Well I just went back over the article that someone from the board (Valleygirl I think) got their info about phytantriol. Here's more info from that article though I'm skeptical of what I read on the internet. I never know the motives of the people that write these articles. Here's the info anyway:
Review of Innovative Ingredients
• Anionic sulfonated polystyrene: Polymer film formed on the hair has high heat resistance due to the fact that this compound is thermally stable.
• Polyquaternium-4: Polymer film formed on the hair has high heat resistance.
• Phytantriol: Multi-functional ingredient- provides thermal protection, enhanced deposition on hair of actives, and provides hair strengthening in combination with Panthenol. Claims based on tensile strength studies, as well as hair deposition, penetration, and moisturization studies.
• PVP/DMAPA Acrylates Copolymer: Thermal Protectant, Improves wet and dry combing, boosts conditioner efficacy.
• Silk Amino acids: Low molecular weight indicates that the molecules can penetrate the cuticle. It has been shown to be highly substantive.
• Quaternium-70 (and) Propylene Glycol: Thermal Protectant, Improves wet and dry combing, boosts conditioner efficacy.
• Acrylamidopropyltrimonium Chloride/Acrylamide Copolymer: Highly efficient hair conditioner; provides smoothness and softness; excellent slip properties on dry and damaged hair.
• Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein Polysiloxane Copolymer: Prevents thermal cracking of the hair shaft and prevents cuticle lifting. Has ability to cross link with itself on drying or upon heat activation, retards water evaporation, and also gives a strong cohesiveness to the cuticle.
• Cystine Polysiloxane: Prevents thermal cracking of the hair shaft and prevents cuticle lifting.
• 18 MEA Fatty Acid: Covalently bonds to hair; replenishing fatty acid.
• Chitasan PCA: A multifunctional ingredient that provides substantive moisturization to the hair in a uniform film. Films which are formed are highly resistant to being rinsed off.
• Panthenol: Hair conditioner, humectant, moisturizer. Improves strength of hair.
• Hydrolyzed Proteins: Hair Conditioner, moisturizer, polymer film former.
• Amodimethicone: Hair conditioning agent. Especially effective for damaged hair to give durability without build-up.
• Guar Hydroxypropyltrimonium Chloride: A cationic guar derivative Provides good substantivity and conditioning to the hair. As a quaternized material, it will adhere to the hair surface and provide a moisture-holding film, increasing the suppleness, softness and sheen of hair. Combability is also enhanced, reducing damage. Smoothes and protects.
• Hydrolyzed Keratin: Permanent conditioning protein. Contains cystine.
• Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein (and) Wheat Oligosaccharides: Conditioning Protein. Moisturizer for damaged hair.
• Polyquaternium-10: Substantive conditioning agent. Substantive to protein substrates.
• Cyclomethicone: Gives smoothness and silky sheen to hair.
• Dimethicones: Emollient, lubricant.
• Dimethicone Copolyol: Refatting agent, provides smoothness, softness. Lubricant. Contributes to gloss, sheen and combability.
• Phenyltrimethicone: Improvement of spreadability, shine.
• Polyquaternium-6: High charge density polymer provides substantivity to hair. Conditioner, moisturizer.
• Polyquaternium-7: Highly substantive to hair. Provides conditioning, smoothness moisturization.
• Polyquaternium- 11: Substantive Conditioner, film former. High cationic density.
• Polyquaternium-22: Highly substantive to hair. Conditioner,
moisturizer.
• Polyquaternium-37 (and) Propylene Glycol Dicaprylate/Dicaprate (and) PEG-a Trideceth-6: Hair Conditioner, Humectant, Moisturizer. Rheology modifier providing sheer thinning properties.
• Polyquaternium-39: Conditioner, moisturizer, static flyaway
reduction.
*Edited to make reading it easier.
