Products in Cationic Surfactants: Shampoos & Rinses

Gluadin® WQ UP is a versatile ingredient renowned for its natural, plant-based attributes. Primarily functioning as a cationic surfactant and conditioner, it's formulated for personal care applications. This liquid formula caters to diverse formats like leave-on products, rinse-offs, and wipes, ensuring effective hair conditioning and overall conditioning benefits.

AMMONYX® CETAC-30 E finds application in a range of contexts, delivering notable conditioning and softening attributes. As a cationic surfactant, it's employed in formulations like hair conditioners, hair styling aids, creams, and lotions. Categorized within the chemical group of quaternary ammonium compounds, its primary function revolves around enhancing the skin's feel. Furthermore, it's worth mentioning that this product is sulfate-free.

STEPANQUAT® Soleil is a modern hair conditioning agent that is better for the hair and the environment thanks to its better ecotoxicity profile compared to btac (behentrimonium chloride) and cetac (cetrimonium chloride). Additionally, stepanquat soleil is readily biodegradable, gmo-free, and derived from local renewable or sustainable feedstock. This product smooths each individual hair strand for super-soft, manageable hair without any build-up effect. It allows for easy combing on both wet and dry hair and possesses great substantivity. It conditions hair as well as or better than market-leading conditioning agents while having a very nice environmental profile.

STEPANQUAT® Helia is a modern hair conditioning agent with hair-friendly and environmentally-friendly attributes. This mild, naturally-derived cationic surfactant is perfect for hair conditioners and skincare products. It imparts excellent wet and dry combability to hair, along with detangling and a soft, conditioned feel. Moreover, it provides substantive conditioning without causing buildup. In skincare applications, it delivers a unique, soft, conditioned skin feel and emulsification for oil-in-water (o/w) emulsions.

AMMONYX® 4B is a substantive ammonium quaternary used in applications such as hair conditioners, rinses, mousses, creams, and lotions. It fulfills the functions of enhancing skin feel and acting as a textile antistatic agent. It finds relevance in the personal care and industrial product markets.

AMMONYX® CETAC-30 is a cationic surfactant with its primary application in hair conditioners, hair styling aids, creams, and lotions. Its functions encompass enhancing skin feel and acting as a textile antistatic agent. Its presence spans across the home care, industrial products, institutional and industrial cleaning, and personal care markets. It's worth noting that the product is kosher-certified, preservative-free, and sulfate-free.

STEPANQUAT® 50, benzalkonium chloride solutions, stand as a reliable choice for broad-spectrum preservation in personal care and pharmaceutical products. This clear liquid, maintaining its clarity at 25°C, is especially suitable for applications like eye contact lens solutions and topical antiseptics.

AMMONYX® CETAC serves as a cationic surfactant employed in hair conditioners, skin creams, and lotions to deliver conditioning and softening benefits. It is also multifunctional, working as a skin-feel enhancer, textile antistatic agent, and adjuvant. Its applications span a wide range, including 2-in-1 shampoo, automatic dishwashing detergents, body wash, creams and lotions, dairy cleaners, degreasers, detanglers, and more. Notably, it is kosher-certified, preservative-free, and sulfate-free.

STEPANQUAT® 65, benzalkonium chloride solutions, stand as a reliable choice for broad-spectrum preservation in personal care and pharmaceutical products. This clear liquid, maintaining its clarity at 25°C, is especially suitable for applications like eye contact lens solutions and topical antiseptics.

AMMONYX® 4 operates as a substantive cationic quaternary, commonly employed in conditioners, cream rinses, mousses, and lotions. Its primary functions are enhancing skin feel and serving as a textile antistatic agent. It finds applications in 2-in-1 shampoos, body washes, detanglers, facial cleansers, hair conditioners, hair styling, and hair and scalp treatments. Its presence spans across the industrial products and personal care markets.

Merquat™ 7SPR polymer is a high molecular weight, non-paraben, low-acrylamide, cationic copolymer specifically designed for compatibility and clarity in anionic surfactant systems. It is used to improve the wet and dry properties of hair care products and enhance the sensory feel of bath and shower products.

