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I’m asked a lot about including oils in shampoo, and I have to admit I’m not a fan of the idea. It’s not just because I’m an oily haired girl, but because there are a ton of ways of increasing moisturizing and hydrating in a shampoo that isn’t about the hassle of oils. The goal...
There are so many amazing extracts out there for our hair. Should we put them into our shampoo or leave them for conditioners? It’s hard to cover all the possible extracts in one post – heck, it’s hard to cover them all on one blog! – so I’ll go over some general concepts instead of...
Again, I admit I’m biased towards panthenol as it’s such a great ingredient for our hair, but do we need it in a shampoo if we’re including it in a conditioner? What does it bring to our hair? It offers moisturizing without oils, it can swell the hair shaft in a good way to moisturize...
A shampoo should have a certain viscosity to it. Not too thick so it won’t come out of the bottle, and not too thin that it spills out like water all over the tub. We want to to be like the porridge that horrible Goldilocks stole from the adorable baby bear – just right. We...