Question: How to research ingredients and the joys of staying curious! (updated)

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p suggested…You know how you posted on how you duplicate a product? I would absolutely love an analogous post on how you research ingredients and formulations. You shed so much light on topics that other sites discuss only casually. Do you do your research mostly through books? Or is the web actually a really good...

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Conditioner: Defining our conditioners

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As I mentioned yesterday, there are three types of conditioners – rinse off, leave in, and intense or treatment conditioners. What are the differences? Rinse off conditioners: Rinse off conditioners tend to have between 3% to 10% cationic quaternary compounds with the rest of the ingredients being water, water soluble ingredients (like hydrolyzed proteins, panthenol,...

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Conditioner: What’s that then?

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If you’re read any of my previous posts on conditioners, you’ll notice there are three general categories – rinse off, intense or treatment, and leave-in conditioners. The formulations for each of these start in kind of the same place with us choosing our favourite cationic quaternary compound and adding hair friendly ingredients like proteins, humectants,...

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Shampoo: Summary and permanent list of links

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I figured a round-up of all the recipes and information on shampoo might be a good thing before we move onto conditioners tomorrow. You can find this as a permanent page on the right hand side of this blog under “links to lists”. So what have we learned about making shampoo? Pick the right surfactants...

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Chemistry of your hair: A short post on dandruff

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Dandruff is defined as excessive scaling of the scalp that results in flaking of our skin. There are many different things that can cause dandruff but the general consensus is that it is a low-grade underlying inflammatory process resulting in proliferative activity of the scalp, meaning there is some kind of inflammation that is leading...

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