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p-Aminophenol provides lighter, less intense shades than ME+, and depending on the couplers used, the achieved hue varies from yellow to orange to red.

p-Phenylenediamine is a primary oxidative dye and helps to impart a color to hair. Once activated it reacts with couplers, such as MAP, Naphthol etc. It forms multiple different molecules of different colors.

Palmitamidopropyltrimonium Chloride functions as antistatic in Hair Care products as it reduces the static charge by neutralizing the electrical charge on the hair surface. Due to its hair conditioning properties it makes the hair easy to comb and increases the volume and sheen.

Panthenol is used in our products mainly as hair conditioner. It can help to enhance the appearance and feel of hair, increase hair body or suppleness, facilitate styling, improve gloss or sheen and improve the texture of hair, including hair that has been damaged by chemical or physical action. In hair care Panthenol has a moisturizing and smoothing effect or it can be used as a provitamin on the scalp in the hair roots. The moisturizing effect means that the hair does not feel dry or fragile. Panthenol is also a skin conditioner. It helps to increase the water content of the top layers of skin / scalp, acting as a lubricant on the skin surface, which gives the skin a soft and smooth appearance.

Panthenyl Ethyl Ether is defined as hair conditioner to create special effects on hair. It can help to enhance the appearance and feel of hair, increase hair body or suppleness, facilitate styling, improve gloss or sheen and improve the texture of hair, including hair that has been damaged by chemical or physical action. These desirable effects are created by the use of lubricious and/or substantive ingredients that coat or adhere to the hair.The substance is mainly used in our shampoo, conditioner and hair treatment products.

Paraffin is used in Hair Colorants and Hair Care products like Repair or volume emulsions as well as in styling products due to its viscosity and emulsion stabilizing properties and as it helps to soften and smoothen the hair to improve the hair feel.

The Mineral Oils we use in our cosmetic products are of pharmaceutical grade and thus are very pure.In hair colorants Mineral Oil in added to improve product consistency, both for the developer itself, and for the mixed mass of colorant and developer. We use Mineral Oil instead of other natural oils because of its high purity (no metals contamination) and high saturation (all single Carbon-Carbon bonds). Those two features make it very stable in our products, to ensure you experience the intended performance and product consistency throughout the shelf life.Mineral OIl is also known to form a shield over the skin/scalp to protect it from external elements and helps seal in moisture to aid the skin natural barrier as well as to provide soothing.

Passiflora Edulis Fruit Extract is defined as hair conditioner to create special effects on hair. It can help to enhance the appearance and feel of hair, increase suppleness, improve gloss or sheen and improve the texture of hair. Additionally Passiflora Edulis Fruit Extract can be used as hair moisturizing ingredient.

Passiflora Incarnata Flower Extract/ Passion flower extract is full of nutrients that are good for the skin, scalp and hair, including vitamins A and C, and essential fatty acids. We use it in Hair Care products because it helps protecting and calming dry, itchy, and irritated scalp. Due to its moisturizing properties it helps to keep the hair in good condition and protects it from environmental stress.

Paullinia Cupana Seed Extract is used in our product as hair conditioner. This ingredient can help to enhance the appearance and feel of hair, increase suppleness, improve gloss or sheen and improve the texture of hair. These desirable effects are created by the use of lubricious and/or substantive ingredients that coat or adhere to the hair.

PCA and its salts are reported to function in cosmetics as skin/scalp conditioner - humectants. The intended use of ingredients that function as humectant skin/scalp-conditioning in cosmetics is to increase the water content of the top layers of skin/scalp. Humectants are essential cosmetic ingredients which are hygroscopic in nature and absorb moisture from the air. Humectants form hydrogen bonds with water molecules and help to retain the natural moisture of the skin/scalp.The substance is mainly used in some of our hair styling mousses.

PEG-10 Sunflower Glycerides is used in our product as emulsifier and hair conditioning ingredient. As emulsifier it promotes the formation of intimate mixtures of non-miscible liquids by altering the interfacial tension. As hair conditioner it helps to enhance the appearance and feel of hair, increase suppleness, improve gloss or sheen and improve the texture of hair.

PEG-100 Stearate cleans the skin and hair by helping water to mix with oil and dirt so that they can be rinsed away. Due to its emollient properties it keeps the hair in good condition and improves the hair feel.

PEG-12 Dimethicone is used as surfactant and hair conditioner. As surfactant it works to build a dense and stable foam and to decrease surface tension of liquids. As hair conditioner it helps to enhance the appearance and feel of hair, increase suppleness, improve gloss or sheen and improve the texture of hair.

PEG-200 Hydrogenated Glyceryl Palmate is use in some of our styling products such as moldable waxes and gels to stabilize the emulsion, keep the product performance over shelf-life and facilitate the distribution in hair. In addition it makes the hair soft and enhances its appearance.Further we use it in Skin protection products which are applied to skin and scalp before color treatment to protect it from being irritated.

