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Let’s modify the gorgeous winter hair & scalp hydrating spray full of botanicals and actives to be a lovely dry hair & scalp hydrating conditioner that uses BTMS-50 as the cationic emulsifier! We made a decadent version of this conditioner in a parts one and two of a series I shared last week: Today, let’s...
Let’s take a closer look at this gorgeous new-to-me blend of vitamins, humectants, and proteins I’ve been using in my hydrating winter skin & scalp spray that we’ll be adapting to be other products shortly – Fision® HydraTress (INCI: Water, Panthenol, Hydrolyzed Quinoa, Glycerin, Pisum Sativum (Pea) Seed Extract, 1,2 -Hexanediol, Sodium Hyaluronate) We’ve met...
In the Q&A section, JimmieTF asked, Hi Susan, I came across a “co-wash” product by a brand called “As I Am”, called “Coconut CoWash“. The ingredients are; Aqueous (Water, Aqua Purificada, Purified) Extracts: Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) and Citrus Reticulata (Tangerine)¹, Cetyl Alcohol², Cetrimonium Chloride, Cetearyl Alcohol², PEG-40 Castor Oil, Stearalkonium chloride, Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil²,...
I am writing this post to create a place where you can find all the questions you might have about shampoo bars! I will only be answering those that were emailed to me or posted as a question on the blog in the comments or in this post, Shampoo Bar questions, share them here! I’ll...
In the monthly Q&A, Andrea posted, Wondering if this will get seen? I am duplicating a “dry oil” for hair with the following ingredients: Cyclopentasiloxane, Dimethicone, Caprylyl methicone, Nigella seed oil, Hydrolyzed silk, C12-15 Alkyl Benzoate, Phenoxyethanol, Water, Fragrance. I am not sure where the water comes from since it is near the bottom of...