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I’m getting a lot of e-mails asking for more information on this oil and the products in which it is contained, the Moroccan oil hair care products. So let’s take a look at argan oil! Argan oil contains 12% palmitic acid (C16), 6% stearic acid (C18), 42% oleic acid (C18:1), and about 36% linoleic acid...
Cromollient SCE (INCI Di-PPG-2 myeth-10 adipate – but I’m not typing that every time!) is a PPG ester that is water dispersible and oil and surfactant soluble. A lot of people get this product to make dispersible bath oils in the place of polysorbate 80, but it has so many other purposes! Cromollient SCE is...
We’ve taken a look at using esters in rinse-off and leave-in conditioners, and it’s easy to add our PPG-3 benzyl ether myristate to conditioners in place of our silicones or as an additional emollient, conditioning, and shine enhancing ingredient. Making an intense conditioner is a great idea for dry or processed hair, so let’s take...
If you want to use PPG-3 benzyl ether myristate (aka Crodamol STS) in a shampoo, you’ll want to use it around 3% to ensure it doesn’t end up as an oily mess floating on the top of your product. If you’re using it in a shampoo bar where it’s unlikely to separate, you could use it as high...
First note – If you don’t have esters and want to play along with the recipes, you can use a very light oil like fractionated coconut or fractionated shea oil in place of most of the esters, except the water soluble ones when you require water soluble oils (for instance, in surfactant based products). You...