In recent years, as the number of people who want to actively enjoy fashion has increased, hair color, which can easily change their personal image, has become a popular trend. However, dyeing hair leads to hair damage, which is the primary reason for hair damage. To reduce the burden of hair, more and more people began to pay attention to care for hair at home, hair care market repair damage scope is also expanding.

Care products related to repair are becoming increasingly popular. According to some statistics, the popular washing and care brands are Kao Merit, Lux and Panting. Among the top six products, keywords such as "repair", "damage care" and "richness" were the most common.

At the same time, there are many people who suffer from discoloring, and many of them are interested in anti-discoloring products. It is widely believed that the discoloration is caused by shampoo, and the damage is caused by the high temperature. Therefore, many new products on the market have begun to pay attention to the solid color care after dyeing hair, and the products that advertise repairing hair and inhibiting fading will become the trend.

Although there are many kinds of shampoo on the market, it is mainly divided into two categories. The first type is the use of cationic polymer and anionic surfactant to form coacervate system; The second type is the use of cationic polymer and anionic polymer - carbomer to form flocculant technology. For example, the representative products without anionic polymer are Head & Feet, Panting, floating soft. Products containing Carbomer include Qingyang, Lux, Dove, L 'Oreal and so on.

Factors affecting the formation of coacervate include the molecular weight and charge density of cationic polymer (such as polyquaternary amine salt 10, cationic guar gum, etc.), the molecular structure and proportion of selected anionic surfactant, the type and content of non-ionic surfactant and electrolyte in the system, etc. Of course, whether it contains anionic polymer -carbomer is also a decisive element. It is conceivable that the system containing carbomer can form a larger number and larger size of coacervate through the interaction between anionic and cationic polymers. In contrast, the system without carbomer can only form coacervate through the interaction of positive polymer and anionic surfactant. Relatively speaking, the efficiency depends on the suspension components such as emulsifying silicone oil and ZPT having their own particle size large enough to increase the probability of deposition on the hair or scalp.

Carbomer as rheology modifier, has been extensively applied in personal care product such as shampoos, pharmaceuticals filed for more than 70 years due to  its efficient thickening and suspending performance, high safety, and no irritation to human skin.

We, Anhui Newman Fine Chemicals Co., Ltd., are the global top leading manufacture of carbomer and related polymers. Especially our NM-Carbomer 20,2020,21 etc. are hydrophobically modified, cross-linked acrylate copolymers. In addition to the efficient thickening, suspension, and other functions of traditional carbomer such as NM-Carbomer 990,996,960,970, etc., they self- wet and disperses quickly in minutes, which remarkably meet formulators’ ease-use need. They have higher electrolyte tolerance and handle a higher level of surfactant actives, being ideally suited for use in formulations containing higher levels of oils, botanical ingredients such as shampoos and hair care products, and hydroalcoholic gels.

 Also, liquid carbomer such as NM-Carbomer SF-1, with INCI name: acrylates copolymer, NM-Carbomer Aqua10 with Acrylates/Beheneth-25 methacrylate copolymer. And NM-Carbomer Aqua 20, NM-Carbomer 25 with INCI name Acrylates/ Steareth-20 Methacrylate Copolymer.