Quatrex™ S conditioning agent is a 26% solids, soybean oil-derived, liquid cationic surfactant exhibiting excellent substantivity and conditioning properties. Its anionic compatibility is ideal for formulating true conditioning shampoos. Its superior solubility properties enable many formulation possibilities in sprays, mousses, setting gels, and conditioners.

Schercodine™ S (Flaked) amido-amine is a cationic surfactant. It is an effective conditioner in hair and skin care products. It is a flaked, solid tertiary amine. It is used in pH 3.4–4.4 formulations as a quaternary ammonium salt as a conditioner. It is used to replace quaternary cationic surfactants in rinse-off conditioners. It provides excellent wet combing and wet sensory common protonating acids are lactic, aspartic, citric, and glutamic acids.

Schercodine™ C amido-amine is a naturally derived, cationic surfactant. It is an effective conditioner in hair and skin care products. It is 98% active as a clear liquid tertiary amine. It is used in pH 3.4–4.4 formulations as a quaternary ammonium salt conditioner. It is used to replace quaternary cationic surfactants in rinse-off conditioners. It provides excellent wet combing and wet sensory. Common protonating acids are lactic, aspartic, citric, and glutamic acids.

Merquat™ 550PR polymer is a low-acrylamide, non-paraben, aqueous, cationic copolymer that enhances compatibility and clarity in anionic surfactant systems. It is highly substantive and recommended for improving the wet and dry properties of hair care products, as well as enhancing the sensory feel of skin care, bath, and shower products. It provides superior conditioning within the PQ-7 family.

Merquat™ 2001 polymer is a proprietary, ampholytic terpolymer primarily used in hair care products for its superior wet hair combing and detangling properties. It is recommended for use in shampoos and conditioning rinses where excellent wet and dry conditioning properties are desired.

Silsense® Q-Plus Silicone is a 100% active, quaternary silicone compound that combines the conditioning benefits of traditional silicones and cationic quaternary compounds in a single molecule. SilSense Q-Plus silicone will add conditioning benefits to personal care products without the stability concerns that may be present with silicones or the irritancy that is often associated with quaternary ammonium compounds. Unlike traditional silicones, this silicone quarternary compound does not defoam and can even enhance foaming when used in hair care products. It is water-soluble, lending to enhanced ease-of-use in a wide range of shampoos, conditioners, and personal cleansers.

Merquat™ 2003PR polymer is a proprietary, non-paraben, ampholytic terpolymer developed for use in color protection shampoos. It offers attributes such as ultimate foam stability, color retention after multiple washings, and enhanced wet combability and detangling. It is suitable for use in hair care products, shampoos, and conditioners.

Dehyquart® S18 NA is a surfactant that is used for manufacturing hair care products, specifically hair conditioners. Because of its cationic nature at acidic pH levels, Dehyquart S18 NA has a positive impact on the wet and dry combability of hair.

Gluadin® WQ PP is hydrolyzed wheat protein suitable as a conditioning agent in hair care and surfactant preparations. GLUADIN® WQ PP finds application in after-sun, body, color & face care, conditioning, liquid soaps, shampoos, and styling products. It is also used in baby care and cleansing, face cleansing, personal care wipes, and shower/bath formulations.

Dehyquart® F 75 T is a quaternary compound of conditioning and emulsifying ingredients. This product is suited for the preparation of hair conditioning creams and emulsions. Its typical application concentrations are 2 - 5%. Due to the high content of quaternary ammonium salt, the addition of further consistency giving factors like, e.g., Lanette® O, is recommended. Dehyquart® F 75 T is a white to yellowish wax-like product that is supplied in pellets. It has a cationic surfactant (MW 800) of 65 - 72%, an acid value of 5 - 12, a pH value (5%) of 2.0 - 3.5, and a color gardner of 0 - 4. The most favorable conditioning and stability properties are obtained in a pH range of 3 - 5.

Dehyquart® A CA is a cationic surfactant commonly used as a conditioning agent in hair conditioning creams and emulsions. It appears as a clear liquid with characteristic inherent odor and is used as a hair conditioner and for hair coloring and shampooing.

