VARISOFT®
Technical Information
VARISOFT® W 575 PG SG
Conditioning agent for use in hair rinse formulation
Intended use ▪ Ease of wet combing
Conditioning agent ▪ No Build-up
▪ Hair gloss
Benefits at a glance ▪ Hair softness
▪ Excellent conditioning properties
The graph in figure 1 shows this improvement
▪ Improved hair gloss
of the sensory profiles in comparison to conven-
▪ Vegetable based tionally used quats.
▪ Good dermatological and toxicological
behaviour Ease of wet
combing
▪ Biodegradable 8
7 DSDMAC
6
5
INCI (PCPC name) 4
3 CTAC
2
Quaternium-87 1
no build-up 0 Hair gloss
TEA
esterquat
Chemical and physical properties (not part of specifications) VARISOF
T® W 575
PG SG
Appeareance (20 °C) Liquid-pasty
Hair softness
Properties
Figure 1: Sensory profile of VARISOFT® W 575 PG SG
VARISOFT® W 575 PG SG is an imidazolinium quat
compared to benchmarks
designed for the formulation of biodegradable hair
(DSDMAC = Distearyldimonium Chloride; CTAC =
care formulations. It is vegetable based.
Cetrimonium Chloride)
This liquid-pasty quaternary, dissolved in pro-
Application
pylene glycol, is easy to handle and to disperse.
It is compatible with non-ionic surfactants. VARISOFT® W 575 PG SG is used in hair rinses and
hair masks to improve dry and wet combing.
VARISOFT® W 575 PG SG has excellent antistatic
properties and is substantive to the hair without Preparation
any significant build-up effect.
VARISOFT® W 575 PG SG should be dispersed at
approximately 60 °C.
Furthermore, in comparison to other quaternaries,
it does not reduce the volume after a hair rinse
Suggested usage concentration
application.
2 – 10 % VARISOFT® W 575 PG SG
This vegetable based imidazoline quat provides
exceptional improvement to the four main test Storage
criteria as shown in the following comparison of
VARISOFT® W 575 PG SG tends to show turbidity
sensory profiles, particularly notable is the
or crystallisation during storage.
excellent hair gloss performance:
This does not affect the quality. In this case
homogenize at approx. 40°C to 50°C.
Evonik Operations GmbH І VARISOFT® W 575 PG SG І July 2020
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