HintOfMint
March 3rd, 2012, 08:18 PM
So they decided to change the formula to Garnier Fructis Triple Nutrition and add Amodimethicone to the list. It is 4th on the ingredients list.
Amodimethicone is not water soluble once it is on the hair, however it is purportedly resistant to buildup since, due to its chemical structure, it does not built up on top of itself.
This all sounds well and good, but I swear my ends are dryer since I started using it.
For the record, I CWC, with a cone-free conditioner first, a sulfate shampoo at the roots, rinse, and then the garnier fructis conditioner.
The thing is, I wet my hair to shampoo (thank you captain obvious), and my hair does get soaking wet, so clearly moisture is getting in. I never quite understood how hair can be wet yet silicones "seal moisture out." Silicone doesn't quite turn our hair into duck feathers as far as I know:p
Yet somehow I feel like the amodimethicone "shrink wrapped" my hair and so moisture isn't getting in and my ends are getting dryer.
It shouldn't be buildup since amodimethicone doesn't build up, and it shouldn't be a lack of moisture since my hair gets wet and takes just as long to dry. Yet it feels like buildup and that the cones are sealing moisture out of my hair.
What do you think? Any scientific explanation for this? Any experience w/ different grades of amodimethicone?
Amodimethicone is not water soluble once it is on the hair, however it is purportedly resistant to buildup since, due to its chemical structure, it does not built up on top of itself.
This all sounds well and good, but I swear my ends are dryer since I started using it.
For the record, I CWC, with a cone-free conditioner first, a sulfate shampoo at the roots, rinse, and then the garnier fructis conditioner.
The thing is, I wet my hair to shampoo (thank you captain obvious), and my hair does get soaking wet, so clearly moisture is getting in. I never quite understood how hair can be wet yet silicones "seal moisture out." Silicone doesn't quite turn our hair into duck feathers as far as I know:p
Yet somehow I feel like the amodimethicone "shrink wrapped" my hair and so moisture isn't getting in and my ends are getting dryer.
It shouldn't be buildup since amodimethicone doesn't build up, and it shouldn't be a lack of moisture since my hair gets wet and takes just as long to dry. Yet it feels like buildup and that the cones are sealing moisture out of my hair.
What do you think? Any scientific explanation for this? Any experience w/ different grades of amodimethicone?