Dehyquart® C 4046 is an economic and mild self-emulsifying conditioner base with an outstanding performance profile. It is a ready-to-use product that does not contain solvents. Dehyquart® C 4046 has excellent dermatological compatibility and is non-irritating to eyes and skin. It is classified as "readily degradable" according to OECD Method 301, and the typical application concentrations range from 4 to 8%, depending on the desired viscosity of the final product.

Cola® Lipid C is a coconut oil derived phospholipid composed predominantly of diester and triester phosphatides with multiplechain groups. Cola® Lipid C displays a broad range of functional attributes including gentle cleansing and foaming properties, antiirritation eff ects when combined with anionic surfactants, unusually high substantivity, long-lasting skin conditioning, and broad spectrum antimicrobial activity.

Protaquat™ ASP Is a balanced, ready to use concentrate for the manufacture of high quality creme rinses and hair conditioners at levels as low as 3%. PROTAQUAT™ ASP is compatible with proteins, herbal extracts, esters and other specialties. PROTAQUAT™ ASP is mild to the eyes, skin and scalp and is the ideal conditioning and softening agent in hair care preparations.

Poly Suga®Quat L-1210P is derived from polymerized alkyl polyglucosides. It provides substantivity to skin and hair, much more so than their nonionic APG precursors. This product is recommended for hair conditioners, clear 2-in-1 shampoos, body washes, detanglers, clear hair rinse, styling products, baby products, hand sanitizers, relaxers, and shower gels. It has a low irritation profile, superior hair conditioning, no greasy build-up, excellent wet comb properties, and helps control flyaway hair.

Cola® Lipid SAFL is multifunctional, natural triglyceride organic phospholipid complex. It is designed to mimic natural phospholipids that occur naturally in the body and deposits essential fatty acids on skin. Cola® Lipid SAFL is derived from sustainable pure safflower oil and is highly substantive to hair and skin. Safflower oil contains a high level (80%) of linoleic acid, and it provides one of the principal essential fatty acids that is needed to maintain healthy skin. By taking advantage of this oil's unique composition, Cola® Lipid SAFL offers a combination of performance properties for personal and health care applications never before achieved with one single ingredient.

Poly Suga®Quat S-1210P is derived from polymerized alkyl polyglucosides. It provides substantivity to skin and hair, much more so than their nonionic APG precursors. This product is recommended for hair conditioners, clear 2-in-1 shampoos, body washes, detanglers, clear hair rinse, styling products, baby products, hand sanitizers, relaxers, and shower gels. It has a low irritation profile, superior hair conditioning, no greasy build-up, excellent wet comb properties, and helps control flyaway hair.

Poly Suga®Quat TM-8610P is derived from polymerized alkyl polyglucosides. It provides substantivity to skin and hair, much more so than their nonionic APG precursors. This product is recommended for hair conditioners, clear 2-in-1 shampoos, body washes, detanglers, clear hair rinse, styling products, baby products, hand sanitizers, relaxers, and shower gels. It has a low irritation profile, superior hair conditioning, no greasy build-up, excellent wet comb properties, and helps control flyaway hair.

CATION LQ imparts long-lasting smoothness and softness to hair. It performs as a conditioning agent when used in shampoos.CATION LQ is a lanolin-based cationic surfactant containing approx. 65 wt % of N(N'-lanolin fatty acid amide propyl)-N-ethyl-N,N-dimethylammonium ethylsulfate as the active ingredient, and 1,3-butylene glycol and water as solvents. This product has the features of both lanolin and cationic surfactants (e.g., a moisturizing effect, an antistatic property and a tactile property), making it optimal for use as a base in hair conditioners and treatments. It is also suitable for use as the conditioner ingredient in shampoos with built-in conditioners due to its compatibility with anionic surfactants.

Cationic Surfactant / Conditioning effect

Cationic surfactant / Conditioning effect

Cationic surfactant / Conditioning effect

Cationic surfactant / Conditioning effect

Cationic surfactant / Conditioning effect

Cationic surfactant / Conditioning effect