IO Split-End Hair Care Oil Active

Dry lengths feel like straw: rough to the touch, dull to the eye and quick to tangle. IO Split-End Hair Care Oil Active is an oil-soluble active whose name suggests bringing life and moisture-feel back to such hair, with serums, balms, styling and hair oils on its card.

Product data

Oil-soluble. For this ingredient, applications from the card: smoothing serum, shampoos and hair balms, styling products, products for split ends and caring oils for hair. For this ingredient, the supplier CoA of each lot confirms the exact INCI, composition and recommended level.

Oils and dry hair

Hair has its own lipids on the surface and between the cuticle cells. Washing, bleaching and sun strip them away. Oil-based actives replace part of that lipid layer, which makes hair feel softer, look shinier and tangle less.

Product formats

Overnight hair oil

A rich oil left on the ends overnight.

Pre-wash oil

An oil massaged into lengths before shampooing.

Balm

A rinse-off conditioner with the active in the oil phase.

Styling cream

A light cream for definition and shine.

Shine serum

A finishing serum for dry hair.

Formulating guidance

In oils and serums, blend the active with light esters and squalane oil. In balms, add it to the oil phase. In shampoos, premix with a solubilizer. Pair it with D-Panthenol in water-based products and Phyto'liss for a smoothing duo. Ingredients that pair well with this ingredient are collected under actives.

Pre-wash rituals

Pre-wash oiling is a long tradition in many cultures. Applied twenty minutes before shampoo, an oil reduces the drying effect of washing. It is an easy way to introduce a new product into a routine.

Claims

Use cosmetic wording such as softer, shinier, moisturized-feeling hair and fewer visible split ends. Support with panel tests on dry hair.

Who the products are for

Customers with dry, coarse, curly or bleached hair and those living in dry or sunny climates.

Oxidation control

Add tocopherol and protect oils from light and air.

Testing

Run stability at room temperature, 40 °C and under light, checking color, odor and clarity.

Packaging

Amber glass or opaque pump bottles for oils, tubes for balms and creams.

Batch quality

Keep the CoA for each lot and store retained samples.

Range planning

A pre-wash oil, a balm and a shine serum form a dry-hair routine.

Original recipe: pre-wash hair oil, 100 g

Caprylic/capric triglyceride 35.00 g, sunflower seed oil 25.00 g, coco-caprylate 20.00 g, argan oil 10.00 g, IO Split-End Hair Care Oil Active 5.00 g as an example level per CoA, PEG-7 glyceryl cocoate 3.50 g, tocopherol 0.50 g, fragrance 1.00 g. Mix all ingredients at room temperature until clear. The small amount of water-dispersible ester helps the oil rinse out during shampoo.

Curly and coily hair

Curly and coily hair is naturally drier because scalp oils travel down the curl slowly. Rich oils with the active, applied to damp hair, help define curls and reduce frizz. Methods such as layering a leave-in, an oil and a cream are popular with this group, and a dedicated oil fits that routine well.

Fine hair

For fine hair, offer a light serum based on fast-spreading esters and apply only to the ends.

Heat styling

A drop of the shine serum before blow-drying reduces brush friction and helps hair dry smoother.

Batch quality detail

Compare color and odor of each oil lot against a retained sample before release, since plant-based oils vary naturally.

Gifting

A small hair oil in a gift box suits holiday sets.

Scalp note

Apply oils mainly to lengths and ends; the scalp usually needs less.

Storage

Keep the container closed in a cool place away from light and air.