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Let’s make a 10 minute rinse-off conditioner with all kinds of humectants, botanicals, conditioners, proteins, and more: Part four, adding proteins! 

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Let’s create an awesome conditioner into which we can add all kinds of wonderful ingredients, including the awesome new-to-us humectant XYLISHINE™ (INCI: Xylitylglucoside (and) Anhydroxylitol (and) Maltitol (and) Xylitol (and) Pelvetia Canaliculata Extract). In part one, we looked at what a conditioner is, why we’d use certain ingredients, chose our conditioning emulsifier, then we created...

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Let’s make a 10 minute rinse-off conditioner with all kinds of humectants, botanicals, conditioners, proteins, and more: Part three, adding botanical extracts and a modified formula to include them

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Let’s create an awesome conditioner into which we can add all kinds of wonderful ingredients, including the awesome new-to-us humectant XYLISHINE™ (INCI: Xylitylglucoside (and) Anhydroxylitol (and) Maltitol (and) Xylitol (and) Pelvetia Canaliculata Extract). In part one, we looked at what a conditioner is, why we’d use certain ingredients, chose our conditioning emulsifier, then we created...

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Let’s make a 10 minute rinse-off conditioner with all kinds of humectants, botanicals, conditioners, proteins, and more: Part two, how do cationic emulsifiers work, adding XYLISHINE™™, and a new formula with this ingredient! 

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Let’s create an awesome conditioner into which we can add all kinds of wonderful ingredients, including the awesome new-to-us humectant XYLISHINE™ (INCI: Xylitylglucoside (and) Anhydroxylitol (and) Maltitol (and) Xylitol (and) Pelvetia Canaliculata Extract). In part one, we looked at what a conditioner is, why we’d use certain ingredients, chose our conditioning emulsifier, then we created...

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Let’s make a 10 minute rinse-off conditioner with all kinds of humectants, botanicals, conditioners, proteins, and more: Part one, what’s a conditioner, which one will we use, and a base formula

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A photo of a formula in progress. A container with white conditioner - already emulsified - sits on a counter. It has an immersion mixer and thermometer in it. There's a second container, which contains the cool down phase of the conditioner, beside it in a plastic beaker.

Let’s create an awesome conditioner into which we can add all kinds of wonderful ingredients, including the awesome new-to-us humectant XYLISHINE™ (INCI: Xylitylglucoside (and) Anhydroxylitol (and) Maltitol (and) Xylitol (and) Pelvetia Canaliculata Extract). We’ll be choosing our conditioning emulsifier, then some awesome actives, proteins, botanical extracts, emollients, and other ingredients, customizing it for our hair...

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Emulsifiers you will love: Sodium stearoyl glutamate (aka Eumulgin SG), part four – using naturally compliant preservatives, plus information on measuring and adjusting pH with a short video! 

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A beaker containing white powder - the emulsifier Eumulgin SG - sits oh the edge of a digital scale

Welcome to part four of this short series on using Eumulgin SG (INCI: Sodium stearoyl glutamate). In today’s post, we’ll be looking at some naturally compliant and non-conventional preservatives to see if they’ll work in the formula. In part one, we met this emulsifier: Emulsifiers you will love: Sodium stearoyl glutamate (aka Eumulgin SG), ingredient...

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