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Styling Hair Wax

Product  Proposal
Arienza /  Luay /  Suarez
 HAIR
Protection
Communication
Temperature  regulation
Facilitates  evaporation
Sensory
LOOKS = SKILLS
PERSONAL AND PUBLIC
PACKAGING MATERIAL

50  g  plastic  jar
LABELS
LABELS
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 FORMULATION
Acceptable  Amount
of  Use  in  Topically   Amount  in  the  
Raw  Materials Function  in  the  Formula
Applied  Products   Formulation  (%)
(%)
Shea butter Emollient 100 20

Beeswax Base 100 35

Jojoba  oil Emollient/Occlusive/Shine 100 44

Ascorbic acid Antioxidant/Shine 0.01-­‐0.1 0.1

Methylparaben Preservative 0.02-­‐0.3 0.3

Propylparaben Preservative 0.01-­‐0.6 0.6

Colorant Increase  aesthetic  appeal -­‐ q.s.

Fragrance Increase  aesthetic  appeal -­‐ q.s.
 PROCESS
Beeswax Package  and  label

Melt  in  water  bath  over  low  heat

Fragrance  and  colorant

Shea butter
Pour  into  container  and  allow  to  cool

Melt
Stir  until  melted

Jojoba,  methylparaben,  propylparaben

 QUALITY CONTROL
QC  Tests Acceptance  Criteria
General  Appearance Gray,  smooth,  semi-­‐solid
Organoleptic Color Gray
Properties Odor Baby  powder  scent
Texture Smooth
Shine Medium
pH 4.5  – 5.5
Pourability Not  pourable
Medium (Not  too  firm;  enables  for  
Hold  strength  (Intensity
changing  of  hairstyles)
Hair  rigidity Can  support  less than  6.5  g  of  weight
 QUALITY CONTROL
QC  Tests Acceptance  Criteria
Hold  duration 12  hours
Washability Water washable;  easily  rinsed  off  the  hands  and  hair
Spreadability Excellent, does  not  form  clumps  in  the  hair
Grittiness Non-­‐gritty
Stickiness Non-­‐sticky
Flaking No  flaking
 PROCEDURES OF QC TESTS
1. Organoleptic  Properties
i. Inspect  the  general  appearance  and  color  of  the  product.
ii. To  check  odor,  gently  waft  hands  above  the  product.  
iii. Get  a  small  amount  using  fingertip.  Spread  all  over  palms  or  at  the  back  of  the  
hands  to  inspect  texture.
2.   Shine
i. To  check  for  shine,  when  hair/wig  is  dry,  comb  and  align  it  uniformly.  With  a  good  
light  source,  make  your  observation.

3.   pH
i. Dissolve  1  g  of  the  product  in  50  mL  of  water.
ii. Measure  pH  using  pH  meter.
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4.   Pourability
i. Pour  the  contents  into  another  container.
ii. Observe  if  it  is  easily  pourable  or  not.

5. Hold  strength  (intensity)

i. Rub  a  pea-­‐sized  amount  of  wax  between  your  fingertips.
ii. Apply  to  the  hair  wig  to  your  desired  hairstyle.  
iii. Observe  if  the  hair  stays  in  place.
iv. Try  changing  into  another  hairstyle  and  observe  again  if  it  stays  in  place.  
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6. Hair  rigidity
i. A  series  of  tresses  is  prepared  by  acquiring  2  g  of  4-­‐inch  hair  strands  from  a  wig.
ii. Apply  1  g  of  hair  wax  and  spread  evenly  on  the  tresses.
iii. Pinch  one  end  of  the  tress  with  one  hand.  Ensure  that  the  tress  is  held  perfectly  
horizontal.
iv. Put  paper  clips  on  the  other  end  of  the  tress.  Continue  adding  until  the  tress  
cannot  anymore  support  the  accumulated  weight  of  the  clips  and  starts  to  bend.
v. Weigh  the  paper  clips  that  the  tress  can  support.  Very  stiff  hairwaxes can  
support  at  least  6.5  g  of  weight.
vi. Perform  at  least  three  replicates  for  the  test.
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7. Hold  duration
i. Apply  1  g  of  product  on  the  hair  wig  for  a  day.
ii. Check  for  remolding  capability  of  the  product  by  wetting  palms  with  small  
amount  of   water  and  remolding  the  hair  to  a  different  style.
iii. Record  time  the  hair  is  no  longer  easy  to  remold  to  desired  style.  
8. Washability
i. After  rubbing  the  wax  into  the  hair,  rinse  off  leftover  wax  from  your  fingertips.  
ii. Rinse  off  applied  wax  from  hair  wig  allowed  to  sit  for  12  hours,  too.
9. Spreadability
i. Rub  a  pea-­‐sized  amount  of  wax  between  the  fingertips  and  observe  if  there  are  
clumps.  
ii. Apply  the  hair  wax  to  the  hair  wig  and  observe  if  clumps  are  formed,  too.  
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10. Grittiness
i. Rub  a  pea-­‐sized  amount  of  wax  between  your  fingertips.
ii. Observe  if  there  are  gritty  particles.  

11. Stickiness
i. Rub  a  pea-­‐sized  amount  of  wax  between  your  fingertips.
ii. Observe  if  the  product  is  sticky.  
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12. Flaking
i. Apply  1  g  of  hair  wax  and  spread  evenly  on  the  hair.
ii. A  fine  comb  containing  12-­‐16  teeth  per  inch  is  brushed  through  one  side  of  the  
hair  ten  times,  and  then  through  the  other  side  of  the  hair  for  another  ten  times,  
over  a  pre-­‐weighed  receiver.
iii. Weigh  the   receiver  and  compute  for  the  difference  by  subtracting  the  pre-­‐
weighed  weight  from  the  new  weight.  
iv. The  total  amount  of  product  applied  on  each  tress  is  divided  by  the  total  amount  
of  sample  used.  
v. Identify  the  grade  of  flaking  from  Table  1.
vi. Perform  at  least  3  replicates.
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Index  of  Flaking  Test
%  Weight  Difference  
Compared  to  Weight  of   Grades  of  Flaking
Product  Applied
Less  than  1% No  flaking
1-­‐20% Very  low  flaking
21-­‐40% Low  flaking
41-­‐60% Average  flaking
61-­‐80% High  flaking
More  than  80% Very  high  flaking
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