Within our comprehensive product range for hair care, Kao provides the essential components required to formulate mild shampoos tailored for different hair types. Additionally, our portfolio includes cationic surfactants to obtain a broad spectrum of conditioners. For leave-in serums, potent conditioning treatments, and mild surfactants designed for hair coloration and protection, Kao presents a versatile selection of innovative solutions.
Our portfolio further extends to additives that deliver effective heat protection, ensuring holistic care for the hair, as well as many other innovative solutions for hair care applications.
Shampoos
Shampoos are products intended to clean and take care of hair and scalp. Together with their cleansing performance, properties such as mildness and safety are key features to be taken into consideration for a shampoo ingredient.
Besides conventional cleansers, such as sulfates, sulfonates, betaines or amides, Kao Chemicals Europe offers a number of eco-friendly, very mild and effective surfactants.
Highlight products
Multifunctional ingredient of natural origin that provides rich skin feeling and moisturizing properties. Cold processable.
Highlight products
Multifunctional ingredient of natural origin that provides rich skin feeling and moisturizing properties. Cold processable.
Hair Conditioners
Hair conditioners are intended to help condition hair after shampooing. They are used to help ease combing and make hair smooth and silky.
Conventional cationic surfactants used as basic components for this application are assessed for their potential to cause scalp and eye irritation and for their adverse environmental impact. Kao Chemicals Europe, with the aim of contributing safety to the consumer and a healthier planet for future generations, has developed specialties that lead to more effective and innovative conditioning formulations.
Hair Coloration
Demand for hair colour is significantly growing, not only due to the increasing aging population, but also because hair colouring has become an essential trend throughout society. Young generations want to differentiate, experiment on their own and make their own style statement. Our portfolio includes ingredients to develop different types of hair coloration products with good colour uptake and levelling, as well as recommendations for the protection of previously coloured hair.
Hair Styling
At Kao Chemicals Europe, we are experts in surfactants, and we know how to help you to protect hair from styling treatments. We work only with the best ingredients.
Shaving
We offer ingredients to soften beard hair by providing lubrication, taking care of the skin and improving lather with Kao Chemicals Europe’s ingredients.
