The routine use of hair oils and other hair care products is an essential aspect of a person’s daily life. Customers generally prefer their hair oil to be as less tacky as possible; hence, light liquid paraffin (LLP) is used while formulating oil-based products for hair care. However, as the market is trending toward usage of natural and nature-derived ingredients, it is now imperative to design products with naturality, yet having similar qualities and efficacy as synthetic paraffin–based oils. Thus, a novel approach for designing low-tack natural hair oils was adopted using rheometric analysis. A rheometer was used to quantitatively measure the tackiness of natural oils such as coconut oil, olive oil, almond oil and castor oil and various combinations thereof. The surface tension of the combinations was also measured so as to elucidate the reason for tackiness. A final combination product was formulated and compared against the market sample (an LLP-based hair oil). The tackiness of the final oil formulation was found to be comparable to the market sample.
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