Chemistry

Surfactants: Incorporating mildness into your creations – overview

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Surfactants, by their very nature, are irritating to our skin. The goal when creating surfactant based products is to reduce the irritation to our skin by using milder cleansers, creating blends that enhance mildness, and adding ingredients like cationic polymers, proteins, or emollients. When a surfactant comes into contact with our skin, it can bind...

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What makes a shampoo clarifying?

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What’s the difference between a clarifying shampoo and a regular shampoo? Clarifying shampoos are intended to remove the styling agents you’ve been using while curling or straightening, so they don’t contain conditioning agents or silicones. You’ll notice I don’t tend to use conditioning agents or dimethicone in my shampoo recipes. The reason for this is...

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Cetrimonium chloride – even more awesome than before!

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Now, I know you don’t need another reason to include cetrimonium chloride in your conditioners, but here it is…it can help remove silicone build up on your hair! Yep, our beloved detangling and softening agent can actually help if you’ve been using enough cyclomethicone and/or dimethicone in your conditioners or anti-frizz sprays to de-static an...

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L’Oreal’s EverStrong series of hair care products

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I saw an ad for this line of products earlier this week, so I had to check it out. From the L’Oreal site…(and the typos are also from the L’Oreal site – tha’s and rosemay? Seriously?)For hair that needs extra strength, now there is haircare tha’s so gentle, yet so strong. The new EverStrong Sulfate-Free...

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Want to learn more chemistry???

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Want to learn more about chemistry? Make: Online has created a science room with some great explanations and experiments you can do at home (although we already have some at-home experiments – we call it shampoo, conditioner, body wash, lotions, and so on!) I like their tutorials on acid-base reactions (one of my favourite things...

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