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As you might know by now, my husband and I have long hair (and if you didn’t know, you can tell by the picture to your left), which was one of the reasons I started making my own products. We both have very oily hair, and I couldn’t find anything but oily roots, dry ends...
So we’ve taken a look at what makes a cleansing conditioner cleansing, the ingredient list for the Curl Junkie product, and a possible duplicate. Now let’s take a look at some other ways we could duplicate this product! I suggested this recipe as a possible duplication yesterday… POSSIBLE DUPLICATION OF THE CURL JUNKIE DAILY FIX...
So what do we need to include in a duplicate recipe for this product? Take a look at the ingredient list again – Water, Cetyl Alcohol, Cetearyl Alcohol, Behentrimonium Methosulfate, Cetrimonium Chloride, Cocamidopropyl Betaine, PEG -7 Olivate, Guar Hydroxypropytrimonium Chloride, Tetrasodium EDTA, Hydrolyzed Oat Flour, Mentha Piperita (Pepperment) Leaf Extract, Matricaria Recuitita (Chamomile) Flower Extract, Yucca...
Before we get into trying to duplicate a few cleansing conditioners, we need to establish what it means for a product to be a cleansing conditioner versus a normal conditioner. (For a quick summary of the no-shampoo method or co-washing method, click here.) How does a cleansing conditioner differ from a normal conditioner? It doesn’t. For...
Let’s pick up where we left off yesterday with the Chi Silk Infusion Hair Serum. If you want to make a suggestion for a product we might consider duplicating, please make a comment in this post with an accurate ingredient list and link to the product. What’s with the mica and boron nitride? Think about...