conditioners

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

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Is it possible to make hair conditioners without heating or holding? Why are you even asking this question? What madness is this, Swift? I bought this cold process hair conditioning ingredient – called Ice Restore at Making Cosmetics* – INCI: Cetearyl alcohol (and) behentrimonium chloride (and) polyquaternium 37 – that appears to be a product...

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Weekday Wonderings: All about conditioner bars!

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Loads and loads of questions on making conditioner bars, so let’s take a look at those! Here’s my base recipe so you can follow along! SOLID CONDITIONER BAR FORMULA 60% Incroquat BTMS-50 (INCI: Behentrimonium methosulfate (and) cetyl alcohol (and) butylene glycol) 10% cetyl alcohol (you can use stearic if you want a harder bar, but...

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Weekday Wonderings: Can I use BTMS-25 in a solid conditioner? Why isn’t my BTMS melting?

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In the post, Solid conditioner bar: The recipe, Christine asked: I made your conditioner bar that included everything except for the dimethicone. Turned out wonderful! I love it–but pricey because of the BTMS 50. Instead of using 60%, I was thinking of using 30% BTMS 50 and 40% BTMS 25. I’ve read your blog about substituting...

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These are a few of my favourite things: Dimethicone in hair care products

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Dimethicone is a great addition in any hair care product as it offers conditioning, film forming, and de-frizzing. It increases hair’s softness and shine. You can use it in shampoo, conditioner, leave-in conditioner, cream rinse, or anti-frizz sprays. The easiest recipe I make is this one for an anti-frizz spray. ANTI-FRIZZ SPRAY90% cyclomethicone10% dimethicone Weigh...

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A few thoughts about conditioners for an extremely warm Monday in February…

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If you are making rinse off or leave in conditioners, you want to use an emulsifier that is positively charged or cationic. This means using ingredients like Polawax, polysorbate 20, PEG-40 hydrogenated castor oil or Caprol Micro Express as the main ingredient isn’t the best idea. Why? We use positively charged or cationic ingredients in...

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