coconut oil and calamansi peelings for hair
j,
Cosmet.
Sci.,
54,
175-192
(March/April
2003)
Effect
of mineral oil, sunflower oil, and coconut oil on prevention of hair damage
AARTI
S.
RELE
and
R.
B.
MOHILE,
Research and Development
Department,
Nature
Care
Division,
Marico
Industries
Ltd.,
MumbaL
India.
Accepted for publication
April
29,
2002,
Synopsis
Previously
published results showed that both in vitro and in vivo coconut oil (CNO) treatments prevented combing damage of various hair types.
Using
the same methodology, an attempt was made to study the properties of mineral oil and sunflower oil on hair.
Mineral
oil
(MO)
was selected because it is extensively used in hair oil formulations in India, because it is non-greasy in nature, and because it is cheaper than vegetable oils like coconut and sunflower oils. The study was extended to sunflower oil
(SFO)
because it is the second most utilized base oil in the hair oil industry on account of its non-freezing property and its odorlessness at ambient temperature. As the aim was to cover different treatments, and the effect of these treatments on various hair types using the above oils, the number of experiments to be conducted was a very high number and a technique termed as the Taguchi
Design
of
Experimentation
was used. The findings clearly indicate the strong impact that coconut oil application has to hair as compared to application of both sunflower and mineral oils. Among three oils, coconut oil was the only oil found to reduce the protein loss remarkably for both undamaged and damaged hair when used as a pre-wash and post-wash grooming product.
Both
sunflower and mineral oils do not help at all in reducing the protein loss from hair. This difference in results could
arise
Cosmet.
Sci.,
54,
175-192
(March/April
2003)
Effect
of mineral oil, sunflower oil, and coconut oil on prevention of hair damage
AARTI
S.
RELE
and
R.
B.
MOHILE,
Research and Development
Department,
Nature
Care
Division,
Marico
Industries
Ltd.,
MumbaL
India.
Accepted for publication
April
29,
2002,
Synopsis
Previously
published results showed that both in vitro and in vivo coconut oil (CNO) treatments prevented combing damage of various hair types.
Using
the same methodology, an attempt was made to study the properties of mineral oil and sunflower oil on hair.
Mineral
oil
(MO)
was selected because it is extensively used in hair oil formulations in India, because it is non-greasy in nature, and because it is cheaper than vegetable oils like coconut and sunflower oils. The study was extended to sunflower oil
(SFO)
because it is the second most utilized base oil in the hair oil industry on account of its non-freezing property and its odorlessness at ambient temperature. As the aim was to cover different treatments, and the effect of these treatments on various hair types using the above oils, the number of experiments to be conducted was a very high number and a technique termed as the Taguchi
Design
of
Experimentation
was used. The findings clearly indicate the strong impact that coconut oil application has to hair as compared to application of both sunflower and mineral oils. Among three oils, coconut oil was the only oil found to reduce the protein loss remarkably for both undamaged and damaged hair when used as a pre-wash and post-wash grooming product.
Both
sunflower and mineral oils do not help at all in reducing the protein loss from hair. This difference in results could
arise