About CHI
CHI – short for Cationic Hydration Interlink – is a hair care brand of Farouk Systems, the Houston, Texas company founded by Farouk Shami. Farouk Systems exports its hair and skin care products, including the BioSilk and SunGlitz brands, to more than 100 countries and employs over 600 people in the US.
Silk in every bottle
Our 4 CHI entries are three shampoos – Infra, Keratin and the Aloe Vera Curl Enhancing Shampoo – and a tea tree oil blend conditioner, two of them with Turkish labels. PHENOXYETHANOL, PANTHENOL, HYDROLYZED SILK and AQUA appear in all 4; COCAMIDOPROPYL BETAINE, SODIUM C14-16 OLEFIN SULFONATE, GUAR HYDROXYPROPYLTRIMONIUM CHLORIDE, GLYCOL DISTEARATE, PARFUM and CITRIC ACID in 3.
Fragrance is declared in 3 formulas (75%) and silicones in 3 (75%). None contains parabens or denatured alcohol (ALCOHOL DENAT.).
Line names and the shared base
CHI's line names – Infra, Keratin, Aloe Vera, Tea Tree – sit on a largely common base of silk protein, panthenol and the surfactant SODIUM C14-16 OLEFIN SULFONATE. The ingredient named on the front, such as keratin or tea tree oil, appears under its INCI name further down; on Turkish packs, Saç Kremi means conditioner.
Sources: Wikipedia – Farouk Shami
Products (4)
Most common ingredients
Ingredients that appear most often in CHI formulas (excluding water, glycerin and fragrance).