Tallowtrimonium chloride (inci)

"Tallow" refers to fat components from animal tallow (bovine tallow) (see under tallow), "trimonium" a quaternary trimethylammonium salt as a reaction product.
Tallowtrimonium chloride is used in cosmetic formulations. The substance mixture acts as a surfactant (washing-active substance; improves the even distribution of products during application), antistatic agent (reduces static charges by neutralizing the electrical charge on the surface of, for example, hair), hair conditioning agent (makes hair easy to comb, supple (The general conditions for preservativesthat may be used in cosmetics are defined in the EC Cosmetics Regulation - 1223/2009 - Annex V).

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