UCARE™ Extreme Polymer

What is UCARE™ Extreme Polymer?

A bio-derived and biodegradable cationic cellulosic polymer that can be used as principal conditioning agent or in combination with other conditioning ingredients in conditioners, leave-on products and shampoos. INCI Name: Polyquaternium-10

Uses

Rinse-off conditioners
Leave-on conditioners
Shampoos
Styling products
Body washes
Colorants

Benefits

Provides equivalent hair conditioning to some silicones
Enhances dry and wet hair combing especially on damaged hair
Restores hair hydrophobicity
Reduces hair breakage
Improves hair alignment and manageability
Enhances silicone deposition on hair especially on damaged hair
Provides soft styling benefit (ie. curl retention) in leave-on formulations
Ease of formulation – no emulsification needed
Enables clear products
Acts as rheology modifier
Helps increase natural content of formulation
Non-GMO and biodegradable. This product is derived from synthetic, petrochemical, vegetal, and/or mineral origin. Contact with animal derived products is not expected.