Amodimethicone/Morpholinomethyl Silsesquioxane Copolymer is a silicone-based copolymer used primarily in hair care products for its conditioning, smoothing, and protective properties. This ingredient is designed to improve the manageability and texture of hair by reducing frizz, enhancing shine, and protecting hair from heat and environmental damage. It forms a lightweight, flexible film on the hair, providing long-lasting conditioning effects without weighing it down.

Chemical Composition and Structure
This copolymer is a combination of amodimethicone, a modified silicone with amino-functional groups, and morpholinomethyl silsesquioxane. Amodimethicone has a strong affinity for hair, especially damaged areas, allowing targeted conditioning, while the silsesquioxane component enhances the durability of the conditioning effect by forming a stable, protective film on the hair. The amino-functional groups in amodimethicone allow for improved adherence to hair fibers, resulting in better conditioning and long-lasting smoothness.

Physical Properties
Amodimethicone/Morpholinomethyl Silsesquioxane Copolymer typically appears as a translucent liquid or gel, easily dispersible in water or oils, depending on the formulation. It is lightweight, non-greasy, and provides a smooth texture when applied to hair. Its silicone nature allows it to form a thin, breathable layer that adds shine and softness without causing buildup.

Production Process
The production of this copolymer involves the controlled polymerization of amodimethicone with morpholinomethyl silsesquioxane. This process ensures the proper integration of both components to deliver a highly effective conditioning agent suitable for hair care formulations.

Applications

• Hair Conditioners and Masks: This copolymer is widely used in conditioners and hair masks for its ability to deeply condition, smooth, and detangle hair, leaving it shiny and manageable.

• Leave-in Treatments: In leave-in serums and sprays, it provides long-lasting protection against frizz, heat damage, and environmental stress, while enhancing hair shine and softness.

• Styling Products: It is used in styling products like creams and gels to improve hair texture, protect from heat during styling, and maintain smooth, frizz-free hair throughout the day.

• Color Protection: This ingredient is also found in hair color protection products, as it helps seal the hair cuticle and lock in color, preventing fading and enhancing the longevity of hair dyes.

Cosmetics

Hair conditioning agent. A large number of ingredients with specific purposes can co-exist in a hair shampoo: cleansers, conditioners, thickeners, mattifying agents, sequestering agents, fragrances, preservatives, special additives. However, the indispensable ingredients are the cleansers and conditioners as they are necessary and sufficient for hair cleansing and manageability. The others act as commercial and non-essential auxiliaries such as: appearance, fragrance, colouring, etc. Hair conditioning agents have the task of increasing shine, manageability and volume, and reducing static electricity, especially after treatments such as colouring, ironing, waving, drying and brushing. They are, in practice, dispersing agents that may contain cationic surfactants, thickeners, emollients, polymers. The typology of hair conditioners includes: intensive conditioners, instant conditioners, thickening conditioners, drying conditioners.

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Safety

Dimethicone is a chemical compound, derived from silicone, a mixture of linear methylated siloxane polymers, a chemically inert silicone-based polymer. It is considered safe when formulated to be non-irritating in cosmetic products.