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Polymer ingredients are used to create gels, cream gels and to thicken final products.

Gelmaker Powder C10-30_ - curlytea.com

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Gelmaker Powder – Acrylates/C10-30 alkyl acrylate crosspolymer

Gelmaker Powder - Acrylates/C10-30 alkyl acrylate crosspolymer INCI: Acrylates C10-30 alkyl acrylate crosspolymer What: self-wetting polymer; thickenerSolubility: waterUsage rate: typical...

hydroxyethyl cellulose niacinamide nag test-curlytea.com

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Hydroxyethyl cellulose, Niacinamide and NAG Serum Test – What the HEC?

Hey curlyteas! For the past few days I've been testing hydroxyethyl cellulose aka "hydroxyethylcellulose" (HEC). As part of that testing,...

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Sepinov EMT 10

Sepinov EMT 10 INCI: Hydroxyethyl Acrylate / Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer What: Polymer, Emulsifier, Thickener pH range: 3 - 10...

Sepimax Zen and Gelmaker pH

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Sepimax Zen / Gelmaker PH

Sepimax Zen / Gelmaker PH INCI: Polyacrylate Crosspolymer-6 Incompatibilities: CATIONIC ingredients (exmpl: BTMS and conditioning guar) Solubility: Oil Or Water...

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HairFix XH Maltodextrin

INCI: Maltodextrin / VP copolymer HairFix XH Maltodextrin is a "naturally-derived" (buzzword) sugar-based, non-ionic polymer manufacturers use when they want...

sodiumcarbomerfront curlytea

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Testing: Sodium Carbomer Gel Concentrate

Today I made a super thick sodium carbomer (preneutralized carbomer) gel concentrate which is the base gel I'll use to...

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Hyaluronic Hair Mask w/Hemp Seed Oil [VID]

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Isoamyl Laurate

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Bamboo Tea Tree Leave-In [VID]

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