PEG-23M is mainly used as emulsion stabilizer. These family of ingredients help the formation and the stabilization of emulsions. Emulsifiers are required for the formation of emulsions, but their activity is materially enhanced whenever an emulsion stabilizer is included in the system. Emulsion stabilizers do not act as primary emulsifiers but prevent or reduce the coalescence of emulsified droplets by modifying the continuous or the disperse phase of the emulsion.

PEG-25 Hydrogenated Castor Oil promotes the formation of intimate mixtures of non-miscible liquids by altering the interfacial tension. It lowers the surface tension of cosmetics as well as aids the even distribution of the product when used.

PEG-2M is mainly used as emulsion stabilizer. These family of ingredients help the formation and the stabilization of emulsions. Emulsifiers are required for the formation of emulsions, but their activity is materially enhanced whenever an emulsion stabilizer is included in the system. Emulsion stabilizers do not act as primary emulsifiers but prevent or reduce the coalescence of emulsified droplets by modifying the continuous or the disperse phase of the emulsion.

PEG-3 Distearate is defined as surfactant - emulsifying agent, employed in cosmetics to prepare emulsions. The efficacy of emulsifying agents depends on their ability to reduce surface tension, to form complex films on the surface of emulsified droplets, and to create a repulsive barrier on emulsified droplets to prevent their coalescence. In addition it acts as opacifier especially suitable for surfactant preparations - deliberately added to reduce their clear or transparent appearance.

PEG-35 Castor Oil is a non-ionic emulsifier and solubilizer for the preparation of cosmetic emulsions, used in the formulation of a wide variety of cosmetics and personal care products.The ingredient helps to form emulsions by reducing the surface tension of the substances to be emulsified.

PEG-4 Distearyl Ether is used in Hair Care products because it smoothens and softens the hair, make it easy to comb and gives shine and volume to the hair.

PEG-40 Hydrogenated Castor Oil is a non-ionic emulsifier and solubilizer for the preparation of cosmetic emulsions. It is used in the formulation of a wide variety of cosmetics and personal care products. It solubilizes perfume oils, essential oils and other hydrophobic substances. It helps to form emulsions by reducing the surface tension of the substances to be emulsified.

PEG-40-Stearate cleans the skin and hair by helping water to mix with oil and dirt so that they can be rinsed away and therefore it is used in shampoos. As it also has emollient properties it is used hair conditioners and masks.

PEG-45M is mainly used as emulsion stabilizer. These family of ingredients help the formation and the stabilization of emulsions. Emulsifiers are required for the formation of emulsions, but their activity is materially enhanced whenever an emulsion stabilizer is included in the system. Emulsion stabilizers do not act as primary emulsifiers but prevent or reduce the coalescence of emulsified droplets by modifying the continuous or the disperse phase of the emulsion.

PEG-60 Almond Glycerides is essentially a hair conditioner and a solubilizer. In detergent systems such as shampoos, facial washes and shower gels, it acts also as superfatting and conditioners without adversely affecting foam volume. Due to its counter-irritant properties this derivative of almond oil is recommended as a mildness additive in gentle detergent cleansers such as baby shampoos. As a surface active emollient, it is a useful additive in aqueous and aqueous alcoholic systems, where it can also function as a solubilizer for a wide range of cosmetic materials, including perfumes, essential oils, vitamins A and E and herbal extracts.

PEG-60 Hydrogenated Castor Oil is a non-ionic emulsifier and solubilizer for the preparation of cosmetic emulsions. It is used in the formulation of a wide variety of cosmetics and personal care products. It solubilizes perfume oils, essential oils and other hydrophobic substances. It helps to form emulsions by reducing the surface tension of the substances to be emulsified.

PEG-7 Glyceryl Cocoate is mainly used as emulsifying agent. The efficacy of emulsifying ingredients depends on their ability to reduce surface tension, to form complex films on the surface of emulsified droplets, and to create a repulsive barrier on emulsified droplets to prevent their coalescence. Moreover PEG-7 Glyceryl Cocoate is a hydrophilic emollient that is used as a lipid layer enhancer in surfactant cleansing preparations and as a solubility promoter for essential oils and active ingredients.

PEG-75 Lanolin is a surfactant and helps to form emulsions by reducing the surface tension of the substances to be emulsified. PEG-75 Lanolin also acts as lubricant on the skin and hair surface and gives the skin/hair a soft and smooth appearance.

PEG-8 Dimethicone is used as hair conditioner. This group of ingredients includes materials which enhance the appearance and feel of hair, increase hair body or suppleness, facilitate styling, improve gloss or sheen and improve the texture of hair. In hair fixative products PEG-8 Dimethicone supports flexible hold and rinseability.

PEG-90M is mainly used as emulsion stabilizer. These family of ingredients help the formation and the stabilization of emulsions. Emulsifiers are required for the formation of emulsions, but their activity is materially enhanced whenever an emulsion stabilizer is included in the system. Emulsion stabilizers do not act as primary emulsifiers but prevent or reduce the coalescence of emulsified droplets by modifying the continuous or the disperse phase of the emulsion. PEG-90M is also used as Viscosity adjuster to help increase the thickness of a liquid product.

PEG/PPG-20/23 Dimethicone is used to improve wetting characteristics of shampoos. It also functions as emulsion stabilizer in conditioners.

