These are a few of my favourite things: Volumizing complex (updated)

I’ve been using the Volumizing Complex from the Formulator Sample Shop* in my leave in conditioner for quite a few years, and I won’t make a leave in without it! The INCI for this product is Water & Rice Amino Acids & Lactobacillus/Date Fruit Ferment Extract & Polyperfluoroethoxymethoxy Difluorethyl PEG Phosphate. The rice amino acids will...

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These are a few of my favourite things: Foaming proteins

I’ve been experimenting with foaming protein surfactants over the last two years, and I still can’t figure out which one is my favourite! I started with foaming silk surfactant (also click here), then foaming oat surfactant, then foaming rice surfactant, and recently foaming soy protein surfactant. These surfactants are foamy and lathery cleaning ingredients we can...

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What’s your favourite thing?

As you may have noticed, I’ve started a series about my favourite ingredients last week, and I thought I’d ask you what you like! What’s your favourite ingredient? Do you have a preferred product in which you like to use it? If it’s a not-so-common ingredient, could you include a link to it in your...

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Weekend Wonderings: Using alcohol in room sprays? What does cherry kernel oil smell like?

Thanks, Ida, for your anhydrous cleansing balm recipe (which can be found in the comments section of this post)! And thanks Ella for your review of the leave in conditioner. And thanks Marcia for the review of the less greasy hand lotion! Email me at swiftcraftymonkey@swiftcraftymonkey.blog and tell me which e-book you want! Do you...

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These are a few of my favourite things: Incroquat BTMS-50

I love Incroquat BTMS-50, the positively charged conditioning agent that behaves as an emulsifier as well as a hair conditioner! Because it’s an emulsifier, it can be used in water containing and non-water containing products. It can be used to make hair conditioners as well as lotions, body butters, and every other emulsified product you...

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