It’s too hot to craft: Cold process hair conditioners – part one with ICE Hair Restore (updated)

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Is it possible to make hair conditioners without heating or holding? Why are you even asking this question? What madness is this, Swift? I bought this cold process hair conditioning ingredient – called Ice Restore at Making Cosmetics* – INCI: Cetearyl alcohol (and) behentrimonium chloride (and) polyquaternium 37 – that appears to be a product...

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It’s too hot to craft: Introduction (updated)

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I hate summer. I hate the heat, I hate the sun and the way sunscreen makes me break out, I hate the mosquitoes and having to smell like Off, I hate the humidity that makes my hair frizz uncontrollably, I hate sweating all day, and I hate that I complain so much about hating summer....

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Question from Patreon: Can cocamidopropyl betaine be used as the only surfactant in a shampoo?

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In the July Q&A on my Patreon feed, Doris asked: I fell down this particular rabbit hole because I wanted to duplicate a simple shampoo that I love. (It’s this shampoo – Dirty Girl Farm, Bamboo Shampoo.)  I think the order of the ingredients is off, but according to the label they are: water, glycerin,...

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Question from Patreon: How to use alcohol in a lotion? (part two)

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In yesterday’s post, we took a look at how we might use alcohol in a lotion. In today’s post, I thought I’d shared a few ways you could incorporate ethanol into your products. If you want to make something pH balanced for our skin, I know you can use Aristoflex AVC to make 50% ethanol gels. In...

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Potential duplication for Lush’s Ocean Salt exfoliating body & face scrub (part three, another prototype formula)

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  On Sunday, we took a look at the ingredient list for this product, and earlier today we created a simply awful formula for the base lotion. Let’s try this all again.I was on the right track with the break down of ingredients, so I decided I would do something a bit wacky – I’ll...

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