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We defined what it means to be a cleansing conditioner yesterday, so let’s take a look at a few of them. Today we’ll take a look at Curl Junkie’s Daily Fix Cleansing Conditioner. Let’s analyze the ingredients! Water: Our solvent. Cetyl Alcohol: A fatty alcohol that helps boost the substantivity of the cationic quaternary compound and...
Before we get into trying to duplicate a few cleansing conditioners, we need to establish what it means for a product to be a cleansing conditioner versus a normal conditioner. (For a quick summary of the no-shampoo method or co-washing method, click here.) How does a cleansing conditioner differ from a normal conditioner? It doesn’t. For...
Let’s pick up where we left off yesterday with the Chi Silk Infusion Hair Serum. If you want to make a suggestion for a product we might consider duplicating, please make a comment in this post with an accurate ingredient list and link to the product. What’s with the mica and boron nitride? Think about...
I’m still not feeling all that well – I’m getting really tired of this stomach bug as this has to be the 10th time I’ve had this since March – so I thought I’d post a question and let you be the blog writers for today. Why do you like the products you like? Think...
Mychelle suggested we take a look at the Chi Silk Infusion Hair Serum. (If you’d like to make a suggestion, hie thyself to the duplicating products introductory post, and comment. Please include an accurate ingredient list and a link to the product somewhere on the ‘net.) Shall we take a look at the ingredient list?...