Mineral or plastic? Let’s get to the bottom of whether silicone-based-hair-care-products
are a boon or bane for your hair.
First things first, what is silicone?
“Silicone is a mineral. It is an effective ingredient commonly used in hair-care products.
It provides slip and shine, can help smooth and straighten hair, and gives hair a
luxurious, conditioned feel.”
Sounds comforting right? But wait right here, cause silicone isn't always rainbows and
sunshine. Silicone is primarily a plasticky-polymer material that is used in various
cleaning substances, and obviously in solid forms as fillers and cases. This is precisely
why it is important to determine whether silicone is in fact, extremely detrimental to your
gorgeous hair.
Although silicone provides a few positive effects like filling in the porosity in your dry and
damaged hair, driving and locking in conditioner, protecting the hair, keeping it smooth
and shiny by ‘waterproofing’ each strand with a hydrophobic coating, and providing
conditioning benefits, it is indeed a miscreant when it comes to nourishing your hair
from the inside out.
Let’s lay down the most objectionable facts here.
Silicone- is first and foremost a type of rubber or plastic. It is used as a sealant against
water and even air. It’s not natural, ergo- the side effects are really bad for your hair.
It gives the hair the illusion of shine, but it just scratches the surface. This is the last
thing we want. The shine we want is when the cuticle layer is sealed and nourished, all
the way up to your roots and your scalp.
This is achievable only when hair is properly hydrated and exposed to natural,
chemical-free ingredients.
What silicone does, on the other hand- is that it weighs your hair down, making it heavy,
limp and lifeless on the way. It prevents moisture from penetrating the hair shaft and
attracts a thick layer of buildup on your hair, after you wash them. The shine is just on
the exterior, and is temporary, all of which ends up stripping the hair of its natural oil sand moisture- making it dry. Due to lack of moisture, your hair ends up becoming very
brittle. And this serves as the perfect environment for frizz and breakage.
Sounds horrendous right?
It can actually get even worse if you have naturally curly hair. Silicone is really bad for
curly hair because curly hair is almost always on the drier, frizzier side. Silicones can
slide off straight hair more than they can on curly hair. The silicone buildup tends to get
stuck on the curls, weighing the hair down and causing more damage in the long run.
How do you avoid silicones?
Now that you’ve been exposed to the troublesome truth of silicones, it might be wise to
lay off those commercial shampoos that you usually buy. Stay away from all products
that have these names on their ingredient list:
Cyclomethicone, dimethicone, methicone, amodimethicone, dimethiconol,
cyclomethicone/cyclopentasiloxane and more.
In a world where very few hair care brands resort to avoiding the use of silicones in your
products, Ravel is your hair’s best friend when it comes to steering clear of chemicals
and keeping it all-natural!
Want proof?
Go ahead and check our entire ingredient list here:
Love,
Ravel.
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