The black hair conditioner on the left is derived from the wooden powder on the right.
Fengyang Wang/Stockholm University
This sustainable wood -based hair conditioner is a pitch black and smells like peat, but the creator suggests that it can work not only after the test, but also the future of this hair care.
“We are using the power of nature IEVGEN PYLYPCHUK At Stockholm University in Sweden. “We combine high levels of science with old traditions. [to] Get really cool: simple, useful and very effective. ”
Pylypchuk and his colleagues used LIGNIN, a polymer, the central component of wood and shells as the starting point of the bios -based conditioner. When extracted from wood, lignin naturally interacts with water. Also, while acting as a surfactant, the main component of detergent. Pylypchuk also contains natural antioxidants and contains natural oxidizers that provide UV protection, Pylypchuk says. “Lignin acts as a multifunctional platform in this context,” he says. “Protect and moisturize from UV.”
The researchers combined the lignin gel developed in the laboratory and coconut oil and water to create the final product. Team member Mika CypenStockholm University also argues that it works almost not only commercial conditioners. When washing the hair samples of a wet bleached person, then reduced “drag” when the hair was reduced by 13 % when combing the hair, and reduced the drag by 20 % compared to the commercial product tested.
One of the potential disadvantages is that Sipponen says the current formulation is “Peach Black” and smells like a “cooked tree” similar to peat. It did not suppress researchers to worry about commercialization. They test the formula of hair, towels and pig skin and wash without leaving the stain. Pylypchuk is also very pleasant to smell. “I personally like it very much, and most of our laboratory people -perhaps because they work with Lignin, they liked it.”
PYLYPCHUK and Sipponen There is a patent We hope that Lignin Gel and their conditioner will be a consumer product. It provides people with more sustainable alternatives to the current product that depends on the ingredients derived from fossil fuels. The next step is to make sure that it causes eyes and skin irritation before the test for living hair.
But US -based cosmetics researcher Evanstre,,, Previously, Princeston, New Jersey, is questioned how well the product will be performed compared to commercial rivals. “I have done this experiment for 30 years, and the existing conditioner products will reduce combing to 80 %and perhaps 90 %,” he says. Sipponen believes that the change in test methods and conditions of the hair that is analyzing can only explain whether his team has reduced only 20 % of commercial conditioners.
Evans said that the exterior and unusual smell of wood -based conditioners can attract consumers. “Patent literature is absolutely blocked with a hair conditioner formula that has been anywhere else,” he says. “The reason is that consumers do not need effect to buy it. What is actually needed is aesthetics.”
Will eco -friendly conditioners with black and wood smells become popular with consumers? EVANS said, “It sounds like a little starter.
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