Cutina® Shine: Innovative gloss for Asian hair

Asian women are known for their silky, ebony hair which looks especially great when it is long and shows off its shine. Filled with exceptional shine, this kind of hair needs a special care product. Lanolin is a very popular hair gloss agent in the Asian market and has been adapted to personal care formulation for long time. Since consumer demand more and more animal-free orientated materials, we developed Cutina® Shine (INCI: Dicocoyl Pentaerythrityl Distearyl Citrate) a gloss and hydro-balance agent especially suited for Asian hair. This conditioning agent is of vegetable/synthetic origin and therefore an ideal replacement for lanolin.

Cutina® Shine product profile
  • INCI Name: Dicocoyl Pentaerythrityl Distearyl Citrate
  • Chemical description: complex ester of citric acid, stearylalcohol, pentaerythrit and coconut fatty acid
  • Appearance: slightly yellowish flakes
  • Base: vegetable/synthetic
  • Active matter: 100%
Performance benefits of Cutina® Shine
  • Positive influence on the hydro-balance (water retain-ability)
  • Hair gloss enhancement
  • Wet and dry combability comparable to conditioning formulations containing lanolin
  • Exceptional sensorial performance in formulations
  • Half Head Test performance on benchmark level
  • Easy to formulate
  • Increased silicone deposition
Increased silicone deposition

Cutina® Shine makes a clear contribution to an enhanced silicone uptake on Asian hair. We have tested the silicone deposition from a prototype conditioner with Cutina® Shine compared to the same conditioner without Cutina® Shine on damaged hair. The result: About 14% more silicones were found on the hair strands treated with the conditioner formulation containing 1% Cutina® Shine.

Plantasil-Micro_phase-behavior

Test formulations with and without Cutina® Shine
Conditioner for silicone deposition measurement
Ingredients Eco status  INCI / Chemical description HB-09-AP07-01
wt % 		HB-09-AP07-02
wt %
80% Behentrimonium Chloride, Ethanol     1.3 1.3
Dehyquart® B Blatt freiBlatt frei Steartrimonium Chloride 1.0 1.0
Lanette® O Blatt freiBlatt freiBlatt frei Cetearyl Alcohol 4.0 4.0
Cutina® Shine Blatt freiBlatt frei Dicocoyl Pentaerythrityl Distearyl Citrate - 1.0
Cetiol® OE Blatt freiBlatt freiBlatt frei Dicaprylyl Ether 1.0 1.0
Gluadin® WLM Blatt freiBlatt freiBlatt frei Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein 1.0 1.0
Aloveria®   Aloe Barbadensis 1.0 1.0
Silicone emulsion X52-2328 (Shinetsu)   Aminopropyl Dimethicone, Dimethicone, Laureth-23, BG, Laureth-4, Methylparaben, Butylparaben, Water 3.0 3.0
Glycerin   Glycerin 2.0 2.0
Preservative   Preservative q.s. q.s.
Water   Aqua To 100 To 100

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