Beautiful hair with collagen instead of silicone
More than 20 million people in Germany over the age of 14 regularly use hair treatments or conditioners. These often contain silicones, which have no nourishing or repairing properties, but merely coat the hair to cover up damage. Silicones and other liquid plastics can, like microplastics, accumulate in the environment through our wastewater and cause damage to aquatic ecosystems.
The aim of the project is therefore to develop a natural cosmetics-certified hair care product based on jellyfish collagen as a natural biopolymer, which should give hair combability, resistance and shine. The marine collagen should not be washed out after use, but should be firmly bound to the protein structure of the hair through an enzymatic reaction in order to sustainably replenish and repair damaged hair structures.
