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Question: Can you use cetrimonium chloride in a shampoo?

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Lalla asks in this post: Can I use cetrimonium chloride in a shampoo? Yes! (Well, that was easy, eh?) But wait, there’s more! Cetrimonium chloride plays well with surfactants, so it’s a great inclusion in a conditioning shampoo (especially one for very tangly hair) and it removes silicones well, so it’s a great inclusion in a...

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Question: How does Lush use fresh fruit in their products?

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Anonymous posted this comment: My interest in you replicating the lush bar is that I was hoping you could explain what exactly is implied when they list ingredients such as “fresh kiwi” or “fresh bananas”. I’ve never understood how you could include fresh fruit in preservative free conditioner bar. For a company that goes on...

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Question: Can you substitute laureth-3 for laureth-4?

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Anonymous asked…Can i replace Laureth-4 for Laureth-3? I’m trying to do up a oil shower gel & i’m using MIPA –Laureth Sulfate as the suractant…Great question! Let’s take a look at what laureth-4 is, then figure out if it can be substituted by laureth-3. Laureth-3 and -4 are ethers, subcategory alkoxylated alcohols. They are non-ionic...

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E-mail question: What makes a hair product “colour safe”?

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Mich writes to ask: A lot of shampoos and conditioners are labeled “safe for color-treated hair”.  What makes them color safe?  Are there ingredients that make color fade faster which those of us with colored hair should avoid?  Or is it just marketing? The colour on our hair fades in a few different ways – from...

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E-mail question: Using oils in your hair

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Laura posed this question: I would also be very interested to know what happens to the hair when we treat it with an oil mask for a few hours or even overnight and then wash the oil away with a shampoo. If the oil does not penetrate the hair cuticle, is there any benefit from this...

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