Pentylene Glycol is mainly a solvent of active ingredients and as preservative booster. Moreover it improves the sensorial profile of the product formulations.

We use Fragrances to provide a pleasant product application experience both for the hairdresser and also for the consumer. Fragrances are used in a wide variety of products to impart a pleasant odor, mask the inherent smell of some ingredients, and enhance the experience of using the product. Fragrances create product experiences that are ubiquitous, tangible, and valued. They solve important functional problems and they satisfy valued emotional needs.

Persea Gratissima (Avocado) Oil is known for giving a rich conditioned feel to skin and hair, and it is a good moisturizer.

Petrolatum is mainly used as hair conditioner. It helps to enhance the appearance and feel of hair, increase hair body or suppleness, improve gloss or sheen and improve the texture of hair, including hair that has been damaged by chemical or physical action. Petrolatum is also a known skin protectant and skin occlusive. Both functions can be used to form a shield over the skin/scalp to protect it from external elements and helps seal in moisture to aid the skin natural barrier as well as to provide soothing. We are using only highly refined grades of Petrolatum.

Phenoxyethanol is added to cosmetic product as a preservative to ensure product quality and consumer safety by preventing the growth of microbes.Phenoxyethanol has antifungal properties, preventing the contamination of products by microbes. Phenoxyethanol is very effective as it boosts the efficacy of other preservatives and decreases the total amount of preservatives needed in a product.

Phenyl Methyl Pyrazoleone provides a warm orange nuance when used in combination with ME+, p-Aminophenol, and C5-Pyrazole.

Phenyl Trimethicone is used mainly as hair conditioning ingredient. It enhances the appearance and feel of hair, by increasing hair body, suppleness, or sheen, or by improving the texture of hair that has been damaged physically or by chemical treatment. Moreover, as antifoaming, it reduces the tendency of finished products to generate foam on shaking.

Phenylbenzimidazole Sulfonic Acid (Ensulizole) or it salts are defined as sunscreen ingredients. A sunscreen is defined as an active ingredient that absorbs, reflects, or scatters radiation UV rays. It also acts as light stabilizers which is employed in cosmetics to protect the product from chemical or physical deterioration induced by light.

Phonolite has the capability to take liquid in through the surface and to hold it as it acts as an absorbent, hence it helps to avoid water loss and drying-out of the product which makes it a good ingredient for styling clays.

Phosphoric Acid is used to control the pH of our products to ensure the product's pH is at a desired level for product functionality, stability and consumer safety.

Picramic Acid imparts color to hair. The exact color result will depend on the other ingredients that are used in the preparation and the starting color of the hair.This dye is used in semi-permanent and permanent colorant.

Pigment Red 57 is used as a direct dye in semi-permanent hair colorants formulations and Color Conditioners or as color additive to impart a orange-red-brownish (depending on concentration and solvent) color to cosmetic products. Hair colorants are an extremely wide variety of molecules that are already intensely colored. As Hair colorant it is mostly used in semi-permanent products as direct dyes don't penetrate very deeply into the hair.

Piroctone Olamine is particularly suitable for the manufacture of antidandruff shampoos and hair care products such as hair tonics and cream rinses with an antidandruff action. It acts against the development of micro-organisms in cosmetics.

Polyacrylamide as a Binder is a substance which added to cosmetic products to dispense, swell, or absorb water, which increases consistency and holds ingredients together.Polyacrylamide as a Film Former form a thin coating on the skin or hair upon drying. Film former may create a moisture barrier.

Polyacrylate-14 is an unique multi-functional polymer that delivers film-forming, fixative and rheology modifying properties to hair care and styling formulations. It combines hydrophilic, semi-hydrophobic and hydrophobic components that lead to excellent hold, clear and uniform films with good adhesion, enhanced humidity resistance and a smooth, natural feel on hair.

Polyester-5 is used as Viscosity Adjuster predominantly in Make-up products like Mascara and in Hair Care products like Conditioner and Masks. In Hair styling products such as Hair Spray it functions as film former building a uniform film on hair surface for styling purpose by keeping a good hair feel.

Polyethylene as an Abrasive or Exfoliant are natural or synthetic cosmetic ingredient which are added to rub away or scrape the surface layer of cells or tissue from the skin. Polyethylene as a Binder is a substance which added to cosmetic products to dispense, swell, or absorb water, which increases consistency and holds ingredients together. Polyethylene as an Emulsion Stabilizer provides a firmer texture to cosmetic products. While they are not true emulsifiers, they help to stabilize emulsions and therefore improves shelf-life. Polyethylene as a Film Former forms a thin coating on the skin or hair upon drying. Film former may create a moisture barrier. Polyethylene as a Viscosity adjuster is a cosmetic ingredient used to increase or decrease the thickness of a liquid product.

Polyimide-1 as a Film Former forms a thin coating on the skin or hair opon drying. Film former may create a moisture barrier.

Polymethylsilsesquioxane is essentially an opacifier for cosmetic products. Opacifier are ingredients which scatter light and make the product in which they are dispersed appear more opaque (less translucent).