hair products

Chemistry of your hair: Adsorbing and substantivity

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Two definitions you should know when dealing with hair care products – what it means when something is substantive, and what it means when something adsorbs to your hair. (From the post “How conditioners work!” from July 25, 2009…) A conditioning agent (like Incroquat BTMS-50) is a cationic quaternary compound. It’s a positively charged compound...

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A series on hair – a few notes and a question!

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Whether your hair is long or short, curly or straight, we all want to take care of our crowning glory! As you can see, my husband and I are big on the long hair! (BTW: Only 4 more days until our first anniversary!) Someone suggested I put up a shopping list for the products we’ll...

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Why CP soap doesn’t make a great shampoo (updated)

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I’ve received quite a few queries asking why can’t we use CP soap as a shampoo. I know the perception out there can be CP soap = natural, therefore good and surfactants = processed, therefore bad, and I know I did a post on carboxylates recently, but there are good reasons we don’t use even...

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What makes a shampoo clarifying?

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What’s the difference between a clarifying shampoo and a regular shampoo? Clarifying shampoos are intended to remove the styling agents you’ve been using while curling or straightening, so they don’t contain conditioning agents or silicones. You’ll notice I don’t tend to use conditioning agents or dimethicone in my shampoo recipes. The reason for this is...

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Cetrimonium chloride – even more awesome than before!

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Now, I know you don’t need another reason to include cetrimonium chloride in your conditioners, but here it is…it can help remove silicone build up on your hair! Yep, our beloved detangling and softening agent can actually help if you’ve been using enough cyclomethicone and/or dimethicone in your conditioners or anti-frizz sprays to de-static an...

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