Q&A: Is cetrimonium chloride necessary for a conditioner? How can I make one that’s more natural? Part two – a formula with STEPANQUAT Helia

Welcome to part two of this series based on this awesome question posed in this post, leave in conditioner – where you can find my base formula and a modification for this product – Olga asks, I am in the process of creating a leave in conditioner, I am using sucrose Stearate. I’ve learned that...

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Q&A: Is cetrimonium chloride necessary for a conditioner? How can I make one that’s more natural? Part one

In this post, leave in conditioner – where you can find my base formula and a modification for this product – Olga asks, I am in the process of creating a leave in conditioner, I am using sucrose Stearate. I’ve learned that it’s amazing in leave- in conditioners but I’d love to hear your input...

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Q&A: Can we add oil soluble botanical extracts to conditioner bars? Part two, modifying conditioner bars to include extracts (with formulas)

Welcome back to this short series. You can find part one by clicking this link! Let’s modify my husband’s favourite conditioner bar turned shaving bar, the super silky & smoothing babassu, jojoba & carrot tissue shaving or body conditioning bar! Instructions for making these conditioner/shaving bars can be found in this post… You can see...

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Q&A: Can we add oil soluble botanical extracts to conditioner bars? Part one, determining the charge of a botanical extract

In this post, Weekend Wonderings: All about conditioner bars, Rick asks, I have been reading through the “Conditioner bars you will love” book and am thinking about adding some “botanical extracts” to see if they improve the bars. Here’s my first questions: 1) How do you tell if an extract (or any ingredient, for that...

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Modifying the winter hair & scalp spray: Let’s make a dry hair & scalp hydrating conditioner (part two) – choosing other preservatives with formula 

Let’s modify the gorgeous winter hair & scalp hydrating spray full of botanicals and actives to be a lovely dry hair & scalp hydrating conditioner with different preservatives! Click here for part one of this series! You can find the original series in which we made a hydrating winter skin & scalp spray with loads of...

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