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The Physical Properties and Cosmetic Behavior of Hair

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Chemical and Physical Behavior of Human Hair

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One of the roadblocks to both communication between the cosmetic scientist and consumers and scientific investigations in hair care has been the lack of meaningful definitions for the important cosmetic properties of hair conditioning, hair body, and manageability. A definition for hair conditioning has emerged that allows this important cosmetic property to be approached by considering ease of combing as the first boundary condition. In addition, progress has been made for the definitions of hair body and manageability over the past two decades. Admittedly, there is still room for improvement in the understanding of these hair assembly characteristics, but even more progress awaits those important properties associated with hair feel, such as clean hair feel, conditioned feel, and dryness-oiliness.

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