The Tresemme Keratin Smooth Shine Serum is formulated with a blend of ingredients designed to enhance hair's smoothness, shine, and overall health. Key components include various silicones and Marula Oil, each contributing unique benefits to the hair.
Understanding the Silicone Ingredients
Silicones are a prominent group of ingredients in many hair care products, including the Tresemme Keratin Smooth Shine Serum. They are known for their ability to provide slip, shine, and a smooth feel to the hair.
Volatile Silicones
A light-feeling, volatile silicone that gives hair a unique, silky and non-greasy feel. A super commonly used 5-unit long, cyclic structured silicone that is water-thin and does not stay on the hair but evaporates from it. It's often combined with non-volatile silicones.
Non-Volatile Silicones
A thick, high molecular weight silicone that is usually diluted in another, lighter silicone fluid (like dimethicone or cyclopentasiloxane). This type of silicone fluid gives a non-oily, easy-to-spread emolliency to the formulas. It is also used as a water-repellent additive and to reduce the tackiness and stickiness of other ingredients.
The Benefits of Marula Oil
Marula Oil is another significant ingredient in the Tresemme Keratin Smooth Shine Serum, offering substantial nourishing and moisturizing benefits.
Marula Oil is a really nice nourishing and moisturizing oil that can improve hair hydration and smoothness and it can even reduce hair redness. If you have an interest in elephants and Africa, you have probably heard of elephants getting drunk from the fruit of the Marula tree. Though this seems to be only a legend, what is true is that the Marula fruit is really nice (and elephants do love to eat it) and there is a stone in it with several oil-rich kernels inside. So the Marula oil - similar to many other plant oils - is a really nice nourishing and moisturizing oil.
As for its composition, it's loaded with hair goodies: it's very rich in fatty acids, including oleic (73%), palmitic (15%), and linoleic (9%) acids.
The Role of Fragrance
Fragrance is included in cosmetic products to impart a pleasant scent to the final product.
Exactly what it sounds like: nice smelling stuff put into cosmetic products so that the end product also smells nice. If you are someone who likes to know what you put on your face then fragrance is not your best friend - there's no way to know what’s really in it. Also, if your hair or scalp is sensitive, fragrance is again not your best friend. It’s a common cause of contact allergy to cosmetics.