Creating conditioners with silicone substitutions: How to create a basic formula (part one)

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A Pyrex container with a white conditioner in it and an immersion blender in the container. It's to demonstrate how thick the formula is when it cools.

I admit it, I’m in love with silicones. I drench my hair in them to chase away the frizzies, I coat my skin in them to feel smoother and more protected, I could happily lounge in a bath or swim in a pool of dimethicone it just makes everything feel more velvety, luscious, and luxuriant,...

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#alltheingredients: Dimethicone – soft, silky, smooth, velvety, matte, non-draggy silicone

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Dimethicone - a thick, clear liquid - is being poured from a bottle into a plastic shot glass on a brown tabletop

It’s been a while since we enjoyed a deep dive into dimethicone, one of my favourite silicones for hair and skin care products. I’ll be starting a series on making hair conditioners without silicones shortly, and thought it was time we learned a bit more about this awesome silicone before we tried replacing it with...

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#alltheingredients: Cyclomethicone – light, volatile silicone

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It’s been a while since we enjoyed a deep dive into cyclomethicone, one of my favourite silicones for hair and skin care products. I’ll be starting a series on making hair conditioners without silicones shortly, and thought it was time we learned a bit more about this awesome silicone before we tried replacing it with...

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Creating a vanilla and cornsilk protecting and conditioning facial moisturizer (part eleven) – Using Incroquat BTMS-50 as the emulsifier, the formula

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Welcome back to another bonus part of this series on making a vanilla and cornsilk protecting and conditioning facial moisturizer that I’ve designed to apply before biking to protect my skin from the elements and to work well under my sunscreen. This is part eleven in which we’ll be making the formula using Incroquat BTMS-50....

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Creating a vanilla and cornsilk protecting and conditioning facial moisturizer (part ten) – Adapting it to use Incroquat BTMS-50 as the emulsifier 

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A plastic beaker contains a white creamy lotion, it's a summer lotion with babassu oil, and it feels very nice. Not greasy at all.

Welcome back to another bonus part of this series on making a vanilla and cornsilk protecting and conditioning facial moisturizer that I’ve designed to apply before biking to protect my skin from the elements and to work well under my sunscreen. In the first part of the series, we made a formula using Jeesperse® ICE-T...

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