Q&A: Is cetrimonium chloride necessary for a conditioner? How can I make one that’s more natural? Part one

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In this post, leave in conditioner – where you can find my base formula and a modification for this product – Olga asks, I am in the process of creating a leave in conditioner, I am using sucrose Stearate. I’ve learned that it’s amazing in leave- in conditioners but I’d love to hear your input...

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Updates around the site including links to the January and August e-books that were late, but are out now!

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Whew! It’s been a really challenging year for me, and we thank you all for your patience as I’m finally getting to a point where I can work more and share more with you as my pain decreases and my energy increases. Woo hoo! I’m curious to hear what you think of the new formula...

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#alltheingredients: Sea buckthorn extract (liquid, water soluble) – botanical extracts you will love 

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We first used this botanical extract – Sea buckthorn extract (INCI:  Glycerin (and) Water (and) Hippophae Rhamnoides (Sea Buckthorn) Fruit Extract (and) Citric Acid (and) Sodium Benzoate (and) Potassium Sorbate), the water soluble portion of the sea buckthorn fruit from which we get sea buckthorn oil– back in March 2024 when we met a formula...

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Everything you wanted to know about mixing, but were afraid to ask – link-o-rama!

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An infographic of high shear mixers, including an immersion/stick blender, homogenizer, silverson, or high shear blade

Let’s take a minute to talk about mixing as it’s such an important part of our process, but one that a lot of people don’t follow, leading to frustrating fails and lower/higher viscosity emulsions. These links are from my huge equipment section of the site, always found under the “resources” tab in the menu bar,...

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All kinds of information on making cationic (positively charged) emulsions! 

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We touched on this topic a titch in this post – Let’s create a gorgeous dry hair & scalp hydrating conditioner using BTMS-50 with loads of botanicals and actives (includes formula) – but I thought I should share more information here so it’s not lost! The short answer is that cationic (positively charged) emulsions are...

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