Ingredients to perfect the art of hair colour formulation

Since 1897, JH Lowenstein (JHL) has been providing brilliant, trend-setting colours for the global hair care industry. From a modest paint store in New York, USA to the technologically driven, quality dyestuff manufacturer the company is today, JHL has prided itself on providing customers with state-of-the-art dye products and impeccable, personalised service.

JHL is home to five research and quality control laboratories with manufacturing capabilities situated at its corporate headquarters in New York. These facilities are regularly updated to keep pace with technological advancements. State-of-the-art instrumentation, including gas chromatographs, high-pressure liquid chromatographs, infrared spectrophotometers and colour measurement software assure quality and consistency in every product.

Flexibility to meet various needs

Represented in South Africa by Chempack Industries, JHL is committed to delivering exceptional hair colour formulation services. The company produces a range of surfactants, bleaching products, stabilising and chelating agents, protein derivatives and conditioner ingredients, colours and shining colours, as well as viscosity builders.  

Its customers range from multinational, world-renowned corporations to small, privately held companies. JHL has the capabilities to meet large, multi-tonne order needs, as well as small one-colour requests. No matter what your dyeing needs, whether for consultation, formulation, new colour development or product line enhancements, the chemists in JHL’s colour laboratories are available to help attend to your specific requirements.

Versatile ingredients for colour systems

LOWENOL EMULSION VB offers great versatility in hair colour systems. It is cost effective and provides a uniform and stable emulsion, outstanding conditioning, and protection of the dye actives from premature oxidation. It also allows for more colour uptake and greater intensity of colour, while lowering the dye load. LOWENOL EMULSION VB has extreme pH tolerance and can withstand both the low pH value of cream developers and high pH value of relaxers. It also works synergistically with LOWENOL WHP.

LOWENOL CONDITIONER WHP replenishes hair from inside out, highly improves wet and dry combing, reduces frizz highly, adds natural gloss and makes hair soft, silky and tame.

LOWENOL CONDITIONER SSD adds natural gloss to treated hair, increases wet and dry combing, improves manageability, brings softness to hair and reduces frizz. It also improves manufacturing processes because the product is easy to use.

AUTO-OXIDATION DIB FOAM HAIR COLOR helps to blend in grey hair and restore hairs natural colour progressively. It is fast, easy, simple to use and activated with atmospheric oxygen. This product helps regain hair’s natural look and shine.

The MIX ‘N COLOR CMRF Series is carcinogenic, mutagenic, reprotoxic free, and PPD, RS, PAP, 2MR free. This series delivers expedited results, is easy to formulate with and helps reduce in-house training and inventory requirements.

PPD and RESORCINOL FREE MIX ‘N COLOR guarantees stable colouring results, is easy to formulate with, offers a quicker turnaround time in manufacturing, and helps reduce training and inventory requirements.

With over 100 000m² of manufacturing and warehouse space, a global network of distribution facilities, scientists, product marketing specialists, expert sales agents and customer service representatives, JHL is uniquely prepared to meet your most demanding requirements.