Honey is one of the oldest skin care ingredients still in use.
It has a nourishing, bleaching, and astringent effect on the skin, as well as
it is a good antiseptic. Honey is also widely used as a moisturizer both for
skin and hair. However because of its sticky consistency it is difficult to use
in many cosmetic products.
Honeyquat 50 is made by modifying honey. To be exact the hydroxy
groups of the disaccharides are modified and a quaternary cationic polymer is
formed. The positive charge of honeyquat allows it to bind to our negatively charged
hair (the damaged areas of hair tend to be negatively charged) and skin to
offer moisturizing and conditioning.
Honeyquat 50 is a low viscosity liquid, usually light yellow in
color (those this might vary depending on the brand). It has a slight characteristic
amine-like scent. It is freely soluble in water and aqueous alcohol. At 1% it
is soluble in propylene glycol and cocoamidopropyl betaine. It is not soluble
in oils. Unlike most conditioning agents it does not reduce foam in
anionic/non-ionic surfactants. It also does not rinse off. Honeyquat should
always be added to the water phase or finished product at a concentration of
1-5% (if added in a larger amount to a hair conditioner it will cause the hair
to become sticky).
According to producers honeyquat has humectant activity twice
that of glycerin. It is moisturizing, conditioning, reduces hair static and
protects against damaging surfactants (such as sodium lauryl sulfate).
It can be used in both leave in and rinse-out products. It is
ideal for use in shampoos, conditioners, styling agents, lotions and creams. If
stored in a proper way honeyquat 50 has a shelf life of 12 months.
I know honeyquat is not soluble in oils, but is it possible to mix it with an emulsifier? Might be a dumb question, but just curious
ReplyDeleteYes it possible.
Deletewhwer can I buy this in the UK
ReplyDeletehi I am asking the same question.I have looked but it seems you can only purchase it in the US.
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