http://thebeautybrains.com/2006/10/03/are-silicones-bad-for-long-hair/ Cosmetic chemists answer your beauty product questions! We are a group of cosmetic scientists who understand what the chemicals used in cosmetics really do, how products are tested, and what all the advertising means. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 05:26:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://thebeautybrains.com/2006/10/03/are-silicones-bad-for-long-hair/comment-page-1/#comment-44478 thebeautybrains Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:04:58 +0000 http://thebeautybrains.com/2006/10/03/are-silicones-bad-for-long-hair/#comment-44478 @Ona - Dimethicone is best. Amodimethicone is good too. @Ona – Dimethicone is best. Amodimethicone is good too.

]]> http://thebeautybrains.com/2006/10/03/are-silicones-bad-for-long-hair/comment-page-1/#comment-44427 ona malik Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:07:09 +0000 http://thebeautybrains.com/2006/10/03/are-silicones-bad-for-long-hair/#comment-44427 Which silicone is #1 in controling frizz Which silicone is #1 in controling frizz

]]> http://thebeautybrains.com/2006/10/03/are-silicones-bad-for-long-hair/comment-page-1/#comment-41658 veronica Sat, 05 Sep 2009 17:30:23 +0000 http://thebeautybrains.com/2006/10/03/are-silicones-bad-for-long-hair/#comment-41658 My hair is long, dry and damaged (porous) due to using a flat iron. Why do silicone serums, including products with cyclopentasiloxane, make my hair more frizzy, while regular conditioners smooth it for 1-2 days? I am most interested in the frizz-effect that cyclopentasiloxane has on my hair because it is the opposite of all the wonderful things I have heard about it. My hair is long, dry and damaged (porous) due to using a flat iron. Why do silicone serums, including products with cyclopentasiloxane, make my hair more frizzy, while regular conditioners smooth it for 1-2 days? I am most interested in the frizz-effect that cyclopentasiloxane has on my hair because it is the opposite of all the wonderful things I have heard about it.

]]> http://thebeautybrains.com/2006/10/03/are-silicones-bad-for-long-hair/comment-page-1/#comment-37919 Janet Mon, 04 May 2009 04:40:51 +0000 http://thebeautybrains.com/2006/10/03/are-silicones-bad-for-long-hair/#comment-37919 I have read on some websites that because silicone is not water soluble, it can build up on hair and become brittle and cause the hair to break off. I have had a problem with severe breakage and after tests revealed no medical explanation for this, I used a clarifying shampoo to strip my hair and stopped using all products with any form of silicone, including my shampoo that had three types of silicone. The breakage stopped almost immediately. Can silicone cause breakage? I have read on some websites that because silicone is not water soluble, it can build up on hair and become brittle and cause the hair to break off. I have had a problem with severe breakage and after tests revealed no medical explanation for this, I used a clarifying shampoo to strip my hair and stopped using all products with any form of silicone, including my shampoo that had three types of silicone. The breakage stopped almost immediately. Can silicone cause breakage?

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