Volume 13(1)/2021 EFFECT OF DIFFERENT THICKENING AGENTS ON THE TEXTURE PROFILE OF HAIR GEL FORMULATION Authors Md Yusof A.H., Abd Gani S.S., Zaidan U. H., Halmi M.I.E. , Samuel Y.K.C., Wahab N.A, Karim A.A. ABSTRACT This study is carried out to examine the texture profile of hair gel formulation in comparison with the similar available products in the market. Eighteen hair gel formulated with different type of gelling agents and concentration were used to compare with the texture profile of five commercial products. The results showed that the spreadability and work of shear for commercial products were 296.53 g - 538.85 g and 228.74 g.sec - 428.92 g.sec, respectively. On the other hand, the spreadability and work of shear value for formulated hair gels were 8.42 g - 376.17 g and 8.12 g.sec - 364.99 g.sec, respectively. Even though some of the thickening agents such as polyacrylic acid gave similar texture profile as a commercial product at a certain concentration, we prefered to combine different gelling agent to improve the product properties. The suitable thickener should, therefore, be selected based on its other useful properties and their quality. VIEW PDF DOWNLOAD