Ingredient: Date palm extract (updated)

I’ve become interested in date palm extract lately – I’ve seen quite a few references to it lately as an anti-wrinkle ingredient, and I was given a sample of it from the Formulator Sample Shop*. I’m already using it in the form of their Volumizing Complex PF (Water & Rice Amino Acids & Lactobacillus/Date Fruit Ferment...

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Coconut oil and pisum sativum rinse off conditioner

As you probably know, I’m a big fan of using coconut oil in my rinse off hair conditioners because it offers so many great qualities, including moisturization and a reduction in frizz, but I find this one with 5% is making my hair feel oily around the middle of the second day after washing, so...

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One ingredient, ten products: Incroquat BTMS-50 in leave in conditioners

I love leave in conditioners! You can fill leave in conditioners full of ingredients to moisturize, hydrate, smooth, tame, and protect your hair, and you don’t need a ton of each ingredient to do it! Think of a leave in conditioner as being very much like a rinse off conditioner, but thinner. You can use...

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One ingredient, ten products: Incroquat BTMS-50 in intense conditioners

This week we took a look at Incroquat BTMS-50 as a conditioning agent and emulsifier. We’ll focus on the awesome conditioning powers it can offer our hair for a few more days before we get into what it can bring to our lotions. What makes a conditioner an intense conditioner? We tend to use more...

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Check out my new video on how to make conditioners on YouTube!

I’ve created a video on how to make a rinse off conditioner that I’ve just posted on YouTube! I’ve chosen to focus on the process as opposed to the actual recipe so you can choose any recipe you wish, but I’m using this recipe for making a liquid conditioner with coconut oil. I hope you...

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