Surfactants

Subscribers’ Q&A: Creating a “no more tears” baby wash or shampoo?

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In the July Q&A, Kuni asked: I tried to make baby wash/shampoo for my baby (feeling abit more confidence after learning alot from your blog:)). Here’s the recipe: PHASE A 54.15% water 3% glycerin 20% aloe vera PHASE B 1% sunflower oil 20% Iselux Ultra (Sodium Lauroyl Methyl Isethionate, cocoamidopropyl betaine, sodium methyl oleoyl taurate,...

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Shampoo bar questions? Share them here!

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I’m so excited you want to make shampoo bars and that you’re buying the new e-book – Shampoo Bars You Will Love: Creating pH balanced bars – and my first ever single issue formula e-zine – One Shampoo Bar, Four Ways – but I am being bombarded in every possible way by questions on my personal...

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Subscribers’ Q&A: Why does my hair feel nicer with shampoo bars? And why can’t we use Incroquat BTMS-50 in a liquid shampoo?

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In the June Q&A, Melanie asked: I have a question about shampoo. I have been making your basic shampoo recipe. I then became intrigued by the concept of shampoo bars. I made some and find they are so much nicer on my processed hair, which tends to be dry. I do however, find a liquid more...

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Creating a shampoo bar from scratch: Modifying the base formula with different surfactants

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On Tuesday, we made it to the base formula for making pH balanced shampoo bars using ingredients that’d keep the pH in the right range for our hair of pH 4 to 7. Let’s take a look at some potential modifications for that formula. Here are the links we’ll be using as we make these...

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Q&A: How to make a creamy body wash with SCI? (formula)

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In the June Q&A, Karrye asked, I’ve been musing over creating a creamy body wash. Something that would go in a bottle, and be a thicker consistency. I’d like to use SCI as I have loads on hand and it does give a nice skin feel. I also have DSL and Slsa. Could you point me...

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