Methylcellulose-Chitosan Smart Gels for Hairstyling

Methylcellulose and chitosan served as promising ingredients for a thermoresponsive hair styling gel after successful application in the medical industry. Both uphold clean beauty standard without infringing on performance. By combining these two ingredients, can be created that promises an extended hold of style once heated external stimulus, such curling wand, is applied to hair. Chitosan serves cationic biopolymer adhere hair, whereas methylcellulose acts smart lock desired hairstyle place. Various ranges concentrations were explored formulation optimization with rheology curl drop testing. The testing included flow sweep test understand shear-thinning behavior sample well effect concentration viscosity. Another completed was temperature ramp from room (25 °C) 60 °C study heat various within samples. A performed well, over 48-h period which different samples wet tresses, dried, curled, hung vertically see how held up long time influence gravity.