conditioners

Member exclusive Q&A: What makes a cleansing conditioner a cleansing conditioner? (updated)

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Katherine asked: I’ve been using the Chaz Wen Hair care products (non-shampoo, cleansing conditioners) for a couple of years but, recently, began hearing about anecdotal reports of hair loss with this product line. I made the move to a non-shampoo approach to caring for my hair once I hit menopause. It seemed as if overnight...

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Experiments in the workshop: Stearamidopropyl dimethylamine conditioner test

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When I find a new ingredient, I do a search of all the materials on my computer or iPad, then I look for prototype formulas to give me an idea of what I can do with this thing. In this case, I was looking for more information about stearamidopropyl dimethylamine, a conditioner we met yesterday....

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Why did I buy that again? Stearamidopropyl dimethylamine (updated)

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I’ve had requests to formulate with this ingredient for years, but we can’t get it in Canada, so I didn’t order it. During our weeks of being snowed in earlier this year, I went on a spending spree for loads of ingredients I’ve always wanted to try, and this was at the top of the...

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It’s too hot to craft: Cold process hair conditioners – part four with ICE Hair Restore (updated)

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Last Monday, we met a new, cold process conditioner I bought from Making Cosmetics called Ice Hair Restore (aka Gracefruit’s EasyMix Smooth or Jeesperse CPCS). Last Tuesday, we made a hair conditioner with it, then modified that on Wednesday into a more intense conditioner my best friend coined the Pineapple Express Intense Conditioner. Let’s modify...

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It’s too hot to craft: Cold process hair conditioners – part two with ICE hair restore (updated)

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Yesterday, we met a new hair conditioning ingredient, ICE Hair Restore (aka Jeesperse ICE-T CPCS or EasyMix Smooth from Gracefruit) INCI: Cetearyl alcohol (and) behentrimonium chloride (and) polyquaternium 37. It doesn’t need to be heated and held to work, so it’s perfect for these ridiculously hot days when going into your workshop to formulate with...

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