that proteins are large chains of amino acids connected with so-called peptide bonds. These bonds can be broken up when a water molecule is added and the resulting thing is a mix of shorter length amino acids, also called peptides. So Hydrolyzed Collagen is not really collagen, it is rather an undefined and varying mix of largish peptides. Based on a manufacturer's data, the whole, soluble collagen has an average molecular weight of 300 000 Da, while this chopped up mixture has an average MW of 12 000 Da (still pretty big). The main thing of these largish peptides is to act as water-binding agents, and to make the skin nice and smooth (aka emollient). Hydrolyzed Collagen is also often used in cleansers as it can make harsh surfactants milder and in hair conditioners as it improves the flexibility and manageability of hair. If you wanna know more about coll what‑it‑does surfactant/cleansing emollient | moisturizer/humectant moisturizer/humectant soothing | antioxidant irritancy, com. antioxidant | emollient moisturizer/humectant | solvent emollient | viscosity controlling emulsifying | surfactant/cleansing solvent | emulsifying | perfuming | surfactant/cleansing chelating | buffering