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Take a look at your local drug store’s shampoo aisle and try to find something just for oily hair. You can’t. It’s all for oily roots, dry ends. And this actually makes some kind of sense. If you have longish hair, your ends will be less healthy than the roots because they have been subjected...
My friend Ken asked if I had anything for dandruff prone hair. I said I didn’t, but I’d be willing to give it a shot! Again, I’m not making any claims here, but I thought it would be interesting to look at the theory behind why people have dandruff prone hair and try to make...
Yesterday we took a look at argan oil. Today we’ll take a look at the most famous products containing this oil – the MoroccanOil products, since I keep getting e-mails about this product. Let’s take a look at a few of them… Disclaimer: Do you have any idea how hard it is to find the...
Cromollient SCE works really well in hair care products so let’s take a look at using its emollient and detangling properties in our shampoos and conditioners! Cromollient SCE will increase the mildness, decrease the wet and dry combing forces on our hair, and offer emolliency and detangling properties. So let’s take a look at adding this...
We’ve taken a look at using esters in rinse-off and leave-in conditioners, and it’s easy to add our PPG-3 benzyl ether myristate to conditioners in place of our silicones or as an additional emollient, conditioning, and shine enhancing ingredient. Making an intense conditioner is a great idea for dry or processed hair, so let’s take...