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Let’s make a 10 minute rinse-off conditioner with all kinds of humectants, botanicals, conditioners, proteins, and more: Part four, adding proteins! 

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Let’s create an awesome conditioner into which we can add all kinds of wonderful ingredients, including the awesome new-to-us humectant XYLISHINE™ (INCI: Xylitylglucoside (and) Anhydroxylitol (and) Maltitol (and) Xylitol (and) Pelvetia Canaliculata Extract). In part one, we looked at what a conditioner is, why we’d use certain ingredients, chose our conditioning emulsifier, then we created...

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Let’s make a 10 minute rinse-off conditioner with all kinds of humectants, botanicals, conditioners, proteins, and more: Part three, adding botanical extracts and a modified formula to include them

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Let’s create an awesome conditioner into which we can add all kinds of wonderful ingredients, including the awesome new-to-us humectant XYLISHINE™ (INCI: Xylitylglucoside (and) Anhydroxylitol (and) Maltitol (and) Xylitol (and) Pelvetia Canaliculata Extract). In part one, we looked at what a conditioner is, why we’d use certain ingredients, chose our conditioning emulsifier, then we created...

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Chemistry Thursday: Carboxylic acids – C20 very long chain fatty acids, part 28

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Welcome back to our introduction to cosmetic chemistry series! I hope you’re enjoying it so far. I know I am! Let’s talk more about carboxylic acids, specifically the fatty acids we encounter over and over again in our liquid oils, solid oils, butters, and waxes. This week, we’re getting into very long chain fatty acids,...

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Let’s make a 10 minute rinse-off conditioner with all kinds of humectants, botanicals, conditioners, proteins, and more: Part two, how do cationic emulsifiers work, adding XYLISHINE™™, and a new formula with this ingredient! 

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Let’s create an awesome conditioner into which we can add all kinds of wonderful ingredients, including the awesome new-to-us humectant XYLISHINE™ (INCI: Xylitylglucoside (and) Anhydroxylitol (and) Maltitol (and) Xylitol (and) Pelvetia Canaliculata Extract). In part one, we looked at what a conditioner is, why we’d use certain ingredients, chose our conditioning emulsifier, then we created...

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