Ingredients Commonly Found in Hair Care Products: Thickeners

Thickeners are added in order to make hair care products denser and more pliable.

Aluminum stearates/isostearates/myristates/laurates/palmitates—any mixture thereof

Glycol distearate

Hydrogenated castor oil

Hydrogenated castor oil hydroxystearate

Hydrogenated castor oil isostearate

Hydrogenated castor oil stearate

Hydrogenated castor PEG-8 esters

PEG150 distearate