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Proven Hair Volumizing Solutions

 

Bring Thin, Limp Hair Joyfully Alive.

Big hair is “in.” Hair that is full and luxurious. Brimming with body and bounce.

Be a hair-volume trendsetter. Formulate rinse-off conditioners that increase hair body and volume ... and deliver other valuable silicone benefits.

GO BEYOND with Total Hair Volume Support
from Dow Corning

  • Proven silicone technologies for enhancing hair-volume and body
  • Formulating expertise
  • Hair volume testing– including quantitative image analysis – to help you select the right ingredient for your product


Body and Volume
Enhancing Formulations

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Choose Silicone Conditioners Proven to Increase Hair Volume and Body

These Dow Corning® brand products have been carefully evaluated for their ability to provide volume enhancement and conditioning in rinse-off hair conditioners. For illustrative test results, download the Hair Volumizing Solutions Guide (PDF size = 1MB).

Dow Corning® ProductSignificant Volume IncreaseQuat NeededConditioning LevelAdded Benefits
5-7113 Silicone Quat MicroemulsionYes--Intensive
CE-8170 AF MicroemulsionYesYesMedium
  • Shine
949 Cationic EmulsionYes--Intensive
8500 Conditioning AgentYesYesMedium
  • Clear formulations
The added benefits examples provided in this table are not comprehensive. They represent only a sampling of the additional benefits provided by each of the Dow Corning® brand products listed above when used in a rinse-off conditioner.
 

The Proof is in the Testing

 
Hair tress treated with control 

Hair tress treated with silicone has significantly greater volume

 Hair tress treated with a commercial benchmark
Treated with control conditioner (no silicone) Treated with conditioner containing
Dow Corning® 5-7113 Silicone Quat Microemulsion
 Treated with conditioner containing a commercial benchmark
 
With our new digital image-analysis capability, we can scientifically measure hair volume and help you select the right ingredient for your product.
 
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