Polyquats! Let’s take a closer look at polyquaterniums or cationic polymers, plus an aside about -trimoniums

I’ve written about this topic before – see this post – but I thought since I have so many more polyquats in my workshop, we should take a closer look at them.  What’s cationic polymer? A polymer is “Any of numerous natural and synthetic compounds of usually high molecular weight consisting of up to millions...

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#alltheingredients: Keratin hydrolysate silox (hair care active)

On Saturday, I shared my new epic conditioner that uses ICE Conditioner or JEEQUAT® NDCS or Naturally Derived Conditioning System (INCI: Cetyl alcohol, behentrimonium chloride, cocamidopropyl betaine, sorbitan laurate.) On Sunday, we learned more about this ingredient, then on Monday, we made a cold process, light kukui nut oil conditioner or lotion with Jeequat® NDCS/ICE conditioner. Finally, in yesterday’s...

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#alltheingredients: ICE Conditioner or JEEQUAT® NDCS or Naturally Derived Conditioning System.

I’ve shared some formulas with you using ICE Hair Restore or Jeesperse ICE-T CPCS (INCI: Cetearyl alcohol (and) behentrimonium chloride (and) polyquaternium 37), a cold process hair conditioning emulsifier we can use to make to make quick conditioners without heating. Let’s meet another cold process emulsifier, ICE Conditioner or JEEQUAT® NDCS or Naturally Derived Conditioning System....

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#alltheingredients are coming home with me!

It’s our last day in Paris, and we’re exhausted. We’re staying in to pack and organize for the long flight tomorrow. I can’t believe all these wonderful ingredients I’m bringing home courtesy of Jane of Making Skincare and our free course, Learn Cosmetic Formulation; Nanette of NV&O; Anja of Formulate Cosmetics; Alchemy Ingredients (Ascot); and...

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#alltheingredients: TKB Thickening clay – part 6, Garamite 7308-XR

Thanks for joining me for yet another part of this series on how to use TKB Trading’s Thickening Clay (INCI: Quaternium-90 Sepiolite (and) Quaternium-90 Montmorillonite) as part of the Tarte Frxxxtion Exfoliating Stick potential duplication. Here are my previous attempts that didn’t work… #alltheingredients: Thickening clay (part one) #alltheingredients: Thickening clay, part two – my first...

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