Product Review: Pantene Micellar Detox and Purify Conditioner

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This product is a light conditioner recommended for dry and oily hair types. This product works well with me, specially when I test shampoo bases on my hair, leaving it dry and tangled. It has good wet-combing and dry combing effects and does not make my hair feel heavy after use.

Behentrimonium methosulfate (BTMS) is the cationic surfactant present in this product. It conditions the hair via electronegative adsorption, wherein the positively BTMS gets attracted to the negative charges on the hair fibers. This allows BTMS to deposit into the hair even after rinsing off the conditioner.

Now let’s look at this product’s ingredient list:

INGREDIENTS:

Water, Stearyl Alcohol, Behentrimonium Methosulfate, Cetyl Alcohol, Fragrance, Isopropyl Alcohol, Benzyl Alcohol, Disodium EDTA, Citric Acid, Histidine, Panthenol, Panthenyl Ethyl Ether, Butylene Glycol, Mentha Arvensis Leaf Oil, Mentha Piperita (Peppermint) Oil, Menthol, Niacinamide, Algae Extract, Methylchloroisothiazolinone, Methylisothiazolinone

Now let’s group the ingredients according to their functions in this product:

Solvents: Water, Isopropyl Alcohol

Humectants: Panthenol, Butylene Glycol, Niacinamide, Histidine, Algae Extract

Emollients: Stearyl Alcohol, Cetyl Alcohol

Thickeners: Stearyl Alcohol, Cetyl Alcohol

Conditioning Agents: Behentrimonium Methosulfate, Panthenyl Ethyl Ether

Chelating Agent: Disodium EDTA

Preservatives: Benzyl Alcohol, Methylchloroisothiazolinone, Methylisothiazolinone

Cooling Agents: Mentha Arvensis Leaf Oil, Mentha Piperita (Peppermint) Oil, Menthol

pH Adjuster: Citric Acid

Fragrance

My final thoughts on this product is about it being called a “micellar” conditioner. I think this is a marketing move towards the micellar trend, wherein micellar products are branded as milder than other products. It is a given fact that surfactants form micelles above their critical micelle concentration (CMC), but I’m going to leave the discussion about surfactants and micelles in another post.

Have you tried this product yet? What are your thoughts about it? Share them in the comments section below.

 


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