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How to measure and analyse the texture of food, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals and adhesives.

Tuesday 28 February 2023

Giving hair a new texture

Do you want to see how Ashland, USA scientists have been using the Volscan Profiler to measure hair volume and compare mousse samples with different formulations? Their work is summarised in Personal Care Magazine.

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Why measure hair volume?

Hair products are often marketed to provide good ‘body’ to the hair while taming flyaways and frizz. The efficiency of these products has to be scientifically proven. High body follows the loose definition of thick and bouncy hair with high volume and much movement when the head is turned. It may also be defined as hair with good elevation from the scalp in both the vertical and lateral directions.