The home of SwiftCraftyMonkey Formulating Inc.! Join Susan as she obsesses about cosmetic chemistry and other things (some possibly related to monkeys). Often strange, occasionally useful, and always worth a stop as a point of interest on your journey through the Intertron.
I’ve always loved swimming and being in the water, and Raymond is finally enjoying it, too. We both want something to protect our hair from the chemicals we find in a pool, mainly chlorine, as I’ve noticed that my hair is a little trashed those weeks I go every day! There are three things that...
As was mentioned in this post, “There is no shampoo that has shown evidence of hair growth effects simply because shampoo is not absorbed enough into the scalp to offer the ability to have any significant effect on the hair follicles. For the same reason it is very unlikely that a shampoo could have an...
Last Christmas, I made my friend Ken a shampoo that might have been good for dandruff. Unfortunately, I didn’t hear back from him about the product, so I don’t know if he liked it or not. I had a little problem with some flakes during the summer, so I tried it and quite liked it....
I keep seeing people talking about not using shampoo bars because they have long hair and need liquid instead. I’m not getting this. As you can see by the picture, my husband and I are long haired people we use shampoo bars every shower! One of the complaints I see is that the shampoo bars...
If you want to use PPG-3 benzyl ether myristate (aka Crodamol STS) in a shampoo, you’ll want to use it around 3% to ensure it doesn’t end up as an oily mess floating on the top of your product. If you’re using it in a shampoo bar where it’s unlikely to separate, you could use it as high...