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Here’s how many bottles I made out of that huge batch of 3.5% Ritamulse BTMS-225 conditioner I made earlier this week! The tall bottle at the back is 1 litre (32 ounces), three – 500 ml (16 ounce) bottles, one – 180 ml (6 ounce bottle), and three – 4 ounce (120 ml) bottles. I...
I’m on holiday time this week, which means workshop fun! I’m out of just about everything to the point where I considered buying body wash! (Gasps of shock and horror!) Luckily, I have a few days this week to play, so I’ve retreated to the workshop with a pot of tea – the first of...
Welcome back to part two of this week’s Newbie Tuesday. Did you figure out your hair type? Have you taken a look at some ingredients that you might like to use? All right, let’s get to it, then! Let’s say you have normal thickness, dry, slightly curly hair that you dry with a hair dryer....
If you’re just joining us, we made conditioner on Newbie Tuesday two weeks ago, and last week we bragged about it. Last week was all about the questions, and this week is about the tweaking! You’ve made your conditioner, but now you’re looking for a few ideas on how to customize it to your hair type. Where to start?...
Yay! You made conditioner last Newbie Tuesday! Congratulations to those of you who made your first batch. Wasn’t it awesome to see emulsification happen? And wasn’t it fantastic to try it on your hair for the first time. What did you like about it? What do you want to change about it? How was the...