A natural functional active ingredient for long and healthy hair
Trimming hair is no longer the only cure for split ends. Syensqo’s Research and Innovation (R&I) teams have developed the first-ever cure for split ends that works miracles on damaged hair. After a single application, Polycare® Split Therapy SGI repairs 90% of the damage from split ends to deliver long-lasting sealing and hair that looks and feels healthy.
My own style without compromise.
Consumers like to dye their hair to express their unique personality or simply have fun. But dying hair usually comes with unwanted trade-offs — hair that’s dry, without shine, hard to comb, more fragile or easy to break. Polycare® Split Therapy SGI prevents hair color from fading with 50% color retention after 10 shampoos.
Answering multiple growing trends in the hair care industry
- Addresses the call for Clean Beauty with a natural functional
- Maintain longer and healthier-looking hair with a cure for split ends
- Protects hair fiber from further damage caused by washing, combing and heat
- Usable in various hair products to offer a complete hair repair and protection routine
- Protects against damage from bleaching and coloring products
- Anti-fading benefits for a more personalized look
Sustainably sourced guar for cleaner beauty
Non-ecotoxic guar-based Polycare® Split Therapy SGI is ethically sourced through our Sustainable Guar Initiative (SGI) program in India. This guar derivative, 78% from natural origin (ISO 16128:2), represents an ideal response to the growing clean beauty trend calling for natural-inspired ingredients from renewable resources.
The split-end cure in action
The market today: limited solutions for properly curing split ends
Today’s existing market solutions rely on ingredients like protein derivatives and amino-acids, polyelectrolyte Complex (PEC) of PQ-28 and PVM/MA copolymer CPM technology. But these technologies, especially in the long term, come with limitations around efficacy, are known to present unpleasant sensorial components or can be extremely difficult to formulate in shampoos. For these reasons, the majority of hair care products that address split ends are focused on care claims, such as “prevention of split ends” or “hair conditioning.”
Towards a full long-lasting split-end sealing
Split ends are a sign of unhealthy, damaged hair and are often accompanied by breakage, dullness and premature aging. The innovative structure of Polycare® Split Therapy SGI delivers a host of advantages:
- Instant, long-lasting split-end repair: >90% healing and the prevention against further damage after one serum application
- A versatile solution: compatible and efficient in rinse-off and leave-on formulations
- Hair protection: resistance to repeated washing, combing and flat-ironing with no compromise on sensorial benefits
- Outperforms all benchmarks: withstands multiple washings, repeated combings and excessive heat exposures from flat or curling irons
A statistical analysis conducted using internal tests on tresses was carried out by an external laboratory to validate Polycare® Split Therapy SGI's performance and durability. To begin the testing, split ends were counted one by one before and after treatment to calculate the percentage of repair.
Regarding performance, 90% to 95% of split ends were repaired after one serum application versus typically 60% to 70% of reparation with commercial benchmarks. The split ends were fully sealed after just three applications of Polycare® Split Therapy SGI. In testing its effectiveness in shampoo, the results were shown to be just as promising; after just one washing, about 50% of the hair was repaired.
Discover our other performance ingredients for hair health
Bleach and Color Damage Protection
Hair dying or bleaching without compromise
Damage protection during coloring
Testing realized using SEM images technology on 3 hair tresses: untreated Caucasian hair, Caucasian hair bleached using a lightening powder that does not incorporate Polycare® Split Therapy SGI (control), and Caucasian hair bleached using a lightening powder that incorporates 2% Polycare® Split Therapy SGI.
Impact of Polycare® Split Therapy SGI on coloring
Hair samples are analyzed at 3 different stages: initial state (Caucasian hair bleached level 2), after being colored with a commercial package (one with Polycare® Split Therapy SGI – one without) and after 1-5-10 shampoos (both with and without Polycare® Split Therapy SGI).
- When introduced into the lightening powder, Polycare® Split Therapy SGI significantly reduces damage to the cuticles during bleaching.
- Cuticles remain almost intact thanks to Polycare® Split Therapy SGI; consequently, the hair feels softer.
- The same results have been found for coloring when Polycare® Split Therapy SGI is added just before the application (post-addition).
Formulators can use Polycare® Split Therapy SGI to easily create an entire repair routine for consumers or hair salons
Polycare® Split Therapy SGI is a natural-based, functional active that offers real and quantifiable hair cure upon first use and long-lasting sealant properties even after repeated use and with no sensory drawbacks. Because this ethically and responsibly sourced ingredient is versatile and easy to use, formulators will find Polycare® Split Therapy SGI to be ideal for designing products that can satisfy multiple consumer needs. It is also the perfect solution for bringing damage protection during bleaching and/or coloring (with the additional benefit of anti-fading) when added directly in high pH products.
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