Conditioners: Special considerations for fine hair

If you’re a fine haired girl, oils and moisturizers don’t tend to be your friend. They can weigh your hair down and make your normally non-frizzy hair frizzy. You want a lot of light conditioning that rinses off easily! Consider using cream rinse type products over intense or rinse off conditioners, and consider using detanglers...

This content is for Foundation, Formulation, and Innovation members only.
Subscribe
Already a member? Log in here

Challenge: We were jamming!

Wow, did I have fun yesterday or what? My friends and I set June 20th as our challenge date for making jam, and we went nuts making all kinds of gooey strawberry concoctions! We bought a 30 pound bucket of local strawberries from the Rotary Club, and they were already washed, cleaned, and packed in...

This content is for Foundation, Formulation, and Innovation members only.
Subscribe
Already a member? Log in here

Conditioners: Modifying cream rinses

I sincerely doubt Farrah Fawcett managed to keep her hair in good condition with all that styling and Aquanet using just a cream rinse, but those were the olden days when we had to wash our hair with rocks and straighten our hair with irons, and the only conditioners we really had were cream rinses....

This content is for Foundation, Formulation, and Innovation members only.
Subscribe
Already a member? Log in here

Question: Differences between cetrimonium bromide and cetrimonium chloride?

Kontakt asked this question: As I understand it, the only difference between centrimonium bromide and cetrimonium chloride is the negatively charged ion: chloride or bromide. What differs between these two compounds in effects, and why? In solutions, the ions should be free from each other so unless the chloride/bromide ion does something in itself, I...

This content is for Foundation, Formulation, and Innovation members only.
Subscribe
Already a member? Log in here

Conditioners: Cream rinses

So what’s the difference between a conditioner and a cream rinse? A cream rinse is basically a detangler that should eliminate fly-aways (reduce static charge), and give our hair a smooth feeling. A conditioner also has these goals, but offers an increase in glossiness or lustre, an increase in body or volume, and may include...

This content is for Foundation, Formulation, and Innovation members only.
Subscribe
Already a member? Log in here