Azlok's Color Protective Shampoo Base (Ready to Use) is a pre-formulated, viscous liquid shampoo that you can bottle and sell as-is, or lightly customise with your own fragrance and additives. It is designed to cleanse gently while helping colour-treated hair hold its shade longer, thanks to mild surfactants, conditioning polymers and herbal extracts like amla, shikakai, reetha and hibiscus.
What this base is meant for
Colour-treated hair tends to fade faster when it is washed with harsh, high-foaming cleansers. This base takes a softer approach. The surfactant blend — sodium lauroyl sarcosinate, cocamidopropyl betaine, decyl glucoside and coco glucoside — is chosen to clean effectively without aggressively stripping the hair shaft. Added polyquaternium-7 and polyquaternium-10 leave hair feeling smoother and easier to detangle.
According to the product details, the base is vegan friendly, alcohol free, soy free, formaldehyde free and mineral oil free. Its stated benefits are preserving hair colour, moisturising and nourishing, reducing dryness and damage, and improving shine and smoothness.
Who typically uses it
- Small salons and stylists who want their own branded wash for clients with coloured hair.
- Home and hobby formulators learning cosmetic making without building a formula from scratch.
- Small D2C beauty brands that need a reliable, ready-to-bottle base for a colour-care line.
How to use and customise it
Because it is ready to use, the simplest workflow is to transfer it into clean, sanitised bottles and label it. If you want to make it your own, keep changes small and test at each step.
- Start clean. Sanitise all equipment and containers to protect shelf life.
- Add fragrance sparingly. A typical cosmetic fragrance dose is well under 1% by weight. Pre-dissolve fragrance oil in a solubiliser such as polysorbate 20 to keep the shampoo clear.
- Adjust thickness if needed. The base is already viscous; avoid random salt additions, which can thin some surfactant systems unpredictably.
- Check pH. Colour-care shampoos generally sit on the mildly acidic side, which helps flatten the cuticle. Use pH strips or a meter before bottling.
- Batch test. Wash a small colour-treated swatch or your own hair before scaling up a batch.
Usage for the end customer
Apply a coin-sized amount to wet hair, massage into the scalp and lengths, then rinse well. For coloured hair, rinsing with cool rather than very hot water helps reduce fading. Follow with a conditioner if your hair is long or dry.
Safety and honest notes
This is a cosmetic base for external use on hair and scalp only. A few sensible precautions:
- Do not ingest, and keep out of reach of children.
- Avoid the eyes. If it gets in, rinse with plenty of water.
- Patch test any fragrance or additive you introduce, especially for sensitive scalps.
- No shampoo can restore colour once it has faded — this base is about slowing fade and caring for the hair, not reversing dye loss.
- If you are reselling, keep the ingredient list and any customisation records so your labelling stays accurate. Azlok can provide COA and MSDS documentation for the base.
Buying and storage
The base is priced at ₹399 and comes in 500 g, 1 KG, 5 KG, 10 KG and 20 KG packs, so you can buy a small trial size before committing to bulk. It is made in India and carries a stated shelf life of 24 months.
- Store in a cool, dry place away from direct sunlight.
- Keep containers tightly closed to limit contamination and evaporation.
- Use clean scoops or pumps; introducing water or dirty tools shortens usable life.
- Label decanted bottles with the fill date so you rotate stock sensibly.
For makers who want a dependable starting point rather than months of trial and error, a ready-to-use base like this one on Azlok is a practical way to launch a colour-care shampoo.
FAQ
Is this shampoo base sulphate free?
The listed surfactants are sodium lauroyl sarcosinate, cocamidopropyl betaine, decyl glucoside and coco glucoside — milder cleansers rather than the harsher sulphates often blamed for rapid colour fade. Check the full ingredient list on the label for your own claims.
Can I sell it under my own brand without changing anything?
Yes. It is ready to use, so you can bottle and label it as-is, following your local cosmetic labelling and safety requirements.
Do I need to add a preservative?
The base already contains sodium benzoate and potassium sorbate as preservatives. If you add water or watery ingredients, you may compromise this system, so avoid diluting it.
How much fragrance can I add?
Keep fragrance at a low cosmetic level, typically well under 1%, and solubilise it with polysorbate 20 to keep the shampoo clear and stable.
Will it work on non-coloured hair too?
Yes. It is a gentle, moisturising cleanser suitable for regular hair as well, though its formulation is aimed at helping colour-treated hair stay vibrant.