Conditioners: Detanglers with Incroquat CR

We took a look at using cetrimonium chloride in detangling sprays yesterday, so let’s look at Incroquat CR, another great detangling ingredient. Incroquat CR is easier to find than cetrimonium chloride and it will allow you to include some oils and silicones, if you want. You won’t get a clear product out of this recipe,...

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Conditioners: Detanglers using cetrimonium chloride

We’ve looked at cream rinses – which are effectively detanglers in rinse-off form – and we’ve looked at leave in conditioners, so let’s take a look at leave-in detanglers suitable for fine hair or children’s hair. The concept is pretty much the same for detanglers as for cream rinses – we want something that contains...

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Conditioners: Modifying the leave-in conditioner with extracts or hydrosols!

Extracts and hydrosols in your leave-in conditioners can offer anti-inflammatory, anti-irritancy, anti-oxidant, film forming, and moisturizing benefits to an already awesome product! We know our botanical ingredients can have awesome benefits in a rinse-off conditioner – which ones could we choose for a leave-in conditioner? Well, most of them would be suitable – check out...

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Why am I perceived as hating “all natural” things?

I love my all natural babassu butter body butter! You can find the recipe here!  I received an e-mail last night from someone who notes she is a formulator of mostly natural bath and body products, and that she was writing to  me “even though I know you have little love for formulators like me”,...

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Conditioners: Modifying the leave-in conditioner with Incroquat CR.

Okay, so we’ve seen how we can include BTMS-50 and cetrimonium bromide, so why not make a leave in conditioner with Incroquat CR? We’ll be getting more into using Incroquat CR alone in a detangling product shortly, but we can include it in our leave-in conditioners to add more anti-static and softening properties. As with any...

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