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Proven Hair Volumizing Solutions

Woman with volume

Bring Thin, Limp Hair Joyfully Alive

Big hair is “in.” Hair that is full and luxurious. Brimming with body and bounce.

Be a hair-volume trendsetter. Formulate rinse-off conditioners that increase hair body and volume ... and deliver other valuable silicone benefits.


Total Hair Volume Support from Dow Corning

  • Proven silicone technologies for enhancing hair-volume and body
  • Formulating expertise
  • Hair volume testing– including quantitative image analysis – to help you select the right ingredient for your product

Choose Silicone Conditioners Proven to Increase Hair Volume and Body

These Dow Corning® brand products have been carefully evaluated for their ability to provide volume enhancement and conditioning in rinse-off hair conditioners. For illustrative test results, download the Hair Volumizing Solutions Guide (PDF)
Dow Corning® ProductSignificant Volume IncreaseQuat NeededConditioning LevelAdded Benefits
5-7113 Silicone Quat MicroemulsionYes--Intensive
CE-8170 AF MicroemulsionYesYesMedium
  • Shine
XIAMETER® MEM-0949 Emulsion Yes--Intensive
8500 Conditioning AgentYesYesMedium
  • Clear formulations
The added benefits examples provided in this table are not comprehensive. They represent only a sampling of the additional benefits provided by each of the Dow Corning ® brand products listed above when used in a rinse-off conditioner.

The Proof is in the Testing

Hair tress treated with control Hair tress treated with silicone has significantly greater volume Hair tress treated with a commercial benchmark
Treated with control conditioner (no silicone) Treated with conditioner containing
Dow Corning® 5-7113 Silicone Quat Microemulsion		 Treated with conditioner containing a commercial benchmark


With our new digital image-analysis capability, we can scientifically measure hair volume and help you select the right ingredient for your product.
Product Information
> Proven Hair Volumizing Solutions from Dow Corning Selection Guide (PDF)
Formulations  
> Conditioner with Dow Corning® 5-7113 Silicone Quat Microemulsion (PDF)
> Conditioner with Dow Corning® 8500 Conditioning Agent (PDF)
> Conditioner with Dow Corning® CE-8170 AF Microemulsion (PDF)
  
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• Hair Moisturizing
• Color Protection
• Heat Protection
• Strengthening
• Tailored Conditioning


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