conditioners

Weekend Wonderings: Increasing the moisturizing power of a conditioner and frizzy vs. curly hair

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INCREASING THE MOISTURIZING POWER OF CONDITIONERIn this post on basic conditioner recipes, Kate asks: I’ve been making your Basic Rinse Off Conditioner (Daily version with 4% BTMS-50, 2% Cetyl and 92.5% Water) for two months now and i like it! But I would like to know: what’s your opinion about adding 5% oil and reduce water...

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Experiments in the workshop: Leave in conditioner with volumizing complex (updated)

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As I’ve mentioned in the past, The Formulator Sample Shop sent me a bunch of really lovely ingredients with which I could experiment, and I’ve been playing with them one by one in various products. I thought I’d try using their volumizing complex in my leave in conditioner. The INCI for this product is Water &...

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Weekend wonderings: Powdered vs. liquid extracts, substituting BTMS-25 for BTMS-50, and surfactants for baby shampoo (updated)

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Wow, you have me wondering about so many things this weekend! We might need a long weekend wondering for tomorrow to catch up on everything! I wonder if they’d notice I was away from work and school tomorrow? Do you have a wondering? Click here and post your question or thoughts in the comments!  EXTRACTS:...

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Weekend Wonderings: Decyl glucoside alternatives, packaging, and weighed down hair

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In this post, Lucy asks: Hi. Total addict to your blog 🙂 I’m a newbie to actually making, although I’ve done years of reading….! Just started experimenting with shampoo. I’ve really sensitive scalp so have stuck to decyl glucoside and cocamidopropyl betaine but find it’s a bit slimy and hard to foam…What is the next in the...

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Blame Michele for enabling you: Ideas for new ingredients

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In this post, Michele writes: I wonder what I can purchase next to try. I like to buy an ingredient I would use in more than one type of product.  I want to put this out there before I even think about responding to this question…You asked for it. When you read about a few of...

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